After Independence, in 1947, in their efforts to create an "Indian" theatre that was different from the Westernized, colonial theatre, Indian theatre practitioners began returning to their "roots" in classical dance, religious ritual, martial arts, p...

Shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution, Soviet Jewish theatres became catalysts for modernist experimentation. Working with avant-garde playwrights, actors and producers in a new political environment, artists such as Marc Chagall, Natan Altman, Robe...

Many arts organizations today find themselves in financial difficulties because of economic constraints inherent in the industry. While other companies can improve productivity through the use of new technologies or better systems, these approaches a...

This is the first critical study of Kathak dance. "Bells of Change" traces two centuries of Kathak, from the colonial nautch dance to classical Kathak under nationalism and post-colonialism to transnationalism and globalization. Reorienting dance to...

Published to accompany a landmark exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from March 15 through June 18, 2008, "California Video" presents the first comprehensive survey of the history of video art in California. Since the late 1960s, Californ...

The Moscow Yiddish Theater (later called GOSET) was born in 1919 and almost immediately became one of the most remarkable avant-garde theaters in Europe. It flourished in the 1920s but under Bolshevik pressure soon lost much of the originality that h...

Content: Editors' Preface: The Transparency of the Text. Part I: "Avant and Apres Garde" contains: "Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde?" by Tom Bishop "Paroles en lambeaux et ecritures d'entreparleurs" by Jean-Pierre Ryngaert "Beyond Drama: Total...