From Acting to Performance

<p><em>From Acting to Performance</em> collects for the first time major essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander. Together these essays provide a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960s to the ironic postmodernism of the 1980s.<br> Auslander examines performance genres ranging from theatre and dance to performance art and stand-up comedy. In doing so he discusses an impressive line-up of practitioners including Antonin Artaud Jerzy Grotowski Peter Brook Willem Dafoe the Wooster Group Augusto Boal Kate Bornstein and Orlan.<br><em>From Acting to Performance</em> is a must for all students and scholars interested in contemporary theatre and performance.</p>