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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

$61.99 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
... Read more
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

$12.29 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

$25.69 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
... 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 Greatest Plays of W. Somerset Maugham

Lady Frederick, The Explorer, The Circle, Caesar's Wife, Penelope, Mrs. Dot, East of Suez…

by William Somerset Maugham ...

W. Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. His masterpiece is generally agreed to be the autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage" and he gained his recognition as a playwright with comedy play Lady Frederick. His numerous plays were later adapted to movies. This collection includes: A Man of Honour Lady Frederick The Explorer The Circle Caesar's Wife Penelope ... Read more

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W. Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. His masterpiece is generally agreed to be the autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage" and he gained his recognition as a playwright with comedy play Lady Frederick. His numerous plays were later adapted to movies. This collection includes: A Man of Honour Lady Frederick The Explorer The Circle Caesar's Wife Penelope
... Read more
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
... Read more
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
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 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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Les nuits de Georges de La Tour

by Barbara Lecompte ...

Au XVIIème siècle, au cœur de la Lorraine ravagée par les guerres, une jeune femme vient poser pour le peintre Georges de La Tour. S'il nous reste quelques toiles du maître des Nuits, une grande partie de sa vie appartient au mystère. Qui est cette femme assise dans la pénombre, éclairée par la flamme d'une bougie ? Elle incarne pour lui sainte Marie-Madeleine.Lorsque les soldats ravagent ... Read more

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Au XVIIème siècle, au cœur de la Lorraine ravagée par les guerres, une jeune femme vient poser pour le peintre Georges de La Tour. S'il nous reste quelques toiles du maître des Nuits, une grande partie de sa vie appartient au mystère. Qui est cette femme assise dans la pénombre, éclairée par la flamme d'une bougie ? Elle incarne pour lui sainte Marie-Madeleine.Lorsque les soldats ravagent
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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
Worldwide Fools eBook Vol III

by Michael Evans ...

Volume III - Worldwide Fools shows the Amsterdam Fools working in every inhabited continent (including the Southern Hemisphere) well into the Millennium and present times, after pleasant reunion festivals in 1995 and 1996.Volume II - Fools International shows how the Fools expanded beyond the Dutch borders throughout Europe to Scandinavia, the prestigious Theatre des Nations on Amsterdam harbor, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Volume III - Worldwide Fools shows the Amsterdam Fools working in every inhabited continent (including the Southern Hemisphere) well into the Millennium and present times, after pleasant reunion festivals in 1995 and 1996.Volume II - Fools International shows how the Fools expanded beyond the Dutch borders throughout Europe to Scandinavia, the prestigious Theatre des Nations on Amsterdam harbor,
... Read more
Fools International eBook Vol II

by Michael Evans ...

"Volume II - Fools International" shows how the Fools expanded beyond the Dutch borders throughout Europe to the Mediterranean and even the USA from 1978 through 1983, including the prestigious Theatre des Nations on Amsterdam's harbor, which was at the centre of 1980's Festival of Fools."Volume I - The Gathering Fools" reveals the background of the initial festival and its first four summers in ... Read more

$18.99 USD

"Volume II - Fools International" shows how the Fools expanded beyond the Dutch borders throughout Europe to the Mediterranean and even the USA from 1978 through 1983, including the prestigious Theatre des Nations on Amsterdam's harbor, which was at the centre of 1980's Festival of Fools."Volume I - The Gathering Fools" reveals the background of the initial festival and its first four summers in
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F.R.A.C. Foutons Rapidement Avant Catastrophe

by Aldo Augieri ...

"Come faccio a dirti cosa c'è dietro il sipario?", chiede Aldo Augieri, autore di "F.r.a.c. Foutons Rapidement Avant Catastrophe (fottimi rapidamente prima della catastrofe)", volume che raccoglie i testi delle cinque produzioni di Asfalto Teatro, ideate e dirette da Aldo Augieri, frutto di un lavoro di ricerca scenica, percorsi laboratoriali e progetti di collaborazione durati due anni, dal 2017 ... Read more

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"Come faccio a dirti cosa c'è dietro il sipario?", chiede Aldo Augieri, autore di "F.r.a.c. Foutons Rapidement Avant Catastrophe (fottimi rapidamente prima della catastrofe)", volume che raccoglie i testi delle cinque produzioni di Asfalto Teatro, ideate e dirette da Aldo Augieri, frutto di un lavoro di ricerca scenica, percorsi laboratoriali e progetti di collaborazione durati due anni, dal 2017
... 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

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"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
Caillasses

by Laurent Gaudé ...

Lorsque Meriem cherche à revenir dans son pays après un long exil, elle met à jour le désespoir et la colère de son frère Farouk et sa nièce Adila. Ils n’ont plus rien, que des Caillasses : les gravats des ruines sont les germes du terrorisme.7 femmes, 11 hommes et 1 choeur / 2 h 30 ... Read more

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Lorsque Meriem cherche à revenir dans son pays après un long exil, elle met à jour le désespoir et la colère de son frère Farouk et sa nièce Adila. Ils n’ont plus rien, que des Caillasses : les gravats des ruines sont les germes du terrorisme.7 femmes, 11 hommes et 1 choeur / 2 h 30
... Read more
Aminta

Edizione Integrale

by Torquato Tasso ...

Divisa secondo i parametri definiti da Aristotele nella Poetica (cinque atti preceduti da un prologo con l'aggiunta di un coro), la storia, rappresentata attraverso il dialogo tra i personaggi, si avvicina e si allontana dalla tragedia, nell'ambito convenzionale delle morti finte degli amanti: il giovane pastore Aminta è perdutamente innamorato della ninfa Silvia, ma lei sembra interessata solo ... Read more

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Divisa secondo i parametri definiti da Aristotele nella Poetica (cinque atti preceduti da un prologo con l'aggiunta di un coro), la storia, rappresentata attraverso il dialogo tra i personaggi, si avvicina e si allontana dalla tragedia, nell'ambito convenzionale delle morti finte degli amanti: il giovane pastore Aminta è perdutamente innamorato della ninfa Silvia, ma lei sembra interessata solo
... Read more
Combats de possédés

by Laurent Gaudé ...

Tous possédés par l'argent, ils finiront morts. Le patron n'a peur de rien, pas même de tuer, et il tue. Mais face à l'assassin, il hésite : sa jeunesse l'effraie et le fascine. 2 femmes, 8 hommes / 1 h 20 ... Read more

$9.49 USD

Tous possédés par l'argent, ils finiront morts. Le patron n'a peur de rien, pas même de tuer, et il tue. Mais face à l'assassin, il hésite : sa jeunesse l'effraie et le fascine. 2 femmes, 8 hommes / 1 h 20
... Read more
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

$57.99 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
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Kompletter Opernzyklus

Bereicherte Ausgabe. Das Rheingold + Die Walküre + Siegfried + Götterdämmerung

by Richard Wagner, Johanna Urban ...

Richard Wagners 'Der Ring des Nibelungen: Kompletter Opernzyklus' ist eine epische und anspruchsvolle Darstellung der germanischen Mythologie und bietet eine einzigartige Kombination aus Musik und Drama. Wagner schuf diese monumentale Opernreihe, die aus vier Teilen besteht: 'Das Rheingold', 'Die Walküre', 'Siegfried' und 'Götterdämmerung'. Jeder Teil erzählt eine komplexe Geschichte von Göttern, ... Read more

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Richard Wagners 'Der Ring des Nibelungen: Kompletter Opernzyklus' ist eine epische und anspruchsvolle Darstellung der germanischen Mythologie und bietet eine einzigartige Kombination aus Musik und Drama. Wagner schuf diese monumentale Opernreihe, die aus vier Teilen besteht: 'Das Rheingold', 'Die Walküre', 'Siegfried' und 'Götterdämmerung'. Jeder Teil erzählt eine komplexe Geschichte von Göttern,
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Modern Magic

Enriched edition.

by Professor Hoffmann, Gavin Avery ...

In "Modern Magic," Professor Hoffmann delves into the intricate world of contemporary illusion and performance magic, elucidating its evolution and cultural significance. Employing a meticulous blend of scholarly analysis and captivating anecdotes, Hoffmann explores the techniques, history, and psychological underpinnings that define modern magical practices. Richly illustrated and resonating with ... Read more

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In "Modern Magic," Professor Hoffmann delves into the intricate world of contemporary illusion and performance magic, elucidating its evolution and cultural significance. Employing a meticulous blend of scholarly analysis and captivating anecdotes, Hoffmann explores the techniques, history, and psychological underpinnings that define modern magical practices. Richly illustrated and resonating with
... Read more
La Malédiction de Laios

by Simon Lecomte ...

Suite à sa victoire sur la sphinge, Œdipe a épousé Jocaste, reçu le trône de Thèbes et donné naissance à quatre enfants. Il semblait avoir accompli son parcours de héros et pouvoir vivre des jours heureux et sereins, mais c’était sans compter la malédiction de Laïos. Car Œdipe a tué son père, fécondé sa mère et, en cherchant à échapper au Destin, a mis en branle une série d’événements qui le ... Read more

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Suite à sa victoire sur la sphinge, Œdipe a épousé Jocaste, reçu le trône de Thèbes et donné naissance à quatre enfants. Il semblait avoir accompli son parcours de héros et pouvoir vivre des jours heureux et sereins, mais c’était sans compter la malédiction de Laïos. Car Œdipe a tué son père, fécondé sa mère et, en cherchant à échapper au Destin, a mis en branle une série d’événements qui le
... Read more
Questa sera si recita Garcia. Duetto per attori schiffarati

by Michele Sarrica ...

In un polveroso teatrino di provincia, due attori si accingono a provare la loro performance. Il loro intento è quello di recitare delle poesie di Garcia Lorca. Nulla di trascendentale o d'impossibile anche per dei dilettanti allo sbaraglio. Ma siamo proprio convinti che basta un palco, un leggio e un testo per mettere in atto il loro rispettabile progetto? In questa piece teatrale, dove la risata ... Read more

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In un polveroso teatrino di provincia, due attori si accingono a provare la loro performance. Il loro intento è quello di recitare delle poesie di Garcia Lorca. Nulla di trascendentale o d'impossibile anche per dei dilettanti allo sbaraglio. Ma siamo proprio convinti che basta un palco, un leggio e un testo per mettere in atto il loro rispettabile progetto? In questa piece teatrale, dove la risata
... Read more

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