Abstract
This article examines the dramaturgy of light, addressing ways in which its ephemeral, spatiotemporal materiality may be understood as a crucial infrastructure of performance. I propose that ideas of new and expanded dramaturgies provide a productive frame with which to explore the generative impact of light on performance. Correspondingly, examining ways in which light operates within performance provides a fruitful means of analysing the dramaturgical structure of a work. I demonstrate ways that light sculpts both the form and the content of a specific example, the recent contemporary dance work <<both, and>> by the Russell Maliphant Company, and use this analysis to offer insight into the dramaturgical potential of scenographic light more broadly.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 196-209 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Contemporary Theatre Review |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- Light
- Scenography
- Dramaturgy
- Lighting design
