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This research follows the history ofthe Acco Festival for Other Israeli Theatre from 1980-2012, chronicling it as a site of celebration as well as confrontation. The Acco Festival is presented as a borderland that brings together established mainstream directors and actors, alternative artists from the fringes, and Acco’s Jewish and Arab residents. The book explores the festival’s artistic direction; repertoire; organization, budget, and infrastructure; reception; and the Acco host community.
Price: $109.00
Pages: 244
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History
Publication Date:
25 August 2016
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781618115119
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
The significance of the Acco Festival as a hub of artistic and social provocations can hardly be overestimated. Naphtaly Shem-Tov’s book offers an overview of three decades of avant-garde performances, including their controversial themes and innovative settings. Politics is the analytical key to the repertoire as well as to the organization of the festival. In addition, the role of Acco as the host community is carefully investigated. Altogether, an exemplary way of presenting this influential theatre festival.”
— Willmar Sauter, Professor of Theatre Studies, Stockholm University
— Willmar Sauter, Professor of Theatre Studies, Stockholm University
Naphtaly Shem-Tov is a senior lecturer in the Department of Literature, Language and the Arts at The Open University of Israel. His research focuses on social aspects of Israeli theatre and applied theatre. Shem-Tov’s publications include the Hebrew-language book Improvisational Teaching (Tel-Aviv: MOFET), which examines improvisation as a pedagogical tool and a mode of knowing.
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Artistic Direction and the Political: Exception Takes the Stage?
Chapter Two: Performance Repertoire: Representations of Social Conflicts
Chapter Three: Organization, Budget, and Infrastructure: Between Center and Periphery
Chapter Four: Festival Reception: Judgment, Criticism, and Audience
Chapter Five: Host Community: Policy and Resistance
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