TY - BOOK AU - Arons,Wendy AU - May,Theresa J. TI - Performance and ecology: What can theatre do ? T2 - What is theatre? SN - 9781138554719 (hardback) 9780367529734(paperback) AV - PN1650.P47 E26 2018 U1 - 792 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press LLC KW - Drama KW - History and criticism KW - Environmental protection in literature KW - Ecology in literature KW - Nature in literature KW - Ecocriticism KW - PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production KW - bisacsh KW - PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - "Readings in Performance and Ecology is a ground-breaking collection of essays focusing on how theatre, dance, and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values. Leading scholars and practitioners explore the ways that familiar and new works of theatre and dance can help us recognize our reciprocal relationship with the natural world; how performance helps us understand the way our bodies are integrally connected to the land; how environmentalists use performance as a form of protest; how performance illuminates our relationships with animals as autonomous creatures and artistic symbols; and how performance can help humans re-define our place in the larger ecological community"-- UR - http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/282/9780230337282/image/lgcover.9780230337282.jpg ER -