What is artistic resonance and how can it be linked to one's life and
one's art?
This latest book of essays from legendary theatre director Anne Bogart,
considers the creation of resonance in the artistic endeavour, with a
focus on the performing arts.
The word 'resonance' comes from the Latin meaning to 're-sound' or
'sound together'. From music to physics, resonance is a common thread
that evokes a response and, in general, is understood as a quality that
makes something personally meaningful and valuable.
For Bogart, curiosity is a key personal quality to be nurtured
throughout life and that very same curiosity, as an artist, thinker and
human being.
Creating pathways between performance theory, art history, neuroscience,
music, architecture and the visual arts, and consistently forging new
thought-paths, the writing draws upon Anne Bogart's own life and
artistic journeys to illuminate potent philosophical ideas.
Woven with personal anecdotes, stories and reflections, this is a book
that will be of interest to any theatre artist and anyone who reflects
on the power of the arts, of theatre-making and what it means to be
engaged in the artistic process.