The Peer-reviewed Open Access Online Journal for Animation History and Theory – ISSN 1930-1928
(Animation) began as something other than drama. It was not a story in three acts; it was a singular event, like an implausible trapeze act … (Norman Klein, 1993) “There is no interest in achieving the possible, but it is exceedingly interesting to perform the impossible.” “Astound me!” (Serge Diaghilev, 1909-1929; Director of The Ballets […]
The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. John Lasseter Introduction This research aims to shed some light on the relationship between animation and contemporary theatre. It is oriented in two directions; one that involves reading and analysing sources and the other is due to having been part of a team repeatedly […]
On Begone Dull Care: “Thus, the knife-point was made to slide and move on the surface of the film; my hand pressed, guided, and, as it were, made to ‘dance’ to the rhythm of the music.” (McLaren 1949, p.6) Scottish-Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren’s work is bound by the notion of performance; he described his own […]