Body, Space, Image: Notes Toward Improvisation and Performance

by Miranda Tufnell, Chris Crickmay

The first of its kind, Body, Space, Image is a remarkable book about improvisation - a narrative of discovery that sets the mind loose from the rut of everyday perception. From a starting point in movement, improvisation is extended to include groups working together and the physical setting of performance - space, light, sound, objects.

Generously illustrated with examples drawn from the last twenty years of experimental performance, Body, Space, Image explores ways of working and ways of thinking about performance that will inspire both the beginner and the experienced artist. It is a manual intended to stimulate rather than a comprehensive system of working, and includes a unique collection of images - from dance, theater and painting - and statements by working artists. Words and images combine to celebrate and record one of the most exacting art forms developed this century.

Genres: Theatre, Poetry

209 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1990

Reviews

[Nazim B.]

improvisation..

[Natalie]

Very informative about the creative process without force-feeding ideas. Useful for any performance artist.

[Maggie]

I think I read this at an ideal time, in the late stages of developing a performance. Very helpful.