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Where do I begin? : stories from a life lived out loud / by Duran, Elvis, 1964-, Barr, Andy

Hidden Bodies, Volume 2: (a You Novel) / by Kepnes, Caroline

Staging strangers : theatre and global ethics / by Freeman, Barry (Professor)

Table of Contents: “…Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : strangers at the threshold -- Making a world of difference -- Church basement globalism -- Domesticating the stranger -- A new melodrama of globalization -- Making strange : the "active" audience -- Epilogue : stranger danger -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”

The teen's guide to social skills : practical advice for building empathy, self-esteem, & confidence / by Fitzsimons, Kate

Table of Contents: “…Let's talk social skills -- What you bring to the table -- Confidence check -- Build you EQ -- Body talk -- Hear me out (Active listening) -- I feel you (Empathy) -- Get on it (Putting skills into action) -- Keep going -- resources -- references -- index…”

At home : a short history of a private life. by Bryson, Bill

Table of Contents: “…And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. This title presents a history of the way we live.…”

A life speaks : Gloria House : 2019 Kresge Eminent Artist /

Table of Contents: “…Ever forward: Gloria House's remarkable journey in art and activism / Nichole Christian -- Chasing Justice: from Berkeley to Bloody Lowndes / Larry Gabriel -- Griot rising: the volunteer who would become legacy keeper / Leslie Reese -- Mother to the movement: Gloria House inspires across generations / ill Weaver/Invincible -- In praise and protest: the poetry of Gloria House.…”

World dance cultures : from ritual to spectacle / by Beaman, Patricia

Table of Contents: “…India : devotion, dance, mythology -- Bali and Java : from temple, to village, to court -- Cambodia and China : dance as a political tool -- Japan : entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels -- Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea : keepers of culture -- Africa : fertility festivals, death ceremonies, and ancestor worship -- North Africa, Turkey, and Spain : healing, worship, expression -- Native America, the Caribbean, South America : activism, spirituality, spectacle.…”

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland : raising the curtain / by Harris-Logan, Stuart A.

Table of Contents: “…'Dear student' / by Jackie Kay -- Foreword / by HRH The Prince Charles -- Foreword / by Sir Cameron Mackintosh -- Introduction / by Professor Jeffrey Sharkey -- Prelude -- Timeline -- Rational recreation -- Education for all -- First steps -- Moving -- Athenaeum School of Music -- Active Society for the Propogation of Contemporary Music -- Playing on -- Making a drama -- One Conservatoire -- Premières -- What's in a name? …”

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland : raising the curtain / by Harris-Logan, Stuart A.

Table of Contents: “…'Dear student' / by Jackie Kay -- Foreword / by HRH The Prince Charles -- Foreword / by Sir Cameron Mackintosh -- Introduction / by Professor Jeffrey Sharkey -- Prelude -- Timeline -- Rational recreation -- Education for all -- First steps -- Moving -- Athenaeum School of Music -- Active Society for the Propogation of Contemporary Music -- Playing on -- Making a drama -- One Conservatoire -- Premières -- What's in a name? …”

Cutting plays for performance : a practical and accessible guide / by Malone, Toby, Huber, Aili

Table of Contents: “…The mechanics of cuts -- Cut to the moment: production-specific cuts -- Scissors, paste, and negotiations: communicating cuts -- Appendix 1: Legal concerns ; Appendix 2: Cut activities ; Appendix 3: Further reading.…”

Routledge companion to audiences and the performing arts /

Table of Contents: “…/ Katya Johanson and Hilary Glow -- Affect / Lucy Thornett -- Agency / Astrid Breel -- Co-creation / Michael Pinchbeck and Rachel Baynton -- Covid-19 / Tully Barnett -- Data / Rishi Coupland -- Dialogue / Maddy Costa -- Integrated and inclusive / Vipavinee Artpradid -- Labour / Martin Young -- Language / Michelle Loh -- Laughter / Natalie Diddams -- Marginalia / Helen Yung -- Memory / Elaine Faull -- One-to-one / Rachel Gomme -- Pantomime / Robert Marsden -- Post-humanity / Fayen D'Evie -- Post-show / Diane Ragsdale -- Rehearsal / Anja Ali Haapala -- Relaxed / Lauren Hall and Paul Wilshaw -- Risk / Ella de Br︢ca -- Sickness / Vern̤ica Rodrg̕uez -- Thresholds / Stefania Donini -- Touch / Elena S.V. …”

Shakespeare and Meisner : a practical guide for actors, directors, students and teachers / by Gonsalves, Aileen, Irish, Tracy

Table of Contents: “…Repetition ; Chapter 5. Independent activity and knock on the door ; Chapter 6. Given and imaginary circumstances ; Chapter 7. …”
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Actor Training the Laban Way : an Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement. by Adrian, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 4 Neutral Dynamic Alignment: Radiating Your Physical PresenceChapter 5 Resonance and Center Pitch: Revealing Your Vocal Presence; Expanding Your Vocal Range; Expressive Use of Resonance and Center Pitch; Chapter 6 Speech Shape: Fitness for the Actor's Articulators; Vowels and Diphthongs; Mouth-Shapes: Muscular Activity for the Articulators; Sound-Shapes; Level Two; Chapter 7 The Actor Revealed through Modes of Shape-Change; Exercises for Shape Flow, Spoke-like Directional, Arc-like Directional, and Carving; Floor Patterns.…”

Russian theatre in practice : the director's guide /

Table of Contents: “…/ Sergei Tcherkasski -- Anatoly Efros' principles of acting and directing : psychological truth, active analysis, adaptations-"zigzags", and thematic modernity / James Thomas -- Oleg Efremov : the heir to Stanislavsky / Jesse Gardiner -- Interviews with Genrietta Ianovskaia / Manon van de Water.…”

No logo : no space, no choice, no jobs / by Klein, Naomi, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…No logo at ten -- Introduction: a web of brands -- New branded world -- The brand expands: how the logo grabbed center stage -- Alt.Everything: the youth market and the marketing of cool -- The branding of learning: ads in schools and universities -- Patriarchy gets funky: the triumph of identity marketing -- No choice: Brand bombing: franchises in the age of the superbrand -- Mergers and synergy: the creation of commercial utopias -- Corporate censorship: barricading the branded village -- No jobs: The discarded factory: degraded production in the age of the superbrand -- Threats and temps: from working for nothing to "free agent nation" -- Breeding disloyalty: what goes around, comes around -- No logo: Culture jamming: ads under attack -- Reclaim the streets -- Bad mood rising: the new anti-corporate activism -- The brand boomerang: the tactics of brand-based campaigns -- A tale of three logos: the swoosh, the shell and the arches -- Local foreign policy: students and communities join the fray -- Beyond the brand: the limits of brand-based politics -- Consumerism versus citizenship: the fight for the global common -- Two years on the street: moving through the symbols.…”

Postdramatic theatre and the political : international perspectives on contemporary performance /

Table of Contents: “…Boenisch -- Christoph Schlingensief's Rocky Dutschke, '68: A Reassessment of Activism in Theatre / by Antje Dietze -- Postdramatic Reality Theatre and Productive Insecurity: Destabilising Encounters with the Unfamiliar in Theatre from Sydney and Berlin / by Ulrike Garde and Meg Mumford -- Postdramatic Labour in The Builders Association's Alladeen / by Shannon Jackson -- Acting, disabled: Back to Back Theatre and the Politics of Appearance / by Theron Schmidt -- Parasitic Politics: Elfriede Jelinek's "Secondary Dramas" Abraumhalde and Faust In and Out / by Karen Jürs-Munby -- Phenomenology and the Postdramatic: A Case Study of three plays by Ewald Palmetshofer / by Jerome Carroll -- Performing the Collective. …”

Actor training /

Table of Contents: “…/ FRANC CHAMBERLAIN -- Michel Saint-Denis: training the complete actor / JANE BALDWIN -- The Knebel technique: active analysis in practice / SHARON MARIE CARNICKE -- Brecht and actor training: on whose behalf do we act? …”

Learning to teach small classes : lessons from East Asia / by Maurice, Galton, Lai, Kwok Chan, Chan, Kam Wing

Table of Contents: “…Procedures for assessing group productivityPart III Implications for small class teaching in an East Asian context; 6 Bringing it all together and sustaining effective practice; Active participation and active learning: what do they mean?…”
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Media design and technology for live entertainment : essential tools for video presentation / by Gaddy, Davin E.

Table of Contents: “…Purpose -- A brief history -- Ancient technology -- Early devices -- Modern revolution -- Physiology and psychology -- Physics of light -- Perception of light -- Design elements -- Design team -- Design process -- Budget based -- Concept based -- Collaboration -- Functions of media design -- Informative -- Environmental -- Emotive -- Special effect -- Textural -- Live effects and interactivity -- Source material -- Stock content -- Copyright -- Royalty/royalty free -- Public domain -- Fair use -- File sharing websites -- Custom content -- Non linear editor -- Composition -- File size/compression -- Codecs -- Alpha channel/matte -- Storage and transport -- Streaming video -- Resolution -- Pixel density/raster -- Perceived resolution -- Aspect ratio -- Interlaced or progressive scan -- Frame rate -- Refresh rate -- Display surface -- Screen properties -- Gain -- Contrast ratio -- Viewing angle -- Texture -- Rear or front projection -- Non-traditional materials -- Video and LED walls -- Monitor -- Rear projection -- Rear projection cube -- Laser phosphor display -- Panel -- Transparent display -- Electro-wetting and electrophoretic technology -- Projectors -- Historical devices -- Cathode ray tube -- Projector anatomy -- DLP -- Single chip -- 3-chip -- LCOS -- Illumination technology -- Metal halide -- Xenon -- Solid state -- Lens -- Fixed -- Zoom -- Source -- Analog source -- Digital source -- Tape based and optical disk systems -- Hard disk and solid state systems -- Camera -- Streaming media -- Computer based systems -- Slide -- Cue -- Timeline -- VJ sampling -- Object oriented programing environment -- Media server -- Distribution -- Analog sunset -- Digital rights management -- Extended display information data -- Video signal interfaces -- Cable -- Copper -- Adaptive copper -- Fiber -- Passive / active adapters -- VOIP -- HDBASE-T/ Audio video bridging -- Passive splitter -- Distribution amplifier -- Wireless -- Scaling -- Scan converting -- Resolution multiplier -- Control -- Switchers -- Passive -- Glitch free -- Seamless -- Mixers -- Matrix routers -- Computers -- Control communication -- Timecode -- OSC -- Encoders -- Serial communication -- Virtual network computing -- Artnet/ethernet -- CITP protocol -- Media server extensions layer -- Syphon/spout -- Network -- Internet protocol -- Switches and routers -- Wireless bridging -- System management -- Data transfer and file sharing -- Information preservation -- Presentation -- Optical alignment -- Keystone correction -- Pixel adjustment -- Gamma -- Color correction -- Brightness -- Lumens and nits -- Stacking -- Contrast ratio -- Video black -- Ambient light -- Trouble shooting -- Grounding and shielding -- Skew -- Signal strength -- Sync -- Genlock -- Edid/handshake -- Digital artifacts -- Dropped frames -- Latency -- Content playback errors -- Display errors -- Control errors -- Network errors -- Preventive maintenance -- Advanced projection design -- Video mapping and masking -- Masking irregular shaped objects -- Mapping 3D objects -- Blending -- Moving fixtures -- 3D projection -- Passive optics -- Active shutters -- Interactive projection -- Image tracking -- Blob detection -- Sensors -- Encoders -- Particle generation and cellular automatons -- Holography -- Pepper's ghost -- Light field display -- Atmospheric projection -- Large scale imaging -- Augmented reality.…”
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Embodied playwriting : improv and acting exercises for writing and devising /

Table of Contents: “…Embodied playwriting / Hillary Haft Bucs and Charissa Menefee -- The meet and greet : creating opportunities for surprise and discovery / Charissa Menefee -- Improvising between the lines : enhancing the script by embodying subtext / Amy Seham -- Using improv to create original plays : respectfully writing diverse characters / Stephanie Rae -- Character's search for authenticity : improvisation for the revision process / Muneeb ur Rehman -- The picture project : originating story through movement / Sarah Kozinn -- Physical expressions in devised playwriting / Luane Davis Haggerty and Aaron Kelstone -- Active group playwriting : psychodramatic techniques adapted for playmaking / David Kaye -- Building the world of the play through collaborative performance / Mike Poblete -- It's all about play : locating the game in embodied playwriting / John P. …”