by Admin | Dec 2, 2013 | Chief Editor, Editorial, Vol 5 No 2
In this edition of Rupkatha we have the privilege of incorporating an introductory essay by Richard Schechner, in which he once again valorizes the anthropological foundations of performance studies and goes on to refer towards the infallible necessity of observing...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Sambuddha Ghosh, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Download PDF Version Abstract The word “performance”[i] is one laden with immense—if sometimes only theoretical or even metaphysical—possibilities which stretch the known boundaries of conventional representation....
by Admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Featured, Performance Studies, Theatre, Vol 5 No 2
Richard Schechner Tisch School of the Arts, New York University Download PDF Version Because performance studies is so broad-ranging and open to new possibilities, no one can actually grasp its totality or press all its vastness and variety into a single writing...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
By Rob Harle Download PDF Version Dancing the 5th Dimension is a techno-surrealist work combining traditional drawing with computer generated figures. The background hints at objects of the 3D material world—molecules, pyramids, a page (knowledge), a musical horn and...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Performance Review Review by Prateek, Ramjas College, New Delhi, India &Krispa Ningombam, Independent theatre critic Download PDF Version For many Indians, the achievement of independence on 15 August 1947 marks the end of a long struggle, the moment when, in...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Poushali Chakraborty, Rabindra Bharati University, India Download PDF Version Abstract Be it quotidian or haute cuisine, ‘Caviar’ or ‘Quesadillas’, cooking has always been a performance, in its experimentation to create an “appetite appeal” (Carafoli 146). This...
