Drawings can be the sketches of a set designer or the notes of a choreographer; a theatre plan or the writing of a musical composer. Both in ethnographic records and in plans to design a city, drawing is a project and it is a document. It is on a page and it can also be performance.
Scenographers as well as other performance practitioners use drawing as an expressive and communication tool in rehearsal and in performance. They use it as a record of a thought process and an instrument for reflection. Drawing allows discussion, trial and error, and serves as a record of the creative process for all involved. In fact, drawing — and above all the act of drawing — carries this elementary and transversal power for collaboration.
This ebook registers and reflects upon the proceedings of the international conference Drawing and Performance: Creating Scenography which gathered in 2020 online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference included contributions from various fields of research that engage drawing and its methodologies as a research practice.
Drawing and Performance: Creating Scenography 