ISBN: 0139130470 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): Brian Hansen Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Number of Pages: 320
The collaboration which creates the art of theatre extends beyond the actors director and other artists It spills off the stage and into the audience This book examines the dynamics of the interdependent relationship that lie at the core of the experience - from actors to the audience to the stage manager This book the collaborative process in theatre productions Topics include: interaction; the patterns of the actors and audience; character and character interaction; interaction between theatre company members and a range of other interactions Those wishing to explore the motivations and interactions in theatre A good reference for those writing theatre reviews or critiques
ISBN: 0634050664 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing Author(s): Christine Stevens Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation Number of Pages: 96
In this quintessential guide to both creating and facilitating drum circles noted music therapist and drum circle facilitator Christine Stevens covers everything from key grooves and instrumentation to the personal side of empowering people and creating transformational experiences through recreational drumming Filled with practical tools guidelines principles helpful hints exercises and even a play-along CD Stevens' book weaves into one resource the many key elements of what My GenerationAARP Magazine refers to as one of the country's "fastest growing holistic health trends" "Christine Stevens brings together the energy of her drum circle leadership and the healing power of her background in wellness to give us a very helpful book for drum circle leaders teachers recreation specialists religious group leaders health professionals business people and amateur drummers" - Dr Will Schmid MENC Past President and author World Music Drumming "This book is a must for anyone involved in or interested in the drum circle movement - from veterans to wanna-be facilitators" - Karl Bruhn Father of the Music Making and Wellness Movement What you'll learn: The science of entrainment The drum circle duality How to advertise and set up your drum circle Recommended drums and percussion instruments Eight basic facilitation cues Seven essential skills of facilitation Making arrangements in-the-moment Facilitation using a melody instrument Creating sound-scapes with new drummers How to cover the basics of hand drumming Starting and maintaining the groove Designing your program Facilitating from a place of musical joy Creating metaphors and meaning
ISBN: 1581153449 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Drew Campbell Publisher: Allworth Press Number of Pages: 288
Completely updated to reflect state-of-the-art standards in today's fast-changing theater technology Technical Theater for Nontechnical People helps actors dancers playwrights and directors to understand every aspect of a traditional and digitally supported backstage environment-from scenery lighting and sound to props costumes and stage management All sides of production are clearly explained in jargon-free prose and unfamiliar terms are highlighted and defined in an appended glossary In addition to discussions on the more traditional elements of technical theater this book gives equal weight to the new technologies that have become mainstream including software (DMX MIDI and SMPTI) for show control systems software to build audio cues and PC-based audio play-back systems
Affirmed by Library Journal as a book that "will certainly become a standard introductory text on trchnical theater"
"The most down-to-earth stright-forward survey of technical theater practice I have ever read"--John R Lucas managing director of theater Brown University
Towards a Poor Theatre (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))
ISBN: 0878301550 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Jerzy Grotowski Publisher: Routledge Number of Pages: 272
Originally published in 1968 Jerzy Grotowski's groundbreaking book is available once again As a record of Grotowski's theatrical experiments this book is an invaluable resource to students and theater practioners alike
Playwriting Seminars 2.0: A Handbook on the Art and Craft of Dramatic Writing with an Introduction to Screenwriting
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): Richard Toscan Publisher: Number of Pages:
The first edition of Playwriting Seminars has been called a treasure-trove of information philosophy and inspiration (Theatre Journal) an absolutely essential guide to all aspects of playwriting as well as a valuable whitewater raft trip down the rapids of Hollywood screenwriting (Magellan) and a terrific learning environment for writers (WebCrawler Select) The Handbook was originally developed for playwrights and screenwriters but has since been used as well by writers of fiction and nonfiction books Genre novels and their non-fiction equivalents utilize all of the structural elements and issues of plays including point of attack inciting incident foreshadowing and exposition subtext curtain lines (chapter endings) climax and resolution open and closed endings and variant time structures This new edition covers all aspects of writing full-length plays with an expanded treatment of screenwriting for Hollywood and independent filmmakers Ten new diagrams of key elements of dramatic structure have been added Playwriting techniques are explained with many examples from classic and contemporary plays performed today by America's regional theatres as well as on Broadway and Off-Broadway Richard Toscan was Dean of the School of Theatre at the University of Southern California where for many years he taught playwriting and play analysis His professional work as a producer story editor playwright and judge of new play and screenplay competitions informs his approach to what makes new plays work in the contemporary theatre He has worked in association with Lucasfilm and noted figures in theatre film and television That experience has led him to stress the importance of developing voice as a playwright and the dual plot structures used by nearly all produced playwrights today His radio dramas have been broadcast by the BBC NPR CBC and ABC Toscan later taught playwriting and screenwriting while Dean of PSUs School of Fine & Performing Arts More recently he was Dean of VCUs School of the Arts where he founded the Cinema Program By 2006 the first edition of Playwriting Seminars had become a widely used resource in the field
ISBN: 0415436575 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Konstantin Stanislavsky Publisher: Routledge Number of Pages: 488
Konstantin Stanislavski was a Russian director who transformed theatre in the West with his contributions to the birth of Realist theatre and his unprecedented approach to teaching acting He lived through extraordinary times and his unique contribution to the arts still endures in the twenty-first century He established the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 with among other plays the premiere of Chekhov's The Seagull He also survived revolutions lost his fortune found wide fame in America and lived in internal exile under Stalin's Soviet Union Before writing his classic manual on acting Stanislavski began writing an autobiography that he hoped would both chronicle his rich and tumultuous life and serve as a justification of his aesthetic philosophy But when the project grew to 'impossible' lengths his publisher (Little Brown) insisted on many cuts and changes to keep it to its deadline and to a manageable length The result was a version published in English in 1924 which Stanislavski hated and completely revised for a Soviet edition that came out in 1926 Now for the first time translator Jean Benedetti brings us Stanislavski's complete unabridged autobiography as the author himself wanted it from the re-edited 1926 version The text in clear and lively English is supplemented by a wealth of photos and illustrations many previously unpublished
Theatricality in Early Modern Art and Architecture (Art History Special Issues)
ISBN: 1444339028 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Caroline van Eck, Stijn Bussels Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Number of Pages: 200
Theatricality in Early Modern Art and Architecture offers the first systematic investigation of exchanges between the arts architecture and the theatre The authors present many new instances of the interaction between the arts providing a theoretical and historiographical context for these interactions
Offers the first systematic investigation of exchanges between the arts architecture and the theatre not simply the influence of the theatre on the arts and vice versa
Develops a theoretical and methodological model to study such exchanges and interactions
Presents many new hitherto unknown instances of the interaction between the arts particularly architecture and the theatre and provides such interactions with a theoretical and historiographical context
Authors have opened up new ways of analyzing theatricality both in the arts architecture and the theatre
Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation (Leonardo Book Series)
ISBN: 0262042355 Binding: Hardcover Edition: annotated edition Author(s): Steve Dixon Publisher: The MIT Press Number of Pages: 832
The past decade has seen an extraordinarily intense period of experimentation with computer technology within the performing arts Digital media has been increasingly incorporated into live theater and dance and new forms of interactive performance have emerged in participatory installations on CD-ROM and on the Web In Digital Performance Steve Dixon traces the evolution of these practices presents detailed accounts of key practitioners and performances and analyzes the theoretical artistic and technological contexts of this form of new media artDixon finds precursors to today's digital performances in past forms of theatrical technology that range from the deus ex machina of classical Greek drama to Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk (concept of the total artwork) and draws parallels between contemporary work and the theories and practices of Constructivism Dada Surrealism Expressionism Futurism and multimedia pioneers of the twentieth century For a theoretical perspective on digital performance Dixon draws on the work of Philip Auslander Walter Benjamin Roland Barthes Jean Baudrillard and othersTo document and analyze contemporary digital performance practice Dixon considers changes in the representation of the body space and time He considers virtual bodies avatars and digital doubles as well as performances by artists including Stelarc Robert Lepage Merce Cunningham Laurie Anderson Blast Theory and Eduardo Kac He investigates new media's novel approaches to creating theatrical spectacle including virtual reality and robot performance work telematic performances in which remote locations are linked in real time Webcams and online drama communities and considers the "extratemporal" illusion created by some technological theater works Finally he defines categories of interactivity from navigational to participatory and collaborative Dixon challenges dominant theoretical approaches to digital performance--including what he calls postmodernism's denial of the new--and offers a series of boldly original arguments in their place
Stop the Show! A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater
ISBN: 1560258209 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Brad Schreiber Publisher: Da Capo Press Number of Pages: 272
Stop the Show is the first book to assemble humorous frightening and bizarre anecdotes about the history of all that went wrong during live theatrical productions in the US and the United Kingdom It is the publishing equivalent of TV bloopers for the legitimate stage This book includes stories from top directors actors playwrights and technicians from New York Los Angeles and points in between to the United Kingdom from the 19th century to today There are stories about missed entrances and exits onstage unscripted fights between performers improvised lines accidental pratfalls falling scenery and costume lighting and makeup screwups The backstage provides sordid tales of practical jokes treachery misplaced props wild arguments and generally the kinds of things Michael Frayn created for his farce about a theatrical disaster Noises Off This book doesn't leave out the theatergoers either who snore fight with each other talk back to the performers search for their seats become suddenly ill eat drink make merry and are yelled at by the performers all of which sometimes prompts the show to stop even though we've always been told it must go on
The Art of Voice Acting, Fourth Edition: The Craft and Business of Performing Voiceover
ISBN: 0240812115 Binding: Paperback Edition: 4 Author(s): James Alburger Publisher: Focal Press Number of Pages: 432
Are you just starting in Voiceover Do you have some experience but aren't getting booked Are you a working pro who wants to expand to new areas of VO work
The Art of Voice Acting is a must read if you are serious about a profession in voice over and looking to maximize your efforts for success in the business Packed with basic acting techniques in The Art of Voice Acting you will discover All new scripts 20 more pages of new and updated information A completely new chapter of studio stories and 'tricks-of-the-trade' from professional voiceover talent around the world Updated information for voiceover demos and marketing A comprehensive index that makes it easy to find what you're looking for More voice and acting techniques Contributions from some of the top voice talent in the world An all new audio CD with the actual audio for every script in the book PLUS: exercises demos and more Written in an accessible and engaging style Alburger shares his experience as a performer producer director and performance coach to give you a clear no nonsense introduction to the business and art of voice acting
Learn insider tips on marketing finding work making audition tapes and establishing yourself as a professional voice over actor New chapter 'Tricks of the Trade' explains how to maximize your efforts and avoid pot holes in the industry Perfect your performing skills using easy-to-follow voice exercises and demos on CD Rom
