Political Cyberformance

1. Front Matter

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2. A Short Organum for Cyberformance: The Internet as an Apparatus of Communication

   • Christina Papagiannouli

   Pages 1-18

3. Towards an Online Community-Engaging and Participatory Theatre: Participation, Interaction and Engagement

   • Christina Papagiannouli

   Pages 19-43

4. The Etheatre Project: The Director as Discussion Facilitator

   • Christina Papagiannouli

   Pages 44-82

5. Conclusion: Political Cyberformance. Past or Future?

   • Christina Papagiannouli

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6. Back Matter

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Written from a practice-based perspective, this book focuses on the political character of 'cyberformance': the genre of digital performance that uses the Internet as a performance space. The Etheatre Project comprises a series of experimental cyberformances aiming to reconsider the characteristics of theatre in the Internet age.

• Internet
• cyberformance
• engagement
• participation
• performance
• social turn
• interactivity
• intermediality
• cyberstage
• cyber-street theatre
• cyber turn
• dialectics
• dialogism
• performative
• stage
• theatre

"This is the first monograph to consider the political potential of online performance, offering a valuable discussion of direct audience engagement and active participation strategies employed in political practices of cyberformance. The volume is highly recommended for practitioners in theatre and media alike, as well as students and scholars engaged in Practice as Research." - Maria Chatzichristodoulou, London South Bank University, UK 
  
"Christina Papagiannouli's book is a timely addition to writings about theatre in a digital era, and in particular experimental performance on the Internet. Her discussion of a directorial response to this fast-developing scene – geared around facilitation rather than auteur-like instruction – provides a reflective challenge to several hierarchical and dramaturgical norms." – Andy Lavender, University of Surrey, UK
"This is the first monograph to consider the political potential of online performance, offering a valuable discussion of direct audience engagement and active participation strategies employed in political practices of cyberformance. The volume is highly recommended for practitioners in theatre and media alike, as well as students and scholars engaged in Practice as Research." - Maria Chatzichristodoulou, London South Bank University, UK 

  

"Christina Papagiannouli's book is a timely addition to writings about theatre in a digital era, and in particular experimental performance on the Internet. Her discussion of a directorial response to this fast-developing scene – geared around facilitation rather than auteur-like instruction – provides a reflective challenge to several hierarchical and dramaturgical norms." – Andy Lavender, University of Surrey, UK

• University of South Wales, UK

  Christina Papagiannouli

Christina Papagiannouli received her Ph.D. in theatre and digital performance from University of East London (UEL), UK in 2014. She is currently a research assistant at University of South Wales, and previously has served as a visiting lecturer and research assistant at UEL. Papagiannouli has presented her work at a range of international events and conferences.

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