This book seeks to explore the dialogue of performance with other cultural expressions, which include ritual, theater, philosophical reflection, and cultural theory.
On the other hand, it investigates the possibilities that this dialogue creates, leading to artistic practice. Therefore, the aim is to combine the approach of performance on one hand and on the other, a polyphonic theoretical and artistic spectrum with the goal of contributing to the practice of those who wish to explore performance or view it from the perspective of creation.
Within each of the chapters, including the introductory one and the one on cultural studies, the two following chapters on ritual, the chapter on theater, the chapter on philosophy, and finally, the one on the transition from idea to practice – a transition that is the core pursuit of the entire book – a series of sources, methods, and tools intended for artistic use are proposed.
Within such a perspective, the Cuban and African priests of Yoruba meet and converse with Plato, who brings to the stage of the Dialogues his philosophical ghosts, while the performer Hamlet collaborates with Grotowski.
Who are interested in these unexpected and ritualistic meetings? Who are the creators/journey companions to whom this book is addressed? They are theater and film directors, artists/performers, actors, and also those who engage with the fertile hybrids of theory and practice, often created by scholars in Performance Studies.
This book by Ioli Andreadi equally interests researchers and creators as well as those who practice the valuable art of being a reader and an audience member.
