by Rachel Dickstein (Author)
Towards Embodied Performance invites directors and other generative performance makers to experiment with making their own original, visually stunning, sonically immersive, and physically rigorous embodied performance.
Author Biography
Rachel Dickstein is Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre and Performance at Purchase College, SUNY. She is a director, writer, and choreographer of opera, theatre, and dance-based performance, as well as the founding Artistic Director of the Obie-winning theatre company Ripe Time. Recent work includes the world premieres of Compass (ASU Gammage), Haruki Murakami's Sleep (BAM Next Wave Festival, Yale Rep, Annenberg), The World Is Round (BAM-Fisher, Obie Award), and Septimus and Clarissa (Drama Desk, Drama League nominations, BPAC). Rachel also directs plays, chamber opera, and new music theatre. Recent work includes Blood Moon (Beth Morrison Projects, Prototype), Desire (with Jack Quartet, Miller Theatre, Columbia), Thumbprint (LA Opera, Prototype), and In What Language? (Asia Society, REDCAT, PICA TBA Festival).
Number of Pages: 254
Dimensions: 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 07, 2024
