TY - BOOK AU - Meyer-Dinkgräfe,Daniel TI - Theatre, opera and consciousness: history and current debates T2 - Consciousness, literature & the arts SN - 9789401209298 AV - PN2049 .M49 2013 U1 - 792.019 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Rodopi KW - Theater and society KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Consciousness and Western Theatre History: Theory and Examples -- Consciousness and Ethics -- Consciousness and the concept of Guru in South Asian spiritual and artistic traditions: contemporary relevance and future potential. -- Consciousness, warm-up, cool-down and the actor as observer -- Opera and Spirituality -- Spiritual Aspects of Operatic Singing: Klaus Florian Vogt -- Spirituality and Operatic Conducting -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - The study of consciousness has developed considerably over the past ten years, with an emphasis on seeking to explain subjective experience. Our understanding of key questions relating to the performing arts, in theory and practice, benefits from the insights of consciousness studies. Theatre, Opera and Consciousness discusses selected concerns of theatre history from a consciousness studies perspective, develops a new perspective on ethical implications of theatre practice, reassesses the concept of the guru , and offers a new approach to the actor’s cool-down. The book expands the framework from theatre to opera, and presents a new consideration of the spiritual aspects of singing in opera, conducting for opera, and the opera experience for singers and spectators alike UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401209298 ER -