Shakespeares Heartbeat

Author : Kelly Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317601424
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare’s Heartbeat written by Kelly Hunter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children on the autistic spectrum experience varying degrees of difficulties; all of which can be understood as a disassociation of mind and body. Expressing feelings, making eye contact, keeping a steady heartbeat and recognizing faces are all part of the autism dilemma which can be poetically explored by Shakespeare. Over ten years, Hunter worked with children on all points of the spectrum, developing drama games for the specific purpose of combatting autism. These unique games, derived from specific moments in the plays, shed new light on how to teach Shakespeare to children, using the drama as an exploration of how it feels to be alive. Shakespeare’s Heartbeat is a step-by-step guide, detailing how to demonstrate, play and share these sensory games. The book includes: Games based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream Games based on The Tempest Tips and advice for playing one-on-one with the children An afterword describing Hunter’s journey from performer and practitioner to creator of this work. Shakespeare’s poetic definitions of seeing, thinking and loving reveal the very processes that children with autism find so difficult to achieve. This book provides an indispensable learning tool for those wishing to encourage children’s eye contact and facial expression, improve their spatial awareness and language skills and introduce them to imaginative play.

Author : Kelly Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317601416
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Heartbeat written by Kelly Hunter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children on the autistic spectrum experience varying degrees of difficulties; all of which can be understood as a disassociation of mind and body. Expressing feelings, making eye contact, keeping a steady heartbeat and recognizing faces are all part of the autism dilemma which can be poetically explored by Shakespeare. Over ten years, Hunter worked with children on all points of the spectrum, developing drama games for the specific purpose of combatting autism. These unique games, derived from specific moments in the plays, shed new light on how to teach Shakespeare to children, using the drama as an exploration of how it feels to be alive. Shakespeare’s Heartbeat is a step-by-step guide, detailing how to demonstrate, play and share these sensory games. The book includes: Games based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream Games based on The Tempest Tips and advice for playing one-on-one with the children An afterword describing Hunter’s journey from performer and practitioner to creator of this work. Shakespeare’s poetic definitions of seeing, thinking and loving reveal the very processes that children with autism find so difficult to achieve. This book provides an indispensable learning tool for those wishing to encourage children’s eye contact and facial expression, improve their spatial awareness and language skills and introduce them to imaginative play.

Author : Sonya Freeman Loftis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198864531
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and Disability Studies written by Sonya Freeman Loftis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shakespeare and Disability Studies argues that an understanding of disability theory is essential for scholars, teachers, and directors who wish to create more inclusive and accessible theatrical and pedagogical encounters with Shakespeare's plays. Previous work in the field of early modern disability studies has focused largely on Renaissance characters that a modern audience might view as disabled. This volume argues that the conception of disability as residing within individual literary characters limits understandings of disability in Shakespeare: by theorizing disability vis-a-vis characters, previous studies have largely overlooked readers, performers, and audience members who self-identify as disabled. Focusing on issues such as accessible performances, inclusive casting, and Shakespeare-based therapy, Shakespeare and Disability Studies reinvigorates textual approaches to disability in Shakespeare by reading accessibility as an art form and exploring both the powers and potential limits of universal design in theatrical performance. The book examines the complex interdependence among the concepts of theory, access, and inclusion--demonstrating the crucial role of disability theory in building access and examining the ways that access may both open and foreclose inclusive dramatic practice. Shakespeare and Disability Studies challenges Shakespearians, from students to audience members, from classroom teachers to theatre practitioners, to consider how Shakespeare, as industry, as high art, and as cultural symbol, impacts the lived reality of those with disabled bodies and/or minds"--Publisher's description.

Author : Sheila T. Cavanagh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350296449
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities written by Sheila T. Cavanagh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can theatre and Shakespearean performance be used with different communities to assist personal growth and development, while advancing social justice goals? Employing an integrative approach that draws from science, actor training, therapeutical practices and current research on the senses, this study reveals the work being done by drama practitioners with a range of specialized populations, such as incarcerated people, neurodiverse individuals, those with physical or emotional disabilities, veterans, people experiencing homelessness and many others. With insights drawn from visits to numerous international programs, it argues that these endeavors succeed when they engage multiple human senses and incorporate kinesthetic learning, thereby tapping into the diverse benefits associated with artistic, movement and mindfulness practices. Neither theatre nor Shakespeare is universally beneficial, but the syncretic practices described in this book offer tools for physical, emotional and collaborative undertakings that assist personal growth and development, while advancing social justice goals. Among the practitioners and companies whose work is examined here are programs from the Shakespeare in Prison Network, the International Opera Theater, Blue Apple Theatre, Flute Theatre, DeCruit and Feast of Crispian programs for veterans, Extant Theatre and prison programs in Kolkata and Mysore, India.

Author : Adelle Hulsmeier
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031454146
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applied Shakespeare written by Adelle Hulsmeier and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book speaks to those interested in where and why Shakespeare’s work is used to capture the transformative intentions of different areas of Applied Theatre practice (Prison, Disability, Therapy), representing a foundational study which considers subsequent histories and potential challenges when engaging with Shakespeare’s work. This is grounded in a case study analysis of three salient British Theatre Companies: The Education Shakespeare Company (prison), the Blue Apple Theatre Company (Disability), and the Combat Veteran Players (therapy).

Author : Sonya Freeman Loftis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351967452
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET IN AN ERA OF TEXTUAL EXHAUSTION written by Sonya Freeman Loftis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Post-Hamlet: Shakespeare in an Era of Textual Exhaustion" examines how postmodern audiences continue to reengage with Hamlet in spite of our culture’s oversaturation with this most canonical of texts. Combining adaptation theory and performance theory with examinations of avant-garde performances and other unconventional appropriations of Shakespeare’s play, Post-Hamlet examines Shakespeare’s Hamlet as a central symbol of our era’s "textual exhaustion," an era in which the reader/viewer is bombarded by text—printed, digital, and otherwise. The essays in this edited collection, divided into four sections, focus on the radical employment of Hamlet as a cultural artifact that adaptors and readers use to depart from textual "authority" in, for instance, radical English-language performance, international film and stage performance, pop-culture and multi-media appropriation, and pedagogy.

Author : Fiona Banks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474257941
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare: Actors and Audiences written by Fiona Banks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare: Actors and Audiences brings together the voices of those who make productions of Shakespeare come to life. It shines a spotlight on the relationship between actors and audiences and explores the interplay that makes each performance unique. We know much about theatre in Shakespeare's time but very little about the audiences who attended his plays. Even today the audience's voice remains largely ignored. This volume places the role of the audience at the centre of how we understand Shakespeare in performance. Part One offers an overview of the best current audience research and provides a critical framework for the interviews and testimony of leading actors, theatre makers and audience members that follow in Part Two, including Juliet Stevenson and Emma Rice. Shakespeare: Actors and Audiences offers a fascinating insight into the world of theatre production and of the relationship between actor and audience that lies at the heart of theatre-making.

Author : Mark Westbrook
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 024437063X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare Monologue Audition Success written by Mark Westbrook and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally there's a book that helps drama school and college acting applicants tackle the daunting Shakespeare monologue. Clearly set out in a lesson by lesson style format, it's like being coached by acting coach Mark Westbrook in a 1-2-1 coaching session. Tackle the Shakespeare Monologue with fresh ideas and powerful but little-taught techniques that will boost your chances of audition success.

Author : Kelly Hunter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147253378X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cracking Shakespeare written by Kelly Hunter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cracking Shakespeare serves to demystify the process of speaking Shakespeare's language, offering hands-on techniques for drama students, young actors and directors who are intimidated by rehearsing, performing and directing Shakespeare's plays. For some artists approaching Shakespeare, the ability to capture the dynamic movement of thought from mind to mouth, and the paradox of using the formality of verse to express a realistic form of speech, can seem daunting. Cracking Shakespeare includes practical techniques and exercises to solve this dilemma – including supporting online video which demonstrate how to embody Shakespeare's characters in rehearsal and performance – offering a toolkit that will free actors and directors from their fear of Shakespeare. The result of thirty years of acting, teaching and directing Shakespeare, Kelly Hunter's Cracking Shakespeare is the ideal textbook for actors and directors looking for new ways to approach Shakespeare's plays in a hands-on, down-to-earth style.

Author : Liam E. Semler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108807720
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Shakespeare Education written by Liam E. Semler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare education is being reimagined around the world. This book delves into the important role of collaborative projects in this extraordinary transformation. Over twenty innovative Shakespeare partnerships from the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Europe and South America are critically explored by their leaders and participants. –Structured into thematic sections covering engagement with schools, universities, the public, the digital and performance, the chapters offer vivid insights into what it means to teach, learn and experience Shakespeare in collaboration with others. Diversity, equality, identity, incarceration, disability, community and culture are key factors in these initiatives, which together reveal how complex and humane Shakespeare education can be. Whether you are interested in practice or theory, this collection showcases an abundance of rich, inspiring and informative perspectives on Shakespeare education in our contemporary world.