Jerôme Bel's controversial dance piece as a basis for a discussion of performance and disability
"[Disabled Theater] provides a key to understanding the work of an artist whose influence has been crucial to the development of the so-called performance art renaissance within the contemporary scene. It also explores the possibilities for social emancipation from aesthetic judgment on stage."—Flash Art
is Professor for Theater/Performance Studies and Dramaturgy at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Art (department for theatre directing). Main research areas: relations between theater und the visual arts since the 1950s, theory und praxis of contemporary theatre and performance art, politic dimensions of aesthetics, contemporary forms of dramaturgy.
Other texts by Sandra Umathum for DIAPHANES
Der Museumsbesucher als Erfahrungsgestalter
In: Karin Gludovatz (ed.), Michael Lüthy (ed.), Bernhard Schieder (ed.), Dorothea von Hantelmann (ed.), Kunsthandeln
In: Sandra Umathum (ed.), Benjamin Wihstutz (ed.), Disabled Theater
holds a PhD from Freie Universität Berlin, where he teaches theatre studies. His research focuses on politics and aesthetics in contemporary performance as well as in the German theatre around 1800.
Other texts by Benjamin Wihstutz for DIAPHANES
Grenzbespielungen. Zur Politik des Raumes im Gegenwartstheater
In: Armen Avanessian (ed.), Franck Hofmann (ed.), Susanne Leeb (ed.), Hans Stauffacher (ed.), Form
»And you don't understand 'cause it's bigger than you«. Carl Hegemann im Gespräch mit Ilka Brombach und Benjamin Wihstutz
In: Ilka Brombach (ed.), Dirk Setton (ed.), Cornelia Temesvári (ed.), »Ästhetisierung«
Geschmack und Öffentlichkeit. Eine Einleitung
In: Matthias Grotkopp (ed.), Hermann Kappelhoff (ed.), Benjamin Wihstutz (ed.), Geschmack und Öffentlichkeit
Urteilende Zuschauer. Über Geschmack und Öffentlichkeit um 1800