Art Into Theatre

<p><em>Art Into Theatre</em> investigates the processes of hybrid forms of performance developed between 1952 and 1994 through a series of interviews with key practitioners and over 80 pieces of documentation many previously unpublished of the works under discussion.<br>Ranging from the austerity of Cage's <em>4'33</em> through the inter-species communication of Schneeman's <em>Cat Scanand</em> the experimental theatre work of Schechner Foreman and Kirby to the recent performances of Abramovic Forced Entertainment and the Wooster Group <em>Art Into Theatre</em> offers a fascinating collection of perspectives on the destabilizing of conventional ideas of the art object and the theatrical text. <br>Nick Kaye's introductory essay to the volume offers a useful context for the reader and each interview is preceded by an informative biographical sketch.</p>