Rethinking the "Ueber-marionette": The Intersection between theater reform, dance revolution and the renaissance of puppetry

• Project/Area Number: 23520164
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI Yoko 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 准教授 (00273201)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
• Keywords: エドワード・ゴードン・クレイグ / 演劇改革 / モダンダンス / 人形劇 / モダニズム / 身体文化 / 身体史 / 超人形 / ゴードン・クレイグ / 演劇史 / 舞踊史 / 芸術史

Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to interpret Edward Gordon Craig's concept of "Ueber-Marionette" as the intersection of theater reform, dance revolution and the renaissance of puppetry, considered from the perspective of the history of the body. It analyzed the especially close connections between this concept and body culture, dance, and puppetry in German speaking countries at the beginning of the 20th century. The results were published as an article in the academic journal "Deutschstudien". In relation to another research topic, one more article about the puppet-like body in the works of Walter Benjamin was included in a collection of essays published in Germany. The valuable materials collected during this research, including Craig's unpublished manuscripts, will form the foundation for future work.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 「超マリオネット」の系譜-身体史から見たエドワード・ゴードン・クレイグの演劇改革とドイツ語圏の芸術人形劇 (2014)
  • Author(s): 山口庸子
  • Journal Title: ドイツ研究 Volume: 48号 Pages: 88-103
• [Journal Article] 「超マリオネット」の系譜－身体史から見たエドワード・ゴードン・クレイグの演劇改革とドイツ語圏モダニズムの芸術人形劇 (2014)
  • Author(s): 山口庸子
  • Journal Title: ドイツ研究 Volume: 48 Pages: 88-103
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Book] Puppen, Wachsfiguren, Micky-Maus: Raume der leblosen Leiber als Denkbilder der Simultaneitat im Werk von Walter Benjamin. In: Ivanovic, Christine/ Keiko Hamazaki (Hrsg.): Simultaneitat-Ubersetzen (2013)
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, Yoko
  • Publisher: Tubingen (Stauffenburg)
• [Book] Simultaneitaet-Uebersetzen (2013)
  • Author(s): Keiko Hamazaki, Christine Ivanovic, Yoko Yamaguchi, Sybille Kraemer, Kohei Baba, Walter Ruprechter, Kanichiro Omiya, Camilla Miglio, Sugi Shindo, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Lucian Hoelscher, Yuji Nawata, Yuichi Ishida, Shinichi Furuya, Reika Hane, Asako Fukuoka
  • Total Pages: 279
  • Publisher: Stauffenburg