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Breaking up the Fourth Wall – Playing with, Questioning and Crossing the Implicit Barrier between Performer and Audience in Arja Koriseva's Stage Performance
Subtitle: Playing with, Questioning and Crossing the Implicit Barrier between Performer and Audience in Arja Koriseva's Stage Performance
Authors: Yrjö Heinonen
Editors: Taina Riikonen, Marjaana Virtanen
Publishing place: Frankfurt am Main
Publication year: 2015
Book title : The Embodiment of Authority: Perspectives on Performances
Series title: Interdisziplinäre Studien zur Musik
Number in series: 7
First page : 39
Last page: 59
ISBN: 978-3-631-65085-1
eISBN: 978-3-653-04280-1
ISSN: 1613-169X
In both theatres and concert halls, there has traditionally been an implicit barrier between stage and audience, also known as the fourth wall. The present article explores the ways in which the Finnish popular singer Arja Koriseva plays with, questions and crosses this barrier in her live performances. Special attention is paid to how Koriseva's use of the stage and auditorium space contributes to the meanings of the songs performed and to the identification of audience with the performance.
