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Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts
This issue examines how performance curators are responding to
today's crises both within the world of theater and performance and
in the broader spheres of politics, economics, and history.
Interviews with four leading performance curators-Boris Charmatz,
Sodja Lotker, Florian Malzacher, and Miranda Wright-explore the
evolution of their work in response to changes in funding, audience
demographics, and creative practices. A special section, coedited
by Sigrid Gareis, features essays from a convening at the 2015
SpielART festival that consider the role of the curator in
transnational exchange and in response to issues of
postcolonialism. Contributors. Tilmann Broszat, Boris Charmatz,
Kenneth Collins, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Sigrid Gareis, Andre Lepecki,
Sodja Lotker, Florian Malzacher, Jay Pather, Suely Rolnik, Tom
Sellar, Miranda Wright
In eighteenth-century Europe, artistic production was characterised
by significant geographical and cultural transfer. For innumerable
musicians, composers, singers, actors, authors, dramatists and
translators - and the works they produced - state borders were less
important than style, genre and canon. Through a series of
multinational case studies a team of authors examines the
mechanisms and characteristics of cultural and artistic
adaptability to demonstrate the complexity and flexibility of
theatrical and musical exchanges during this period. By exploring
questions of national taste, so-called cultural appropriation and
literary preference, contributors examine the influence of the
French canon on the European stage - as well as its eventual
rejection -, probe how and why musical and dramatic materials
became such prized objects of exchange, and analyse the double
processes of transmission and literary cross-breeding in
translations and adaptations. Examining patterns of circulation in
England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia,
Bohemia, Austria, Italy and the United States, authors highlight:
the role of migrant musicians in breaching national boundaries and
creating a 'musical cosmopolitanism'; the emergence of a
specialised market in which theatre agents and local authorities
negotiated contracts and productions, and recruited actors and
musicians; the translations and rewritings of major plays such as
Sheridan's The School for scandal, Schiller's Die Rauber and
Kotzebue's Menschenhass und Reue; the refashioning of indigenous
and 'national' dramas in Europe under French Revolutionary and
imperial rule.
Whether you judge by box office receipts, industry awards, or
critical accolades, science fiction films are the most popular
movies now being produced and distributed around the world. Nor is
this phenomenon new. Sci-fi filmmakers and audiences have been
exploring fantastic planets, forbidden zones, and lost continents
ever since George Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. In this
highly entertaining and knowledgeable book, film historian and pop
culture expert Douglas Brode picks the one hundred greatest sci-fi
films of all time. Brode's list ranges from today's blockbusters to
forgotten gems, with surprises for even the most informed fans and
scholars. He presents the movies in chronological order, which
effectively makes this book a concise history of the sci-fi film
genre. A striking (and in many cases rare) photograph accompanies
each entry, for which Brode provides a numerical rating, key
credits and cast members, brief plot summary, background on the
film's creation, elements of the moviemaking process, analysis of
the major theme(s), and trivia. He also includes fun outtakes,
including his top ten lists of Fifties sci-fi movies, cult sci-fi,
least necessary movie remakes, and "so bad they're great"
classics-as well as the ten worst sci-fi movies ("those highly
ambitious films that promised much and delivered nil"). So climb
aboard spaceship Brode and journey to strange new worlds from
Metropolis (1927) to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
Follow the wisdom of Buffy, Willow, Xander, Spike, and others with
this beautifully illustrated tarot deck inspired by the beloved
series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In every generation, there is a
chosen one--explore your destiny like Buffy the Vampire Slayer with
this magical and bold take on the traditional 78-card tarot deck.
This set features the heroes you love, casting Buffy, Willow,
Angel, Spike, Xander, Giles, and more in gorgeous original
illustrations based on classic tarot iconography. Featuring both
major and minor arcana, the set also includes a helpful guidebook
explaining each card's meaning and simple instructions for easy
readings. Packaged in a sturdy, decorative gift box, this alluring
tarot deck is the perfect gift for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan
or tarot enthusiast.
*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most
treasured comedians - for anyone who feels stuck in a rut but
doesn't have the tools or self-belief to shake things up* In his
mid-twenties, Jimmy was bored, boring, unfulfilled and
underachieving. He wasn't exactly depressed, but he was very sad.
Think of a baby owl whose mum has recently died in a windmill
accident. He was that sad. This book tells the story of how Jimmy
turned it around and got happy, through the redemptive power of
dick jokes. Written to take advantage of the brief window between
the end of lockdown and Jimmy getting cancelled for saying
something unforgivable to Lorraine Kelly, this book is as timely as
it is unnecessary. Because you might be interested in Jimmy's life
but he's damn sure you're a lot more interested in your own, Before
& Laughter is about both of you. But mainly him. It tells the
story of Jimmy's life - the transformation from white-collar
corporate drone to fake-toothed donkey-laugh plastic-haired comedy
mannequin - while also explaining how to turn your own life around
and become the you you've always dreamt of being. At just GBP20,
it's cheaper than Scientology, quicker than therapy, and
significantly less boring than church. Before & Laughter
contains the answers to all the big questions in life, questions
like: * What's the secret to happiness? * Is Jimmy wearing a wig? *
What happened with that tax thing? * What's the meaning of life? *
Is Jimmy's laugh real? * Can those teeth bite through vibranium?
And for readers in the West Country: yes, there are pictures
(actually, sorry, there are no pictures, but there's a book about a
hungry caterpillar you'll love). Because it's Jimmy Carr - recently
scientifically proved to be the funniest comedian in the UK - there
are jokes, jokes and more jokes throughout. If laughter really was
the best medicine, the NHS would be handing out this book in
Nightingale Hospitals. Fascinating, thoughtful and insightful - are
all words that appear in the book.
With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the
Rehearsal Room is both an instructional and conceptual examination
of the rehearsal process. Drawing on professional practice and
underpinned by theory, this book moves through each stage of
rehearsals, considering the inter-connectivity between the actor,
director, designers and the backstage team, and how the cumulative
effect of the weeks in rehearsal influences the final production.
The text also includes: - Auto-ethnographic and fully ethno-graphic
case study approaches to different rehearsal rooms - Interviews
with directors, actors, designers and actor trainers - A
consideration of the ethics of the rehearsal room and material
selected for production - Practical exercises on how to creatively
read a text from an acting and directing perspective Informed by
over 20 years of directing experience in the UK and Europe, Robert
Marsden's book offers a practical guide that ultimately demystifies
the rehearsal process and challenges how the rehearsal room should
be run in the twenty-first century.
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