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How can the solo female performer be rendered present through absence?

Abstract

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Through both practical and textual research, this thesis explores whether it is possible to be both present and a presence in performance time and space through absence. Within it, I offer a discussion of the concepts of presence and absence, and what they mean in a theatre/performance context, before questioning how present the female physical body can be to an audience, when seen or perceived through a screen, as a shadow form.

Degree

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Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
MPhil(R)
Grantor dc:publisher.institution
University of Glasgow
Year dc:date.issued
2009

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Finer, Ella Jean

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
en

Identifiers

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https://theses.gla.ac.uk/542/2/Skiagraphia_%28film%29.mp4
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oai:theses.gla.ac.uk:542

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Finer, Ella Jean. How can the solo female performer be rendered present through absence?. MPhil(R) thesis, University of Glasgow, 2009. https://theses.gla.ac.uk/542/2/Skiagraphia_%28film%29.mp4