Performance

An aesthetic and social history of art and dance in mid-20th-century New York interpreted by contemporary artist Nick Mauss Over the past decade, Nick Mauss (b. 1980) has pursued a hybrid mode of working that melds the roles of curator, artist, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689490Author Tai ShaniFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Winner of Best Performance Design and Scenography Publication Award, Prague Quadrennial 2019 This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical...

Examines representations of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes Examination of representation of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes Analysis of 'Robert Burns' as a cultural performance rising...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800649132Author Paul FarmerFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams) 717gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

What does artistic resistance look like in the twenty-first century, when disruption and dissent have been co-opted and commodified in ways that reinforce dominant systems? In The Play in the System Anna Watkins Fisher locates the possibility for...

Inside The Performance Workshop: A Sourcebook for Rasaboxes and Other Exercises is the first full-length volume dedicated to the history, theory, practice, and application of a suite of performer training exercises developed by Richard Schechner and...

In this volume, theorist and sound artist Micah Silver addresses the impact of sound on human behavior and social space. Silver's research ranges from Yves Klein's Air Architecture to La Monte Young's Dream House, and culminates in a discussion of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753304571Author Christopher WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999045463Author Rae A StonehouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Live for Excellence ProductionsPublisher Live for Excellence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800649125Author Paul FarmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783942214292Author VujanovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bbooks VerlagPublisher Bbooks Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929701936Author Thomas McEvilleyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S.Publisher McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S.

Joseph Sobol is one of a select few contemporary scholar-practitioners to chart the evolution of storytelling from traditional foundations to its current multifarious presence in American life. The years since his classic The Storytellers' Journey: An...

This much-needed book introduces readers to the related fields of expertise, creativity, and performance, exploring our understanding of the factors contributing to greatness in creative domains.Bringing together research from the fields of creativity...

This edited collection of essays brings together leading scholars of early modern drama and playhouse culture to reflect upon the study of playing and playgoing in early modern England. With a particular focus on the player-playgoer exchange as a site of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946031730Author Esther NeffFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Operating SystemPublisher Operating SystemWeight(grams) 386g

Marina Abramovic is the creator of pioneering performance art which transcends the form's provocative origins. Her visceral and extreme performances have tested the limits of both body and mind, communicating with audiences worldwide on a personal and...

Scenography and Art History reimagines scenography as a critical concept for art history, and is the first book to demonstrate the importance and usefulness of this concept for art historians and scholars in related fields. It provides a vital evaluation...

Features 150 artists notable for their sonic, visual, and live works, spanning early radio experiments of the 1880s up to the present. The volume is organized in sections dealing with performance, composition, installation, broadcast, public works, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783942214100Author Vujanovic CvejicFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Bbooks VerlagPublisher Bbooks Verlag

Theatre for Lifelong Learning is a step-by-step guide for anyone interested in teaching theatre courses and creating theatre with older adults. This book provides instructors with syllabi, discussion questions, classroom management strategies,...

This original and unique new book takes an integrated approach to interrogating the experience and location of the self/s within the context of performance art practice. In its framing and execution of practical exercises and focused snapshots of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360098Author Lenora ChampagneFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044844Author Marko IlicFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Notorious for his continually subversive takes on classical dance, Michael Clark is without doubt one of the most important dancers and choreographers of our time. He has created some of contemporary dance's finest productions, often using leftfield rock...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662914218Author Ronald TracyFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Hundreds of years of ridicule, persecution, erasure, misunderstanding, and institutionalization could put anyone in a bad mood. Killjoy invites you into her kastle for a queer exorcism and celebration of the past.Lesbian feminist histories can have a...

Aberrant Nuptials explores the diversity and richness of the interactions between artistic research and Deleuze studies. "Aberrant nuptials" is the expression Gilles Deleuze uses to refer to productive encounters between systems characterised by...

In this updated second edition, Jason Farman offers a groundbreaking look at how location-aware mobile technologies are radically shifting our sense of identity, community, and place-making practices. Mobile Interface Theory is a foundational book in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782914563437Author Laurie AndersonPage Count 64Imprint Dis VoirPublisher Dis Voir

In this important volume, Jay Sanders and J. Hoberman explore the vibrant underground performance art scene of 1970s New York. Focusing on little-known and long-forgotten works, which were often performed in live/work lofts, storefronts, and alternative...

This book brings the insights of theatre theory to law, legal interpretation and the jurisprudential to reshape law as a practice of response and responsibility. Confronting a Baconian antitheatrical legality embedded in its jurisprudences and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991016546Author Christopher BraddockFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Massey University PressPublisher Massey University PressWeight(grams) 800g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544534336Author Chasta HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Houndstooth PressPublisher Houndstooth PressWeight(grams) 404g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986277240Author Bruce Charlie JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 610Imprint Charlie's Creative ComedyPublisher Charlie's Creative ComedyWeight(grams) 903g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869845098Author Sandro DroschlFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Verlag fur moderne Kunst NurnbergPublisher Verlag fur moderne Kunst Nurnberg

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986277219Author Bruce Charlie JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 590Imprint Charlie's Creative ComedyPublisher Charlie's Creative ComedyWeight(grams)...

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