Creating Solo Performance

Author : Sean Bruno
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317911814
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Solo Performance written by Sean Bruno and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Solo Performance is an innovative toolbox of exercises and challenges focused on providing you – the performer – with engaging and inspiring ways to explore and develop your idea both on the page and in the performance space. The creation of a solo show may be the most rewarding, liberating and stressful challenge you will take on in your career. This book acts as your silent collaborator as you develop your performance, by helpfully arranging exercises under the following headings: Beginnings Creating character Generating material Using your performance space Technology Endings Collaboration Exercises can be explored in sequence, at random or according to your specific needs and interests as a performer. By enabling you to create a bespoke formula that best applies to your specific subject, area of interest, style and discipline, this book will become an indispensable resource as you produce your solo show.

Author : Jo Bonney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Exposure written by Jo Bonney and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extreme Exposure presents extensive excerpts from the works of more than 50 solo writer/performers, along with prefatory notes to each extract.

Author : Nancy Ford
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573680953
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road written by Nancy Ford and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nightclub singer who changes her act to reflect her changing personal life meets with opposition with her manager.

Author : Jess Thorpe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135002595X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Beginner's Guide to Devising Theatre written by Jess Thorpe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 Music & Drama Education Award for Outstanding Drama Education Resource Much of the theatre we make starts with a script and a story given to us by someone else. But what happens when we're required to start from scratch? How do we begin to make theatre using our own ideas, our own perspective, our own stories? A Beginner's Guide to Devising Theatre, written by the artistic directors of the award-winning young people's performance company Junction 25 and is aimed at those new to devising or wanting to further develop their skills. It explores creative ways to create original theatre from a contemporary stimulus. It offers a structure within which to approach the creative process, including ideas on finding a starting point, generating material, composition and design; it offers practical ideas for use in rehearsal; and it presents grounding in terminology that will support a confident and informed approach to production. The book features contributions from some of the young performers who have been a part of Junction 25's work to date, as well as key artists and companies that work professionally in devised theatre, including case studies from Quarantine, the Team, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Nic Green and Ontroerend Goed. The work of Junction 25 is used to illustrate the concepts and ideas set out in the book. Ideal for any student faced with the challenge of creating work from scratch, A Beginner's Guide to Devising Theatre offers constructive guidance, which supports the requirements of students taking Drama and Theatre Studies courses. The book includes a foreword by theatre critic Lyn Gardner.

Author : Chloé Déchery
Publisher : Intellect Books
ISBN 13 : 1789382971
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performing Collaboration in Solo Performance written by Chloé Déchery and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an investigation grounded in creative writing and practice-as-research methodology and explores the issues of authorship and collaborative labour in contemporary performance. This investigation is set in the context of a world more and more characterized by fragmentation, displacement and virtual communication and relationships. It addresses and playfully engages with the following questions: what is a collaborative body? Can a sole performer carry out a collaborative practice ? Can we stand in for others? What forms of “coming-together” might take place when distance remains between those who perform and those who spectate? The book contains the full-length version of the score from A Duet Without You, an original performance piece created between 2013 and 2015 by Chloé Déchery in collaboration with a range of artistic collaborators working inter- and cross-disciplinary, including Karen Christopher, Pedro Iñes, Simone Kenyon, Marty Langthorne, Tom Parkinson, Michael Pinchbeck and Deborah Pearson. Alongside the playtext, the book entails a collection of essays written by independent writers, artists and academics and dedicated to the politics of collaboration, ranging from performative responses and co-authored articles to in-depth theoretical essays. Primary readership will be those teaching, researching or studying in theatre and performance studies, visual arts, fine arts, art history, creative writing, poetry, philosophy or French literature. Will also be of interest to art school students and those with an interest in theatre.

Author : Sean Bruno
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317911806
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Solo Performance written by Sean Bruno and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Solo Performance is an innovative toolbox of exercises and challenges focused on providing you – the performer – with engaging and inspiring ways to explore and develop your idea both on the page and in the performance space. The creation of a solo show may be the most rewarding, liberating and stressful challenge you will take on in your career. This book acts as your silent collaborator as you develop your performance, by helpfully arranging exercises under the following headings: Beginnings Creating character Generating material Using your performance space Technology Endings Collaboration Exercises can be explored in sequence, at random or according to your specific needs and interests as a performer. By enabling you to create a bespoke formula that best applies to your specific subject, area of interest, style and discipline, this book will become an indispensable resource as you produce your solo show.

Author : Ronald Rand
Publisher : Brown Posey Press
ISBN 13 : 9781620065716
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solo Transformation on Stage written by Ronald Rand and published by Brown Posey Press. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOLO PERFORMANCE ON STAGE by Ronald Rand, Goodwill Cultural Ambassador and world-acclaimed solo performer in 25 countries takes the reader on an intimate journey into the organic process of creating your own solo performance on stage through the 'Art of Transformation' using Stanislavsky's "Method of Physical Actions." The theater is a transcendent communication of the human spirit, flowing from the passion of all those creating in collaboration with each other. Transformation is the embodiment of our joy of being alive. Christopher Plummer calls SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE "An unforgettable journey of passion, insight and discovery!" Stephen Lang writes in his Foreword "An astonishing outpouring of energy and experience. Ronald Rand brings a way to seek out a greater realization of what life means to you, putting into words what every actor feels in their heart; that what we do is as crucial to life as bread, fire, or salt. A noble and useful book." Step inside Ronald Rand's two-hour transformation into Harold Clurman - how a solo performance is born, takes off and literally changes the face of the world! Experience his insightful experiences with Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, and Jerzy Grotowski, and life-changing 'moments of depth' from some of the world's memorable performers including Cicely Tyson, Paul Robeson, Ira Aldridge, James Earl Jones, Sidney Poitier, Laurette Taylor, and Marlon Brando. SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE offers over twenty inspiring interviews by performers who have created their own solo plays including Adrienne Barbeau, Billy Crudup, Olympia Dukakis, Eve Ensler, Hershey Felder, Marga Gomez, Julie Harris, Stephen Lang, Tony Lo Bianco, Laurence Luckinbill, Angelica Page, Christopher Plummer, Elizabeth van Dyke, and Ben Vereen. SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE will speak passionately to experienced actors and students alike, and become an invaluable resource for postgraduate students of theatre and performance, acting lecturers and teachers, and all lovers of theater.

Author : Helen Paris
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781789384710
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devising Theatre and Performance written by Helen Paris and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hands-on guide for artists, students, and teachers of devised theatre, at any stage of their practice. This book is packed with thoughtful exercises distilled from twenty-five years of interdisciplinary artist workshops and teaching devising and performance making at universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Created and curated by Leslie Hill and Helen Paris, artists who work internationally at the interface of academia and professional practice, this collection provides exercises for devising, composing, and editing original works. The exercises are clear and accessible, enhanced with vivid examples from contemporary performance practice and relevant political contexts. Moreover, the authors offer tools for giving and receiving feedback, fostering critical reflection, and framing artistic work within academic research contexts. Hill and Paris's compelling approach does more than merely provide performance recipes; it highlights the vital cultural relevance and potential personal impact of the creative explorations that the authors invite us to undertake.

Author : Misri Dey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137602953
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Solo Performance written by Misri Dey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing specifically on solo making and performing, this unique and exciting text allows the experts to speak for themselves. In interviews with Misri Dey, six recognised solo performers working across a range of performance genres – including theatre, dance, live and performance art, site-specific performance, music video and film – provide insightful and practical strategies for creative making and performing processes. Interviewees include Bryony Kimmings, Tim Etchells, Bobby Baker, Mike Pearson, Wendy Houstoun and Nigel Charnock. Engaging and accessible, this is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of theatre, performance and acting, scholars, lecturers and performance practitioners. It will also appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of women's studies, creative writing and the visual arts.

Author : Jean Claude Van Itallie
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557833020
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Playwright's Workbook written by Jean Claude Van Itallie and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable insight into how to write a play, by a practitioner. The book encourages playwrights into a physically active role when writing.