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El Teatre Català: Drames Públics I Privats, Sharon G. Feldman
El Teatre Català: Drames Públics I Privats, Sharon G. Feldman
Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications
Amb l'arribada dels anys 1990, dues sales de teatre públic ostensiblement sumptuoses, el Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC) i el nou Teatre Lliure, van alçar-se en el paisatge teatral barceloni com a Hoes decisius de disputa. Cadascuna va esdevenir un camp de bataHa artistic i polític, un tema destacat de debat i discussió, i de vegades un lloc d'espectacle públic. Potser el drama públic més carnavalesc que va tenir lloc durant aquest període és el protagonitzat per la indeleble presencia de l’actor/ director Josep M. Flotats, l'infructuós periode del qual al timó del TNC, que va acabar amb la seva …
Power To The Panza!: Feminist Body Politics In The Panza Monologues (Video Performance Review), Patricia Herrera
Power To The Panza!: Feminist Body Politics In The Panza Monologues (Video Performance Review), Patricia Herrera
Theatre and Dance Faculty Publications
Grise relates to the audience with another dose of humor when she attempts to suck in her panza to fit into a pair of jeans. Alas, after all the jumping and tugging to fit into the jeans, Grise faces her biggest challenge: the roll of flesh bulging out from the zipper. Here, handy dandy pliers are brought to the rescue. She uses them to pull up the zipper and then victoriously stuffs the panza into her pants. This triumphant moment reveals women’s obsession with controlling and literally constraining the body so as to succumb to the hourglass figure young women …