Landscape, isolation, and belonging in performance: The art of directing in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Abstract

Key features of the domain; landscape and identity SETTINGS • Isolation • Social mobility and access; ‘one degree of separation’ • Co-operative effort • Belonging • Detail/ big picture dichotomy • Genuine exploration for newness • Risk • Proximity to audience

ELEMENTS • Interpretive Confidence • Melding of techniques; ‘Magpie-ism’ • the nomadic tendency of artists • reterritorialization of the self • the unique ‘line of flight’ of the artist - Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari: A Thousand Plateaus • Non-theatrical material and its influence