Robert Wilson

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 Robert Wilson combines:

• an analysis of his main productions, situated in their American and European socio-cultural and political contexts
• a focused, detailed study of Wilson¿s pathbreaking Einstein on the Beach
• a study of Pushkin''s Fairy Tales as the foremost example of his folk-rock music theatre in the twenty-first century
• an exploration of his ¿visual book¿, workshop and rehearsal methods, and collaborative procedures
• a study of his aesthetic principles and the elements of composition that distinguish his directorial approach
• a series of practical exercises for st