Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
The importance of play and fun to people's lives cannot be stressed enough in today's cultural climate of high stress, high stakes, and competition. One activity that gains recognition and credibility as both fun and transformative is theatrical improvisation or improv. In this book, Ruth Yamamoto reviews her research on the influences of improvisation on community college students.
Educators, theatre artists, improvisers, or anyone interested building...
Author
Language
English
Description
Phil Smith of Wrights and Sites' fame is not the first to walk in the footsteps of W.G. Sebald, whose The Rings of Saturn is an account a walk round Suffolk 20 years ago. What is remarkable is that Phil's own walk was quite as extraordinary as Sebald's and that he matches Sebald's erudition, originality and humour swathe for swathe. On one level On Walking... describes an actual, lumbering walk from one incongruous BandB to the next, taking in Dunwich,...
Author
Language
English
Description
A book about developments in walking and walk-performance for enthusiasts, practitioners, students and academics. walking's new movement is intended for anyone who makes, or wants to make, walking art or walk-performances - and for anyone interested in psychogeography, radical walking, drift and dérive, site-specific performance, and the use/abuse of public space in the shadow of Jack the Ripper, Jimmy Savile and many others.
Author
Language
Español
Description
Este libro inicia sus contenidos con una gran pregunta que atraviesa toda nuestra actualidad. Cómo nombrar aquello que se define desde la lengua franca del arte contemporáneo desde nuestro lugar hispanohablante ¿Qué significa decir Performance art en Chile hoy? En el caso de Chile, las grandes manifestaciones del 2011 por la educación vertieron múltiples agencias de cuerpos entrelazados en la calle, un roce de cuerpos que sigue aun latiendo...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this practical, easy to use book, Rae A. Stonehouse a.k.a. Mr. Emcee puts the "Master" in Master of Ceremonies. He shares tips & techniques he has learned over the years in becoming a dynamic Master of Ceremonies.
By reading this book you will learn:
* How to take charge of any event.
* How to organize yourself, so everyone will, know you are in charge!
* How to think logistically, from several different perspectives.
* How to create agendas that...
47) Body Magic
Author
Language
English
Description
Would you believe that you could ask a full-grown man to hold a penny for you and then tell him to drop it and finds he can't, hard as he may try?
In what is undoubtedly the most original magic book of our time, John Fisher shows the reader how, with minimal practice, he can use the marvels of the human body to entertain and mystify friends and family, small and large audiences.
This book is first of all a delight to read because of the instant...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From a critically acclaimed performance artist, a funny, vivid, and ultimately heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes
Anya Liftig grew up with a foot in two very different worlds: While her mother's upbringing was so rural that the other kids called her "holler rat," her father came from a comfortable, upper-middle-class Jewish family. Anya spent school years in affluent Connecticut and summers in...
Author
Language
English
Description
Breuer's sprawling career began in the early 80s, punctuated by major successes like the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Broadway hit The Gospel at Colonus and founding Mabou Mines Theater Company, a fixture of avant-garde New York theatre. His new guide to theatre-making - edited by theatre scholar Stephen Nunns - includes the best advice for creating innovative theatre straight from the source.
Author
Language
English
Description
Want to star in a Blockbuster? Be seen on TV? Commercials? Film? Or on stage in the Theatre? If you've got the acting bug, and there's no cure, it's time to master the show and the business.
Meet Scott & Diane Strand. He's the show and she's the business. Together they make Show Business, a powerful team-teaching Actors just like you, the in's and out's of the Industry they've been part of for decades.
If you've ever dreamed of on-stage stardom,...
Author
Language
Français
Description
L'objectif de cet ouvrage est de servir comme outil psychothérapeutique. Chaque double page a un rle spécifique : la page de gauche est destinée à être lue à voix haute, tandis que la page de droite est laissée vierge pour accueillir vos gribouillis spontanés. Le but ultime est de transcender ce qui est connu, rationnel et logique, afin de donner une expression à des contenus latents difficiles à formuler directement avec des mots, car ils...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Dans La répétition efficace : Un guide pratique pour cheffes et chefs de chœur, Robert Ingari présente des techniques de répétition efficaces qui permettent aux cheffes et chefs de chœur ainsi qu'à leurs choristes de se servir de la construction musicale d'une œuvre pour dynamiser et enrichir le processus de répétition. Pour le chef ou la cheffe de chœur qui souhaite obtenir des résultats plus convaincants et constants, des outils pratiques...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as these women. These women on the corner ... These women in the club ... These women who won't stop asking questions ... These women who got what they deserved ... Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though...
Author
Series
Notable Book List volume 2014
Language
English
Description
This book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. It traces the story of the team that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A missed phone call. A misheard word. An indiscernible noise. All these can make the difference between life and death. Failures to listen are frequently at the root of the marginalization and exclusion of certain forms of life. Audibility decides livability. Shattering Biopolitics elaborates for the first time the intimate and complex relation between life and sound in recent European philosophy, as well as the political stakes of this entanglement.
Nowhere...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and...
Author
Language
English
Description
As the days and months go by, I will be publishing a series of ebooks about the subjects that I have encountered for the last 35 years concerned with the business of music. This collection of eBooks will also be offered as a softback, hardback, and as an audio book. Each eBook will contain between 20-30 pages of necessary and critical subject matter that I feel anyone that needs to know or wants to learn critical information about the music business....
Author
Language
English
Description
Actors! Have you been considering the enticing move to LA? Well, this is the book for you! Join award-winning actress Krystina Bailey Brawer as she takes you on her journey to navigating the "City of Dreams". She will share with you her wins and woes and how to never give up on your goal. Are you down for the ride?
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of thoughtful and provocative reflections on how theatre practitioners think about and engage with audiences, as well as define and explore sites for performance. Through shared experience and ritual, live performance functions as a catalytic medium for progress and evolution. In the hands of artists and audience, the stage is set for the re-makings of commonwealth, or necessary revolution. Caridad Svich received a 2012 OBIE Award for...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is volume IV of Jean Hugard's fantastic handbook "Card Manipulations", which includes simple instructions for a variety of fantastic tricks. Card manipulation is an element of magical illusion concerning the creation of effects through sleight of hand techniques that involve playing cards. It is commonly, employed in magical performances, particularly in street magic. Jean Hugard (1872-1959) was an Australian professional magician. By the end...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request