Theatre studies

Within the study of drama, the question of how to relate text and performance-and what interpretive tools are best suited to analyzing them-is a longstanding and contentious one.

Twenty-first-century media and political discourse sometimes makes "e;strangers"e; - refugees, immigrants, minorities - the scapegoats for social and economic disorder.

Since its inception as an institutionalized discipline in the United States during the 1980s, performance studies has focused on the interdisciplinary analysis of a broad spectrum of cultural behaviours including theatre, dance, folklore, popular entertainments, performance art, protests, cultural rituals, and the performance of self in everyday life.

Twenty-first-century media and political discourse sometimes makes strangers - refugees, immigrants, minorities - the scapegoats for social and economic disorder.

Since its inception as an institutionalized discipline in the United States during the 1980s, performance studies has focused on the interdisciplinary analysis of a broad spectrum of cultural behaviours including theatre, dance, folklore, popular entertainments, performance art, protests, cultural rituals, and the performance of self in everyday life.

What did it mean to be a spectator during the lifetime of Shakespeare or of Aphra Behn?

What did it mean to be a spectator during the lifetime of Shakespeare or of Aphra Behn?

Faced with a depleted planet and a series of connected crises, socially minded agents and entities within the world of culture and the arts are reacting from within.

The Voice Coach's Toolkit identifies the primary professional vocal coaching opportunities and the avenues by which a student or early career coach can navigate the vocation.

The creative and cultural industries represent a growing and important sector in the global economy.

The creative and cultural industries represent a growing and important sector in the global economy.

The Voice Coach's Toolkit identifies the primary professional vocal coaching opportunities and the avenues by which a student or early career coach can navigate the vocation.

The five essays in this book reflect many years of the author's sustained academic engagement with dramatic forms and traditions.

In the "e;post-truth"e; era, the question of how people perceive things to be real, even when they are not based in fact, preoccupies us.

It may certainly be said that nothing can be assumed about Shakespeare: on the one hand, the Elizabethan poet seems to be thriving, with more editions, productions, studies, and translations appearing every year; on the other hand, in a time of global crisis and decolonization, the question of why Shakespeare is relevant at all is now more pertinent than ever.

Between 2010 and 2017, Canada experienced an efflorescence of Greek tragedy, led by independent Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale's energetic performances of Euripides's Medea and Bacchae and Sophocles's Oedipus Tyrannus.

The nineteenth-century study of hysteria at the Salpetriere hospital was a medical project, but also a theatrical one.

By the late nineteenth century, Canadian women had begun forging careers as professional actresses, appearing not just in Canada, but in the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

Lavapies - diverse, multicultural, and one of Madrid's most iconic neighbourhoods - has emerged as a locus of resistance movements and of cultural flourishing.

Lavapies - diverse, multicultural, and one of Madrid's most iconic neighbourhoods - has emerged as a locus of resistance movements and of cultural flourishing.

In Canada, adaptation is a national mode of survival, but it is also a way to create radical change.

Dance Research Methodologies: Ethics, Orientations, and Practices captures the breadth of methodological approaches to research in dance in the fine arts, the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences by bringing together researchers from around the world writing about a variety of dance forms and practices.

Faced with a depleted planet and a series of connected crises, socially minded agents and entities within the world of culture and the arts are reacting from within.

Dance Research Methodologies: Ethics, Orientations, and Practices captures the breadth of methodological approaches to research in dance in the fine arts, the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences by bringing together researchers from around the world writing about a variety of dance forms and practices.

The five essays in this book reflect many years of the author's sustained academic engagement with dramatic forms and traditions.

What goes on in the body and mind of an endurance athlete at the limits of performance?

National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights.

National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights.

How does the act of performance speak to the concept of commemoration?

Through a series of reflections from internationally renowned performance-makers and contextualising essays from leading theatre and performance scholars, this is the first book to map the influence of Roland Barthes on performance.

What goes on in the body and mind of an endurance athlete at the limits of performance?

Through a series of reflections from internationally renowned performance-makers and contextualising essays from leading theatre and performance scholars, this is the first book to map the influence of Roland Barthes on performance.

The WJEC/Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 1 & AS Student Book has been revised and updated to reflect the latest amendments to the specification.

Amanda Bucelli is a twenty-something waitress aspiring writer/producer frustrated with having to wait on tables to make a living!

The theater of the 21st century, in many ways, is expanding to require new muscles of its actors, and so should their scene choices.

Une fiche de reference sur La Grande Parade de Py, un spectacle mis en scene par Olivier Py.

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the Oberammergau Passion play and its history from the 19th century onwards.

Burridge and Svendler Nielsen bring together many perspectives from around the world on dancing experiences through life of senior artists and educators, whether as professionals working with community dance groups, in education or for recreation and well-being.

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the Oberammergau Passion play and its history from the 19th century onwards.

Burridge and Svendler Nielsen bring together many perspectives from around the world on dancing experiences through life of senior artists and educators, whether as professionals working with community dance groups, in education or for recreation and well-being.

This work is a straightforward approach to the creative process of actor training.

This volume is the seventeenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama and performance.

Le théâtre lyrique, que Richard Wagner appelait « art total », a conduit l'auteur à susciter la participation des pôles culturels de la ville de Tours et à programmer diverses animations.

This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses.