Stanislavsky and Place offers a new approach to actor training and theatrical direction by investigating Stanislavskys question to his actors of Where? the action that they perform (and what preceded it) took place....Loe edasi...
This book explores how artists with disabilities have provided social, emotional, psychological, and physical context for understanding the complexities surrounding disability....Loe edasi...
Race, Gender and Disability in Puppetry and Material Performance investigates and expands the multifaceted how and what of puppetry and material performance....Loe edasi...
This groundbreaking work explores S¸ren Kierkegaard as a pioneering figure in performance theory, revealing how his philosophical approach anticipated contemporary performance studies concepts....Loe edasi...
Women Staging and Restaging the Nineteenth Century is the first book to explore overlooked histories of women who filled the theatrical stages of the nineteenth century, dialoguing with contemporary adaptations, reworkings and retellings of these hi...Loe edasi...
Aerial Arts and Dance Improvisation is a comprehensive guide for developing creativity in aerial arts. It offers a fresh perspective on how to move beyond rote aerial technique and toward meaningful, artistic movement....Loe edasi...
This book explores the most unique contemporary forms of Taiwanese dance theatre and the theatre of movement created by renowned choreographers whose productions are committed to the Eastern body aesthetics (dongfang shentiguan)....Loe edasi...
Theater and Revolution explores the dynamic and complex relationship between theatrical expression and revolutionary movements across diverse historical and cultural landscapes....Loe edasi...
This volume explores diverse theatrical models from the latter half of the 20th century, featuring various artists, enthusiasts, and audiences. It constructs an equitable history of British theatre that better represents the nations lived experienc...Loe edasi...
Australian Musical Theatre: Never Been Better? is the first sustained scholarly analysis of the Australian musical in the twenty-first century. The book will be an essential resource for scholars and students of musical theatre, theatre and performa...Loe edasi...
This book responds to the urgent need to develop new ways of studying audience engagement with the arts in times of rapid technological and societal changes. It focuses on audience experiences of engagement, branching out engagement from the facilit...Loe edasi...
This book delves into the embodiment of Chineseness in digital performance, utilising the innovative methodology of techno-choreography. For scholars and practitioners across disciplines like dance, theatre, performance, music, human-computer intera...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1970, The Greek Chorus is primarily concerned to relate the history of the dance, an aspect of the chorus which had so far been inadequately presented. The author describes the visual appearance of the chorus on Greek vases a...Loe edasi...
Small Stages: Cabinets, Dioramas, and other Tiny Performances is a consideration of small stages as unique and generative sites for creating and presenting performance. The book examines the ways in which small stages are diminutive sites of perform...Loe edasi...
Climate Theatre explores how performance arts portray environmental distress across diverse settings, united by concerns about climate impacts. It examines theatrical traditions responding to ecological challenges while showcasing works that positio...Loe edasi...
Theatre and Media for Social Change in Malawi examines contemporary participatory theatre and media as instruments for social transformation across multiple domains, including education, prisoner rehabilitation, gender equality, mental health suppor...Loe edasi...
Milestones in Actor Training focuses on key developments across time in how actors prepare for performance. This volume concentrates mainly on conceptions of acting as emergent or as reformulated in the West, with the majority coming from the late n...Loe edasi...
This book analyzes gesture, ritual, and performance in flamenco and tauromaquia - the extended definition of bullfighting within the visual arts and poetry - in contemporary Spain....Loe edasi...
The 1920s London-Irish Theatre: A History documents, explores and interrogates the Irish Theatre that was prevalent in London during the 1920s....Loe edasi...
Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious presents groundbreaking research on humors psychological and sociopolitical aspects. Based on Shakespeares Globe experiments, it proposes humor as manic defence, challenging Freudian theory while examining Re...Loe edasi...
This book offers a timely exploration of how Western theatre has consistently challenged the notion that human nature is fundamentally selfish....Loe edasi...
This book is about the four-decade-long struggle of political theatre in the post-colonial society of Pakistan, which started as a response to the dictatorship....Loe edasi...
Mattering Voices explores the intersection of voice studies and new materialisms, examining how voices materialize as meaningful events. This pioneering volume features diverse researchers investigating vocal practices across disciplines, revealing...Loe edasi...
This book presents a transformative vision for musicians seeking meaningful careers while revitalising community wellbeing. It speaks to musicians seeking to diversify their career portfolios, educators developing future music leaders, and health pr...Loe edasi...
This book explores neurodiversity in the performing arts through personal stories of artists navigating training and industry pressures. It is particularly useful for educators, theatre practitioners, and policymakers seeking to create more inclusiv...Loe edasi...
This book examines performance practices that involve people in recovery from addiction and offers an understanding of how artistic activity can create social environments or atmospheres - that support recovery....Loe edasi...
Performing Womanhood in Eastern Europe explores a distinctive form of womanhood that emerged in post-World War II Eastern Europe, offering an alternative to Western typologies....Loe edasi...
Staging Monstrous Bodies: Questioning Normative Orders brings together global perspectives from leading and emerging scholars to explore the intersections of monster studies and performances studies....Loe edasi...
This book is the accumulation of the many Clues from the First Folio of Shakespeares plays (as opposed to any edited version) that help to inform contemporary performances and offers a complete understanding of the text....Loe edasi...
Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School is about being Black, being British and being an actor before, during and after training....Loe edasi...
This book examines closely the translation, adaptation and reception of three silent films in English, German, and Yiddish to extend beyond textual translation to social, economic, cultural, and historical contexts. It will be of interest to Transla...Loe edasi...
From ice puppets to robots, from intricate marionettes to abstract forms, Making Meaning in Puppetry investigates the elusive and multifaceted how of how puppets make meaning in performance. It develops a vocabulary for understanding and articulatin...Loe edasi...
This collection of essays seeks to present articles that examine the early ventures of the 1960s and 1970s in the progressive theatre of identity with a new contemporary view considering the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, economic class, a...Loe edasi...
This collection explores the multifaceted role of improvisation, from rehearsal to performance, teaching to learning within the Southeast Asian performing arts scene. It demonstrates how improvisation can be used in practice through diverse theoreti...Loe edasi...
Theatre activities ask adolescents to empathize with those who are different from themselves. Recognizing divergence invites self-reflection and kindles compassion. These actions tap students inner cores while at the same time deepening their unders...Loe edasi...
Establishing a missed link between the work of Piero Manzoni and Hélio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting...Loe edasi...
This book presents a detailed, thorough and theoretical study on experimental Xiqu performances that have taken place in recent decades in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan....Loe edasi...
Stanislavsky and Mindfulness synthesises the two disciplines of acting and mindfulness focusing on elemental concepts from Stanislavskys System. Following mindfulness from East to West, this collection explores how Stanislavsky used techniques of mi...Loe edasi...
This book spotlights art works and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of persons in the female category in scenes of love and sexuality....Loe edasi...
A unique cross-cultural resource with practical insights and theoretical reflections of great value for academics, scholars, educators and practitioners in the fields of theatre studies, dramaturgy, cross-cultural performance studies, contemporary C...Loe edasi...
In this volume Social Circus is explored in depth by three Circus Studies scholars working with the aim of creating new ways of engaging with the field. Lavers, Burtt, and Bochud investigate the way that Social Circus transforms in response to its i...Loe edasi...
This book offers a series of thought-provoking essays about music and the performing arts viewed from current Anthropocene-aware perspectives. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences, as well as a...Loe edasi...
AI, AR, and VR in Theatre and Performance investigates the cutting-edge application of evolving digital technologies within the creative industries, with a focus on theatre and the dramatic arts....Loe edasi...
Actor Trainers on Acting is a comprehensive, diverse and forward-thinking examination of the craft of acting written by leading experts from across the world....Loe edasi...
A History of Intimacy Professionals in Entertainment is the first book that explores the evolution of intimacy coordinators, choreographers and directors in the performing arts, highlighting the history of their critical role in fostering safe(r) an...Loe edasi...
The Art of Sensorial Language examines audience interaction, multisensory experiences that can be understood internationally and cross-culturally....Loe edasi...
This book explores the works of Humanist/Absurdist American playwright Jack Gelber (1932-2003), whose groundbreaking, immersive play The Connection (produced by The Living Theatre in 1959) served as the link between the Art Theatre/Beat Generation a...Loe edasi...
From Object to Performance identifies, analyses, and critically contemplates the advent of a performance mentality and the gradual maturation of a performative turn in Israeli art....Loe edasi...
