Dance Nation (Methuen Drama Modern Classics)
競技ダンスに打ち込む少女たちのチームを通して、思春期の欲望、競争、身体への違和感、自己発見を描く戯曲。可笑しさと痛みを併せ持つ舞台で、若さの暴力性と解放感を同時に見せる。
作品情報
勝利を目指すダンスチームの熱気の中で、少女たちの野心と不安がむき出しになる。
『Dance Nation』は、アメリカのどこかで競技ダンスに挑む少女たちを描く戯曲である。チーム内の序列、勝利への執着、身体の変化、欲望、友情が、過剰でエネルギッシュな場面の連なりとして立ち上がる。少女たちを単純に無垢な存在として扱わず、野心的で怒りを持ち、世界を手に入れたい存在として描く点に力がある。
レビュー要約
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少女たちの不安と野心を誇張しながらも生々しく描く点が評価されている。競技ダンスの解放感と、勝利を求める場に潜む緊張を同時に扱うことで、舞台上の身体が強い印象を残す。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- 発売日
- 2021-09-23
- ページ数
- 139ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 12.83 x 0.89 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781350200739
- ISBN-10
- 1350200735
- 価格
- 3374 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Arts & Photography/Performing Arts/Theater/Playwriting
"Barron paints a wholly plausible picture of teenage insecurity and ambition... a play that wittily shows how dance can be a source of liberation without ever quelling the tremulous terrors of adolescence." - Guardian Somewhere in America, a revolution is coming. An army of competitive dancers is ready to take over the world, one routine at a time. With a pre-teen battle for power and perfection raging on and off stage, Dance Nation is a ferocious exploration of youth, ambition and self-discovery. Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and The Relentless Award, Dance Nation is Clare Barron's explosive play about the challenges of being young, and competitive dancing. Published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features a brand new introduction by Eboni Booth and Purva Bedi.
Clare Barron is a playwright and performer from Wenatchee, Washington. In addition to Dance Nation , her plays include You Got Older , which received its world premiere with Page 73 Productions and later appeared at Steppenwolf (Obie Award for Playwriting, Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Play, #1 most-recommended play on The Kilroy's List, and Susan Smith Blackburn finalist); I'll Never Love Again , which premiered at The Bushwick Starr in 2016 and was a New York Times Critics' Pick, and Baby Screams Miracle , which premiered at Clubbed Thumb and subsequently was produced at Woolly Mammoth. She won the James Tait Black Prize for Drama in 2019 and was a finalist for the Pulitizer.
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Great Monologues, Unique Storytelling & Fast Shipping!
I had this play recommended to me about a year ago from a professor I met at a college audition masterclass. It took me until now to get around to buying some of the ones he mentioned, and automatically, the plot of this one caught my eye! I’m leaving for college to pursue a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts in a month, so I wanted to double down on things to read and secure more monologues. I made sure to watch YouTube videos from rehearsals of the show while I waited for it, along with interviews from Clare Barron. While it uses a large handful of sexual language and imagery, it’s easy to understand that all of it is in correlation to young girls finding their sexuality but being sexualized by the adults around them simultaneously. The parallels, the writing— all of it speaks directly to people who grew up in the performance industry, craved to be the best and the pressure that comes along with being a young female. Monologues are all throughout the show and are great for college-age actors & older! A great plus was that my expected shipping date was July 6th, but it came in early on July 2nd. I couldn’t put it down after I got it this morning! Clare Barron is a playwriting genius. So thankful for this play!
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Great
Great play, condition and speedy arrival.
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Truly original
Clare Barron knows girls and women. This is a beautiful tribute and union of both. Told in an innovative and fascinating way. Should become a classic!
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Great read but super sexual
I purchased this hoping to find new monologues for my students who are also dancers. It was a great read, but nothing I can use at school due to the language. Very sexual.
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SO FUNNY
Dark comedy! Loved it.
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