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Media Servers for Lighting Programmers

A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Digital Lighting

by Vickie Claiborne ...

Media Servers for Lighting Programmers,Second Edition, is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers – the digital media devices used to control and manipulate video, audio, lighting, and projection content that have become the industry standard for live events, broadcast, and theatre performances.This book contains all the information you need to begin working with ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Media Servers for Lighting Programmers,Second Edition, is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers – the digital media devices used to control and manipulate video, audio, lighting, and projection content that have become the industry standard for live events, broadcast, and theatre performances.This book contains all the information you need to begin working with
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Movement for Actors (Second Edition)

Edited by Nicole Potter, Barbara Adrian, Mary Fleischer ...

In this updated rich resource for actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and the screen. Readers will gain remarkable insights into the physical skills and techniques used in a wide variety of performance styles through ready-to-use exercises and approaches. Included in this new edition are chapters covering:Stage combatYoga for ... Read more

$16.99 USD

In this updated rich resource for actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and the screen. Readers will gain remarkable insights into the physical skills and techniques used in a wide variety of performance styles through ready-to-use exercises and approaches. Included in this new edition are chapters covering:Stage combatYoga for
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The Moving Body (Le Corps Poétique)

Teaching Creative Theatre

by Jacques Lecoq ...

Translated by David Bradby ...

Series series Theatre Makers
'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture, which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.Neutral mask, character ... Read more

$25.99 USD

'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture, which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.Neutral mask, character
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A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause

by Shawn Wen ...

"Threading the subtle seam between what lives and what remains, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause succeeds in conjuring the poetry of Marcel Marceau's performance as both a character on stage and in history. . . . Like pulling a ghost from a dark room, this is an accomplished work of historical portraiture: precise in its objects, complex in its melancholy, and insightful in its humor." ... Read more

$12.99 USD

"Threading the subtle seam between what lives and what remains, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause succeeds in conjuring the poetry of Marcel Marceau's performance as both a character on stage and in history. . . . Like pulling a ghost from a dark room, this is an accomplished work of historical portraiture: precise in its objects, complex in its melancholy, and insightful in its humor."
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Theatre of Movement and Gesture

by Jacques Lecoq ...

Translated by Joel Anderson, D Bradby, Luke Kernaghan, DICK MCCAW ...

Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews ... Read more

$55.99 USD

Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews
... Read more
Par-dessus bord

by Michel Vinaver ...

Sur le sol français, deux entreprises se livrent une guerre sans merci sur le marché du papier toilette. L’une est une puissante multinationale américaine qui cherche à étendre son emprise, l’autre une PME familiale gérée à l’ancienne. Avec elles, dans la lutte les opposant et dans la révolution de palais et culturelle que celle-ci entraîne, Michel Vinaver écrit avec férocité l’épopée du ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Sur le sol français, deux entreprises se livrent une guerre sans merci sur le marché du papier toilette. L’une est une puissante multinationale américaine qui cherche à étendre son emprise, l’autre une PME familiale gérée à l’ancienne. Avec elles, dans la lutte les opposant et dans la révolution de palais et culturelle que celle-ci entraîne, Michel Vinaver écrit avec férocité l’épopée du
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The Lucid Body

A Guide for the Physical Actor

by Fay Simpson ...

“From Fay’s methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways.” —Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, and Nine DaysEngaging Mind and Body to Develop the Complete Physical Nature of CharactersActors are shape-shifters, requiring the tools to wade into unfamiliar waters and back out again. The Lucid Body offers a holistic, somatic approach to embodying. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

“From Fay’s methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways.” —Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, and Nine DaysEngaging Mind and Body to Develop the Complete Physical Nature of CharactersActors are shape-shifters, requiring the tools to wade into unfamiliar waters and back out again. The Lucid Body offers a holistic, somatic approach to embodying.
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The Lucid Body

A Guide for the Physical Actor

by Fay Simpson ...

Actors! Engage your mind and your body in order to develop your characters fully. The Lucid Body technique breaks up stagnant movement patterns and expands your emotional and physical range. Through energy analysis, this program shows how to use physical training to create characters from all walks of life—however cruel, desolate, or neurotic those characters may be. Rooted in the exploration of ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Actors! Engage your mind and your body in order to develop your characters fully. The Lucid Body technique breaks up stagnant movement patterns and expands your emotional and physical range. Through energy analysis, this program shows how to use physical training to create characters from all walks of life—however cruel, desolate, or neurotic those characters may be. Rooted in the exploration of
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The Performative Power of Vocality

by Virginie Magnat ...

Series series Routledge Voice Studies
The Performative Power of Vocality offers a fresh perspective on voice as a subject of critical inquiry by employing an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach.Conventional treatment of voice in theatre and performance studies too often regards it as a subcategory of actor training, associated with the established methods that have shaped voice pedagogy within Western theatre schools, ... Read more

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The Performative Power of Vocality offers a fresh perspective on voice as a subject of critical inquiry by employing an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach.Conventional treatment of voice in theatre and performance studies too often regards it as a subcategory of actor training, associated with the established methods that have shaped voice pedagogy within Western theatre schools,
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Un carton

by Thierry Y. Alves ...

Après avoir passé plus de dix ans dans la rue, on croit depuis longtemps qu’on en a fait le tour. Un SDF à l’âge de la retraite se réveille ce matin-là, les mêmes heures de routine à tuer jusqu’au lendemain. Alors, quand un inconnu s’installe à côté de lui, sans même cinquante centimes à lui donner, le vieil homme est loin de se douter qu’il n’a pas encore tout vu. Loin de là. Des hurluberlus de ... Read more

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Après avoir passé plus de dix ans dans la rue, on croit depuis longtemps qu’on en a fait le tour. Un SDF à l’âge de la retraite se réveille ce matin-là, les mêmes heures de routine à tuer jusqu’au lendemain. Alors, quand un inconnu s’installe à côté de lui, sans même cinquante centimes à lui donner, le vieil homme est loin de se douter qu’il n’a pas encore tout vu. Loin de là. Des hurluberlus de
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Ciao Alberi!

by Francesco Carubia ...

Le creature più antiche, viventi sensibili e comunicanti presenti sulla terra sono le piante, e noi uomini che a fatica comunichiamo tra noi e siamo imprigionati da bisogni primari come il cibo e l'accoppiamento, usiamo risorse ingenti per scovare miserabili tracce di vita primordiale in altri pianeti. Lo facciamo per non essere costretti ad iniziare uno studio comunicativo con chi ci è superiore ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Le creature più antiche, viventi sensibili e comunicanti presenti sulla terra sono le piante, e noi uomini che a fatica comunichiamo tra noi e siamo imprigionati da bisogni primari come il cibo e l'accoppiamento, usiamo risorse ingenti per scovare miserabili tracce di vita primordiale in altri pianeti. Lo facciamo per non essere costretti ad iniziare uno studio comunicativo con chi ci è superiore
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Le Bègue

Monologue en vers libres dit par M. de Feraudy, de la Comédie-Française

by Pierre Trimouillat, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "L'éloquence en amour est une belle chose. Parlez ! à tort comme à travers ! Ne restez jamais bouche close. Pas de timidité, c'est le pire travers. Jamais femme ne fut par un muet séduite. Ainsi moi, j'ai bonne façon, Je ne suis pas vilain garçon, J'ai de l'esprit, je suis très riche et ma conduite, Est à l'abri de tout soupçon… Et je ne puis trouver une enfant distinguée, Qui — par ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Extrait : "L'éloquence en amour est une belle chose. Parlez ! à tort comme à travers ! Ne restez jamais bouche close. Pas de timidité, c'est le pire travers. Jamais femme ne fut par un muet séduite. Ainsi moi, j'ai bonne façon, Je ne suis pas vilain garçon, J'ai de l'esprit, je suis très riche et ma conduite, Est à l'abri de tout soupçon… Et je ne puis trouver une enfant distinguée, Qui — par
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O Mágico!

by Carujo ...

Mágica, uma Arte muito antiga. Veja, aqui, a mais completa inclusão de Ilusionismo, Prestidigitação e Mágica para o êxito da prática. O Mágico, com suas operações, conduz a mente da pessoa à analisar, avaliar, comparar, compreender, conhecer-se decidir-se, dirigir-se, julgar pensar, raciocinar, orientar-se. O Mágico é hábil nas atitudes, nos gestos, nas imagens, nas palavras. Ele leva a pessoa a ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mágica, uma Arte muito antiga. Veja, aqui, a mais completa inclusão de Ilusionismo, Prestidigitação e Mágica para o êxito da prática. O Mágico, com suas operações, conduz a mente da pessoa à analisar, avaliar, comparar, compreender, conhecer-se decidir-se, dirigir-se, julgar pensar, raciocinar, orientar-se. O Mágico é hábil nas atitudes, nos gestos, nas imagens, nas palavras. Ele leva a pessoa a
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O ó do borogodó

teatro trianon em cenas obscenas

by João Vicente Alvarenga ...

O livro retoma a história do Teatro em Campos dos Goytacazes, a partir da década de 90, já que escrevemos outro trabalho historiográfico, abordando as décadas de 60, 70 e 80. O foco da presente obra será o Teatro Municipal Trianon, inserido nesse contexto de virada de século, em dois momentos representativos, sua inauguração (1998) e comemorações de seus 15 anos. ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

O livro retoma a história do Teatro em Campos dos Goytacazes, a partir da década de 90, já que escrevemos outro trabalho historiográfico, abordando as décadas de 60, 70 e 80. O foco da presente obra será o Teatro Municipal Trianon, inserido nesse contexto de virada de século, em dois momentos representativos, sua inauguração (1998) e comemorações de seus 15 anos.
... Read more
Sodome ma douce

by Laurent Gaudé ...

Celle de Sodome, transformée en statue de sel, se réveille à la vie et raconte sa ville, ses habitants et la manière dont ils ont été frappés : par le plus séduisant des ambassadeurs, porteur d'une maladie mortelle extrêmement contagieuse.1 femme / 1 h 30 ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Celle de Sodome, transformée en statue de sel, se réveille à la vie et raconte sa ville, ses habitants et la manière dont ils ont été frappés : par le plus séduisant des ambassadeurs, porteur d'une maladie mortelle extrêmement contagieuse.1 femme / 1 h 30
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The Complete Book of Hand Shadows

Instructions for Shadowgraphy

by Louis Nikola ...

Generations of entertainers have amused audiences of children and adults with the art of hand shadows, using only a light source and their own two hands to form immediately recognizable profiles of people and animals. Lovers of nostalgia and aspiring hand shadow artists will delight in this facsimile of a 1913 book, which features more than 50 hand shadows.These quaint illustrations depict many ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Generations of entertainers have amused audiences of children and adults with the art of hand shadows, using only a light source and their own two hands to form immediately recognizable profiles of people and animals. Lovers of nostalgia and aspiring hand shadow artists will delight in this facsimile of a 1913 book, which features more than 50 hand shadows.These quaint illustrations depict many
... Read more
Devised Theater’s Collaborative Performance

Making Masterpieces from Collective Concepts

by Telory D Arendell ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice.As both a founding member of Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theater Company and a Professor, Telory Arendell begins this journey with a brief history of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and Living Newspapers through Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble and Joe Chaikin’s Open Theatre to the racially inflected commentary of Luis ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice.As both a founding member of Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theater Company and a Professor, Telory Arendell begins this journey with a brief history of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and Living Newspapers through Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble and Joe Chaikin’s Open Theatre to the racially inflected commentary of Luis
... Read more
Cendres sur les mains

by Laurent Gaudé ...

Deux hommes, dans un pays dévasté par la guerre, brûlent les morts. Une femme, laissée pour morte, se relève. Ils la nourissent, prennent soin d'elle. Elle se joint à eux pour entretenir le bûcher mais ne parle pas: elle ne parle qu'aux morts. 1 femme, 2 hommes / 1 h 30 ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Deux hommes, dans un pays dévasté par la guerre, brûlent les morts. Une femme, laissée pour morte, se relève. Ils la nourissent, prennent soin d'elle. Elle se joint à eux pour entretenir le bûcher mais ne parle pas: elle ne parle qu'aux morts. 1 femme, 2 hommes / 1 h 30
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Copeau/Decroux, Irving/Craig

A Search for 20th Century Mime, Mask & Marionette

by Thomas Leabhart ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
In this series of essays, Thomas Leabhart presents a thorough overview and analysis of Etienne Decroux’s artistic genealogy.After four years’ apprenticeship with Decroux, Thomas Leabhart began to research and discover how forebears and contemporaries might have influenced Decroux’s project. Decades of digging revealed striking correspondences that often led to adjacent fields—art history, ... Read more

$60.99 USD

In this series of essays, Thomas Leabhart presents a thorough overview and analysis of Etienne Decroux’s artistic genealogy.After four years’ apprenticeship with Decroux, Thomas Leabhart began to research and discover how forebears and contemporaries might have influenced Decroux’s project. Decades of digging revealed striking correspondences that often led to adjacent fields—art history,
... Read more
Autoritratto

Istruzioni per sopravvivere a Palermo

by Davide Enia ...

La nuova opera dell’artista pluripremiato in tournée nei più grandi teatri italiani. Con lo sguardo puro della giovinezza e l’ironia inconsapevole che spiazza Davide Enia racconta gli anni di piombo siciliani, la presenza di Cosa Nostra nelle maglie di una società assuefatta al silenzio come al boato delle bombe, dove «se ti trovi di fronte a una pozza di sangue, l’immagine riflessa è il tuo ... Read more

$12.99 USD

La nuova opera dell’artista pluripremiato in tournée nei più grandi teatri italiani. Con lo sguardo puro della giovinezza e l’ironia inconsapevole che spiazza Davide Enia racconta gli anni di piombo siciliani, la presenza di Cosa Nostra nelle maglie di una società assuefatta al silenzio come al boato delle bombe, dove «se ti trovi di fronte a una pozza di sangue, l’immagine riflessa è il tuo
... Read more
Towards a Theory of Mime

by Alexander Iliev ...

Towards a Theory of Mime is a genuinely unique book about non-verbal communication and performance. Combining a broad global history of the evolution of human communication with an introduction to the general practice of mime, Alexander Iliev traces a lineage from Marceau and Barrault to his own distinguished practice as performer and teacher.The book moves from a fascinating description of the ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Towards a Theory of Mime is a genuinely unique book about non-verbal communication and performance. Combining a broad global history of the evolution of human communication with an introduction to the general practice of mime, Alexander Iliev traces a lineage from Marceau and Barrault to his own distinguished practice as performer and teacher.The book moves from a fascinating description of the
... Read more
Elettra

by Sofocle ...

"Elettra" è una tragedia di Sofocle che rappresenta il dramma dell'odio, in cui non c'è spazio per rimorso o pentimenti. Oreste, figlio di Agamennone, torna dopo molti anni a Micene, in compagnia di Pilade e del Pedagogo. Egli, su ordine di Apollo, deve vendicare la morte del padre, ucciso dalla moglie Clitennestra e dal suo amante Egisto per usurparne il trono. Da bambino Oreste, che correva il ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Elettra" è una tragedia di Sofocle che rappresenta il dramma dell'odio, in cui non c'è spazio per rimorso o pentimenti. Oreste, figlio di Agamennone, torna dopo molti anni a Micene, in compagnia di Pilade e del Pedagogo. Egli, su ordine di Apollo, deve vendicare la morte del padre, ucciso dalla moglie Clitennestra e dal suo amante Egisto per usurparne il trono. Da bambino Oreste, che correva il
... Read more
L'art sans paroles

by Gérard Macé ...

La pantomime, le cinéma muet, le cirque : ces trois spectacles sans paroles (mais pas toujours silencieux) sont loin d'être privés de sens, même si le visage, les gestes, le corps tout entier s'expriment en se passant de tout discours, ce qui dans le monde d'aujourd'hui est presque une forme de résistance. Ces trois arts si proches de l'enfance à proprement parler, puisqu'ils sont muets, proposent ... Read more

$7.99 USD

La pantomime, le cinéma muet, le cirque : ces trois spectacles sans paroles (mais pas toujours silencieux) sont loin d'être privés de sens, même si le visage, les gestes, le corps tout entier s'expriment en se passant de tout discours, ce qui dans le monde d'aujourd'hui est presque une forme de résistance. Ces trois arts si proches de l'enfance à proprement parler, puisqu'ils sont muets, proposent
... Read more
Cruelty and Desire in the Modern Theater

Antonin Artaud, Sarah Kane, and Samuel Beckett

by Laurens De Vos ...

Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In juxtaposing these playwrights, De Vos minutely points out how both in their own way struggle with coming to terms with Artaud. A key concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theories, desire lies at the root of the Theatre of ... Read more

$74.99 USD

Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In juxtaposing these playwrights, De Vos minutely points out how both in their own way struggle with coming to terms with Artaud. A key concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theories, desire lies at the root of the Theatre of
... Read more

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