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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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Au non du père

by Ahmed Madani ...

Anissa, 25 ans, décide de retrouver la trace d’un père qu’elle n’a jamais connu. «Au non du père» interroge ce qui fait lien entre un parent (biologique et d’éducation) et son enfant et comment cela oriente un parcours de vie. ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Anissa, 25 ans, décide de retrouver la trace d’un père qu’elle n’a jamais connu. «Au non du père» interroge ce qui fait lien entre un parent (biologique et d’éducation) et son enfant et comment cela oriente un parcours de vie.
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Le Moine noir

d’après la nouvelle de Tchekhov

by Kirill Serebrennikov ...

Translated by Daniel Loayza, Macha Zonina ...

Dans cette adaptation de la nouvelle fantastique «Le Moine noir» d’Anton Tchekhov, Kirill Serebrennikov s’interroge sur le désir humain et irrépressible de liberté, sur l’art, le génie et l’autodestruction à laquelle ces tentations peuvent mener. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Dans cette adaptation de la nouvelle fantastique «Le Moine noir» d’Anton Tchekhov, Kirill Serebrennikov s’interroge sur le désir humain et irrépressible de liberté, sur l’art, le génie et l’autodestruction à laquelle ces tentations peuvent mener.
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Andrarius

Le robot-homme

by Anatole Planida ...

Paris, de nos jours… Le professeur Marius Donovan, ingénieur, chercheur, construit un super robot androїde qui lui ressemble à s’y méprendre. Personne ne peut les distinguer ! Seulement, très vite, l’androїde devient l’objet de convoitise, d’une part, de l’État avec ses services spéciaux, d’autre part, de la mafia… russe, en l’occurrence. Par dessus le marché, quand le robot réalise, un jour, qu ... Read more

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Paris, de nos jours… Le professeur Marius Donovan, ingénieur, chercheur, construit un super robot androїde qui lui ressemble à s’y méprendre. Personne ne peut les distinguer ! Seulement, très vite, l’androїde devient l’objet de convoitise, d’une part, de l’État avec ses services spéciaux, d’autre part, de la mafia… russe, en l’occurrence. Par dessus le marché, quand le robot réalise, un jour, qu
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Par-delà les marronniers

Revu(e)

by Jean-Michel Ribes ...

Pièce jouée du 15 mars au 24 avril 2016 au théâtre du Rond-Point (Paris)En frac de satin blanc, trois dandys répondent à un sergent. Début du siècle, la guerre de 14 est déclarée. Arthur Cravan, Jacques Vaché et Jacques Rigaut ont vingt ans à peine. Ils vont vivre sans se rencontrer. Mais leur oeuvre courte fait date. Ils traversent en comètes fulgurantes le ciel noir de leur temps. Ils défient l ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Pièce jouée du 15 mars au 24 avril 2016 au théâtre du Rond-Point (Paris)En frac de satin blanc, trois dandys répondent à un sergent. Début du siècle, la guerre de 14 est déclarée. Arthur Cravan, Jacques Vaché et Jacques Rigaut ont vingt ans à peine. Ils vont vivre sans se rencontrer. Mais leur oeuvre courte fait date. Ils traversent en comètes fulgurantes le ciel noir de leur temps. Ils défient l
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Meridione a rotaia

Storie di sangue, radici e amori senza tacchi

by Angelo Mellone, Mario Desiati ...

Angelo Mellone conclude la sua trilogia lirica sul Meridione italiano, giungendo anche all’ultima fermata di un viaggio che è un canto appassionato e dolente, ma al tempo stesso un grido di rabbia, per la sua terra. Un ritorno nella propria terra, che è stata abbandonata anni prima con rabbia. Un ritorno a Meridione, compiuto con il mezzo che più associamo al viaggio: il treno. Sui treni sono ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Angelo Mellone conclude la sua trilogia lirica sul Meridione italiano, giungendo anche all’ultima fermata di un viaggio che è un canto appassionato e dolente, ma al tempo stesso un grido di rabbia, per la sua terra. Un ritorno nella propria terra, che è stata abbandonata anni prima con rabbia. Un ritorno a Meridione, compiuto con il mezzo che più associamo al viaggio: il treno. Sui treni sono
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Marcel Marceau La Poetica Del Gesto

by Patrizia Iovine ...

Le origini del mimo risalgono al '500 a. C. ai riti religiosi dell'antica Grecia. Il mimodramma si può far risalire a Teocrito, a rappresentazioni di vita popolare, alle Dionisie cittadine nel corso delle quali si iniziò ad utilizzare la maschera. Gli antichi romani mimavano situazioni politiche inventando pantomime satiriche. Anche nella città di Atella, tra Napoli e Capua vi era un genere di ... Read more

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Le origini del mimo risalgono al '500 a. C. ai riti religiosi dell'antica Grecia. Il mimodramma si può far risalire a Teocrito, a rappresentazioni di vita popolare, alle Dionisie cittadine nel corso delle quali si iniziò ad utilizzare la maschera. Gli antichi romani mimavano situazioni politiche inventando pantomime satiriche. Anche nella città di Atella, tra Napoli e Capua vi era un genere di
... Read more
Mime into Physical Theatre: A UK Cultural History 1970–2000

by Mark Evans, Simon Murray ...

This is the first book to investigate the social, political, cultural, artistic and economic forces which created conditions for the rise, success and decline of mime and physical theatre in the United Kingdom, from the 1970s to 2000.Unpicking the various routes through which mime and physical theatre emerged into wider prominence, this book outlines key thematic strands within this history of ... Read more

$54.99 USD

This is the first book to investigate the social, political, cultural, artistic and economic forces which created conditions for the rise, success and decline of mime and physical theatre in the United Kingdom, from the 1970s to 2000.Unpicking the various routes through which mime and physical theatre emerged into wider prominence, this book outlines key thematic strands within this history of
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Deburau

Pierrot, Mime, and Culture

by Edward Nye ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des Funambules in Paris in the context of Romantic art, literature and socio-political thought.Deburau and the Théâtre des Funambules are characteristic of Romantic art in that they are closely associated with certain aspirations for social reform, even revolution. Deburau was an iconic ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des Funambules in Paris in the context of Romantic art, literature and socio-political thought.Deburau and the Théâtre des Funambules are characteristic of Romantic art in that they are closely associated with certain aspirations for social reform, even revolution. Deburau was an iconic
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Boundaries of Violence in Early Modern England

Edited by Samantha Dressel, Matthew Carter ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence on the Early Modern stage and in the Early Modern world.This collection is divided into three sections: History-cal Violence, (Un)Comic Violence, and Revenge Violence. This division allows scholars to easily find intertextual materials; comic violence may function similarly across multiple comedies but is vastly different from most ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence on the Early Modern stage and in the Early Modern world.This collection is divided into three sections: History-cal Violence, (Un)Comic Violence, and Revenge Violence. This division allows scholars to easily find intertextual materials; comic violence may function similarly across multiple comedies but is vastly different from most
... 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
Edipo Re

by Sofocle ...

"Edipo re" è una tragedia di Sofocle, ritenuta il suo capolavoro, nonché il più paradigmatico esempio dei meccanismi della tragedia greca.L’opera si inserisce nel cosiddetto ciclo tebano, ossia la storia mitologica della città di Tebe, e narra come Edipo, re carismatico ed amato, nel breve volgere di un solo giorno venga a conoscere l'orrenda verità sul suo passato: senza saperlo ha ucciso il ... Read more

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"Edipo re" è una tragedia di Sofocle, ritenuta il suo capolavoro, nonché il più paradigmatico esempio dei meccanismi della tragedia greca.L’opera si inserisce nel cosiddetto ciclo tebano, ossia la storia mitologica della città di Tebe, e narra come Edipo, re carismatico ed amato, nel breve volgere di un solo giorno venga a conoscere l'orrenda verità sul suo passato: senza saperlo ha ucciso il
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A Linguagem Universal da Palhaçaria: Seus Elementos Etimológicos, Históricos, Criativos e Formativos

by Rafael Resende Marques da Silva ...

Este livro foi cultivado a partir das experiências de palhaço ou clown, teatrais, bem como de pesquisas de mestrado e doutorado na França e no Brasil ao longo de 20 anos. A experiência foi a base do treinamento empírico deste palhaço e ator, o que naturalmente estimulou a necessidade de compreendê-la e ensiná-la. Assim, o diálogo entre prática, teoria e formação é a base desta obra, cujo objetivo ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este livro foi cultivado a partir das experiências de palhaço ou clown, teatrais, bem como de pesquisas de mestrado e doutorado na França e no Brasil ao longo de 20 anos. A experiência foi a base do treinamento empírico deste palhaço e ator, o que naturalmente estimulou a necessidade de compreendê-la e ensiná-la. Assim, o diálogo entre prática, teoria e formação é a base desta obra, cujo objetivo
... Read more
British Pantomime Performance

British Pantomime Performance

by Millie Taylor ...

This original analysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique interactive relationship with, and potentially transformative experience for, its audiences.British This is an accessible and valuable text that encourages readers to review their assumptions about pantomime and reconsider its importance as a popular theatre form. Pantomime draws ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This original analysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique interactive relationship with, and potentially transformative experience for, its audiences.British This is an accessible and valuable text that encourages readers to review their assumptions about pantomime and reconsider its importance as a popular theatre form. Pantomime draws
... Read more
Ma jeunesse exaltée

by Olivier Py ...

Arlequin, un jeune livreur de pizza, rencontre Alcandre, un vieux poète défait par la vie. À son contact, sa puissance poétique se déploie et ensemble, ils agissent pour révolutionner l'ordre social. En réaffirmant la force du vocable et de la Joie, ils extraient le peuple de son apathie et destituent les représentants du pouvoir qui l'écrasent. ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Arlequin, un jeune livreur de pizza, rencontre Alcandre, un vieux poète défait par la vie. À son contact, sa puissance poétique se déploie et ensemble, ils agissent pour révolutionner l'ordre social. En réaffirmant la force du vocable et de la Joie, ils extraient le peuple de son apathie et destituent les représentants du pouvoir qui l'écrasent.
... Read more
Color Symbolism

The Ultimate Guide on the History, Depth, Meaning and Study of Color and So Much More

by Lucas Clef ...

There's a lot more to color than just what meets the eye. Color has an impact on how people see things, how they feel, and how they make decisions. Explore the intriguing ways in which our physical bodies, brains, and cultures influence how we interact with colors. ... Read more

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There's a lot more to color than just what meets the eye. Color has an impact on how people see things, how they feel, and how they make decisions. Explore the intriguing ways in which our physical bodies, brains, and cultures influence how we interact with colors.
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