Robert Wilson Av Maria Shevtsova

<P>Robert Wilson is an American¿European director who is also a performer, installation artist, writer, designer of light and much more besides ¿ a crossover polymath who dissolves both generic and geographical boundaries and is a precursor of globalisation in the arts. This second edition of <I>Robert Wilson</I> combines:</P><UL><P><LI>an analysis of his main productions, situated in their American and European socio-cultural and political contexts </LI><P></P><P><LI>a focused, detailed study of Wilson¿s pathbreaking <I>Einstein on the Beach</I></LI><P></P><P><LI>a study of <EM>Pushkin''s Fairy Tales</EM> as the foremost example of his folk-rock music theatre in the twenty-first century </LI><P></P><P><LI>an exploration of his ¿visual book¿, workshop and rehearsal methods, and collaborative procedures </LI><P></P><P><LI>a study of his aesthetic principles and the elements of composition that distinguish his directorial approach </LI><P></P><P><LI>a series of practical exercises for st