avande garde theatre?

Answer 1

for an art form to call itself avante garde is pretentious and shortsighted. Only history can bestow that particular title on your work, as it requires the passage of time to fully understand new work. Be content to create new work done well and let the critics worry about whether it should be called avante garde.

Answer 2

Yes, avant-garde is often pretentious, especially if the creator of it called it that! Avant-garde is a good term to use in discussing works of art which are difficult to classify otherwise. A synonym is "ultramodern". Any work of art which breaks new ground is usually termed avant-garde. But, especially in theatre, works which may not expose anything "new" but which do not follow generally accepted "standards" of the industry are termed avant-garde.

Answer 3

Zee Avante Garde steps away from formula. In this, the audience can not sit back and be entertained like they might at an age-old opera where they know the story.
Shooby-doo-wop.
It is intended to engage the audience, which can be incredibly rewarding. Quite often the sense of pretension and indulgence is intentional -- roll with it and get what you can, it's a promise for something unique.

Answer 4

Yeah, avant-garde is often pretentious, but once in a while there'll be something that you can tell really IS inspired and meaningful. And it is refreshing to see a film every once in a while that doesn't have to conform to all the standards of hollywood cinema.

Answer 5

Not a fan. And it's avant garde. I think it's pretentious and oftentimes uninspired.