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9781851776139
Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes: 1909-1929
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NZ$ 99.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Jane Pritchard & Geoffrey Marsh (editors)
Published by:
V & A Publishing
Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) was an extraordinarily gifted impresario, curator, director and animator of the arts. He was perfectly at home in the wave of creative energy that pushed theatrical performance to the forefront of the arts in the early twentieth century - and perfectly placed to export Russian culture to Western Europe. Active in Europe and America between 1909 and 1929, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company expanded the frontiers of theatre. Many of its acclaimed productions were true collaborations, examples of gesamtkunstwerk (unified works of art) that continue to capture the imagination of audiences a century later. This beautiful book takes advantage of new research and draws on little-seen collections at the V&A to look at his life, his work, his cultural milieu and, most importantly, the actual processes of creating a ballet while working with some of the foremost creative thinkers of the period.
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9780413689009
The Methuen Book of Duologues for Young Actors
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Anne Harvey (editor)
Published by:
Methuen
Ranging from Renaissance to contemporary plays, this text brings together a range of pieces varied in subject, tone and style for young actors. It provides a resource book for teachers and performers alike, for auditions, acting classes, festivals, examinations or performance.
First published 1995.
B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w126mm x s14mm 168g notes
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9781408115640
Dance Composition : A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making (6th edition 2010)
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard
Published by:
Methuen
"A book which has remained seminal in its field as one of the key texts in dance education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard delves into the creative arena of dance with a logic unmatched by any other creative author in this field" Speech and Drama "Jacqueline Smith-Autard has made significant contributions to the development of dance in education in the UK and abroad" National Dance Teachers Association Dance composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. This book, a bestseller for over twenty years, is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and is a popular textbook for all those who are interested in dance composition, from secondary school to university. This new edition includes a DVD with video taken from Choreographic Outcomes, a groundbreaking advanced technology resource pack aimed at comprehensively improving students' choreography. The book has been ...
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9780061782190
The Burlesque Handbook
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NZ$ 33.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Jo 'Boobs' Weldon
Published by:
HarperCollins
"The Pocket Book of Burlesque" is the no-holds-barred, totally feisty, pocket-sized manual for the aspiring, the practicing, and the admiring burlesque fan, written by Professor Jo Boobs, founder of the New York School of Burlesque. With a foreword by feminist comedian (and bona fide burlesque enthusiast) Margaret Cho, this paperback guidebook runs through the basic philosophies of burlesque performance, provides step-by-step instruction on basic moves, and gives hand-me-down wisdom from one of the most established voices on the burlesque scene. The book also includes hands-on exercises for developing stage-worthy confidence, sexiness, and presence, as well as advice on how to bring together the fabulous makeup, costumes, pasties, moves, grooves, and attitudes of burlesque. "The Pocket Book of Burlesque" is the one-stop, must-have guide for everyone interested in this newly-and wildly-popular performance art and provides inspiration ...
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9780879103637
Blumenfeld's Dictionary of Acting and Show Business
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Robert Blumenfeld
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Limelight Editions
Do you know what a gimbal stage is, or a gaffer? What is the Alexander technique? And what does it mean when a director says, 'Back to one!' or 'Stop thinking!'? Does a film director want a piece of fruit when he or she asks for a half apple, or says, 'Give me a banana!'? What is an air-to-air shot? What is the alienation effect? And what is wire removal? Do you know what a soundie is? (No relation to a techie!) If you have to go for ADR, can you use a cough drop? Hint: it's not something you swallow. All these entries and 4200 more are defined, including slang, international, and historical terms in the remarkable "Blumenfeld's Dictionary of Acting and Show Business".Get the hook! An expression of disapproval, called out from the audience, esp. in vaudeville and burlesque, meaning that the stage manager should use the large crook on the end of a long staff designed for the purpose of pulling a performer off the stage.Longer entries on ...
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9780571255245
Theatre
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
David Mamet
Published by:
Faber and Faber
If theatre were a religion, explains David Mamet in his opening chapter, 'many of the observations and suggestions in this book might be heretical'. As always, Mamet delivers on his promise: in "Theatre", the acclaimed author of "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Speed the Plow", calls for nothing less than the death of the director and the end of acting theory. For Mamet, actors are either good or they are non-actors, and good actors generally work best without the interference of a director, however well-intentioned. Issue plays, political correctness, method actors, impossible directions, Stanislavksy, and elitists all fall under Mamet's critical gaze. To students, teacher, and directors, who crave a blast of fresh air in a world that can be insular and fearful of change, "Theatre" throws down a gauntlet that challenges everyone to do better, including Mamet himself. From iconic and idiosyncratic director and playwright David Mamet, a ...
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9781408125199
Theatre Games : A new approach to drama training
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Mixed-media pack
Author:
Clive Barker
Published by:
Adlard Coles Nautical
"Clive Barker's book is more than just a guidebook of improvisational games for actors: it is, rather a comprehensive exploration of acting techniques" New York Theatre Review "Theatre Games is a massive contribution to the art of theatre...A bulging portfolio of credo, craft, advice and instruction...It is dazzlingly astute and a thrilling read - quite unlike a text-book, rather a long, fascinating chat into the small hours" The Stage Theatre games are a method of training actors that was developed in the 20th century by leading practitioners including Clive Barker, who trained actors at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in its heyday. He developed his "theatre games" system over 20 years and proved its effectiveness for teachers, students and actors alike. His famous book combines his philosophy and approach to games, describes how to play them and the acting skills which can develop out of them.
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9781408111468
The Moving Body (le Corps Poetique) : Teaching creative theatre
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Jacques Lecoq in collaboration with Jean-Gabriel Carasso & Jean-Claude Lallias (ftr from French David Bradby)
Published by:
A&C Black
'In life I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. The International Theatre School he founded in Paris remains an unrivalled centre for the art of physical theatre. In The Moving Body, Lecoq shares his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre. Neutral mask, character mask, and counter masks, bouffons, acrobatics and commedia, clowns and complicity: all the famous Lecoq techniques are covered here - techniques that have made their way into the work of former collaborators and students inluding Dario Fo, Julie Taymor, Ariane Mnouchkine, Yasmina Reza and Theatre de Complicite. This paperback edition contains a Foreword by Simon McBurney, Artistic Director of Complicite and an Afterword by Fay Lecoq, ...
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9780713687675
A Practical Guide to Working in Theatre
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Gill Foreman
Published by:
Adlard Coles Nautical
Live theatre is an exciting, challenging profession - but how is professional theatre actually made? What are the roles and what does each person do? Which pathways lead into the profession? What skills are necessary to each role and how does the job differ according to the size of theatre or company? Written by the Acting Head of the Young People's Programme at the Royal Shakespeare Co. and former Director of Education at the Bristol Old Vic, this is a book for new entrants in the theatre industry needing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how theatre is made. It covers each role including director, designer, sound and lighting, front of house, playwright and many more. Each chapter looks in detail at what each role entails, the main people who it involves working alongside and the skills required. Interviews with a number of key practitioners for each role provide authoritative and clear advice and insight for the reader. The ...
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9781408116432
The Theatre Practice of Tadashi Suzuki : A critical study with DVD examples
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NZ$ 80.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Paul Allain
Published by:
Methuen
A lively, critical study of one of the most important innovators, thinkers and directors in contemporary world theatre: Tadashi Suzuki. This book explores Suzuki's theatre practice and contains a DVD with practical Suzuki Method actor-training examples. For over forty years Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theatre, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions including his most famous production, The Trojan Women, which toured throughout the world. Dr Paul Allain, an experienced practitioner of the Suzuki Method, re-evaluates Suzuki's work, his development towards an international theatre aesthetic and his impact on performance all over the world. The DVD covers an actor training session (featuring both novices and an experienced practitioner with over ten years of Suzuki training) showing the physical moves. "Captures aspects of Suzuki's work with an insider's grasp of ...
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9781863954273
The Infinity Machine : Mike Parr's Performance Art
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Edward Scheer
Published by:
Black Inc (trading as Schwartz Publishing)
Mike Parr is Australia's most significant performance artist. His contribution to the development and establishment of performance art in Australia remains continuous and resolute. Parr's dedication and research into the boundaries of performance art within the parameters of art history and theory are unprecedented. At the forefront of performance art in Australia in 1970, Parr explored areas far removed from mainstream visual culture at the time. Despite the contempt, he persevered, remaining true to his practice. This long-awaited book pays homage to Parr's achievements and is an essential admission into Australia's cultural memory. Compiled by the artist, this first-hand account includes an extraordinary array of photographic documentation together with performance scripts and the artist's writings on his work, encapsulating the qualities that have made Mike Parr one of Australia's greatest cultural assets on the world stage. ...
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9781877517099
Black Milk : Douglas Wright
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Douglas Wright & Leonard Wilcox (photography John Savage)
Published by:
Craig Potton Publishing
During his career Douglas Wright established himself as New Zealand's leading contemporary dancer and choreographer. He started out with the Limbs Dance Company in 1980, then worked in New York with the Paul Taylor Company and DV8 Physical Theatre in London before forming the Douglas Wright Dance Company in Auckland in 1989. During this time he created over 30 major dance works, which culminated in his 2006 masterpiece 'Black Milk', his last major work. The dance critic Jennifer Shennan wrote, 'In my opinion, this is Wright's, New Zealand's, and dare I say it, the world's finest choreography. I dare.' Black Milk is a permanent record of this extraordinary piece of dance theatre, built largely around the remarkable images of Auckland photographer John Savage. When seeing these images Douglas Wright commented: When I saw John's first pictures of a performance I felt that here, for the only time in my experience in photography, someone ...
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9780521731669
Directors / Directing : onversations on Theatre
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Maria Shevtsova
Published by:
Cambridge University Press
Insightful, in-depth and evocative, this is a collection of conversations with nine of the most innovative theatre directors of our time in Europe and North America: * Eugenio Barba * Lev Dodin * Declan Donnellan * Elizabeth LeCompte * Robert LePage * Simon McBurney * Katie Mitchell * Peter Sellars * Max Stafford-Clark. All these directors have developed their own highly individual theatre language and have been influential, nationally and internationally, across a wide range of theatre practices. The length, depth and scope of the discussions distinguishes this collection from others, each director providing a fascinating insight into his/her particular working processes. The book reveals the complex world of directors and their creative relationships with actors, in rehearsal and performance, and playwrights. Each conversation is framed by an introduction to the work of the director, a detailed chronology of productions and an ...
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9780415354370
Etienne Decroux (Routledge Performance Practitioners)
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NZ$ 65.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Thomas Leabhart
Published by:
Routledge
"Routledge Performance Practitioners" is a series of introductory guides to the key theater-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books will unravel the contribution of modern theater's most charismatic innovators. "Etienne Decroux" is the first book to combine: an overview of Decroux's life and work; an analysis of Decroux's "Words on Mime", the first book to be written about this art; and a series of practical exercises offering an introduction to corporeal mime technique. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, "Routledge Performance Practitioners" are unbeatable value for today's student.
First published 2007.
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9780896762503
Freeing the Natural Voice : Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language (revised edition 2006)
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NZ$ 70.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Kristin Linklater & Andre Slob
Published by:
Drama Publishers
A classic text for theatre and film it has sold 100,000 copies in its first edition.
This is one of the best-known 'voice' books in the world, by a doyenne of the RSC and the New York theatre - now published in Britain in a revised and expanded edition. "Freeing the Natural Voice" offers a logical progression of exercises designed for professional and student actors, teachers of acting and voice, and everyone interested in vocal expression. The emphasis is on the removal of the physical and psychological blocks that inhibit the human voice; its objective is that the voice is brought into direct contact with the emotions, shaped by the intellect but not restricted by it. This revised and expanded edition of a book first published in America in 1976 - and now published in Britain for the first time - incorporates further exercises developed over the past three decades. The whole book is dedicated to 'freeing' the voice we were naturally ...
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