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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The theatre of the virtual

how to stage potentialities with Merleau-Ponty

Emmanuel Alloa(Fribourg University)

pp. 147-170

Abstract

Richard Schechner, the founder of the 1960s New York avant-garde Performance Group, considered that the performer need only bear one thing in mind if he wanted to overcome the theatrical (i.e. instrumental, representational) mode in which performance had been entangled for so long. This sole thing was: "Your body is not your "instrument," your body is you."1

Publication details

Published in:

Cull Laura, Lagaay Alice (2014) Encounters in performance philosophy. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 147-170

DOI: 10.1057/9781137462725_8

Full citation:

Alloa Emmanuel (2014) „The theatre of the virtual: how to stage potentialities with Merleau-Ponty“, In: L. Cull & A. Lagaay (eds.), Encounters in performance philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, 147–170.