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The Improvisation Studies Reader
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Author : Ajay Heble
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-07
The Improvisation Studies Reader written by Ajay Heble and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Music categories.
Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry, becoming a cornerstone of both practical and theoretical approaches to performance. The Improvisation Studies Reader draws together the works of key artists and thinkers from a range of disciplines, including theatre, music, literature, film, and dance. Divided by keywords into eight sections, this book bridges the gaps between these fields. The book includes case studies, exercises, graphic scores and poems in order to produce a teaching and research resource that identifies central themes in improvisation studies. The sections include: Listening Trust/Risk Flow Dissonance Responsibility Liveness Surprise Hope Each section of the Reader is introduced by a newly commissioned think piece by a key figure in the field, which opens up research questions reflecting on the keyword in question. By placing key theoretical and classic texts in conversation with cutting-edge research and artists’ statements, this book answers the urgent questions facing improvising artists and theorists in the mediatized Twenty-First Century.
The Improvisation Studies Reader
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Author : Rebecca Caines
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry, becoming a cornerstone of both practical and theoretical approaches to performance. The Improvisation Studies Reader draws together the works of key artists and thinkers from a range of disciplines, including theatre, music, literature, film, and dance. Divided by keywords into eight sections, this book bridges the gaps between these fields. The book includes case studies, exercises, graphic scores and poems in order to produce a teaching and research resource that identifies central themes in improvisation studies. The sections include: Listening Trust/Risk Flow Dissonance Responsibility Liveness Surprise Hope Each section of the Reader is introduced by a newly commissioned think piece by a key figure in the field, which opens up research questions reflecting on the keyword in question. By placing key theoretical and classic texts in conversation with cutting-edge research and artists' statements, this book answers the urgent questions facing improvising artists and theorists in the mediatized Twenty-First Century.
The Improvisation Studies Reader
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Author : Rebecca Caines
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-07
The Improvisation Studies Reader written by Rebecca Caines and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Music categories.
Interdisciplinary approach chimes with current teaching trends Each section opens with specially commissioned thinkpiece from major scholar The first reader to address improvisation from a performance studies perspective
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader
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Author : Alexandra Carter
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2010
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader written by Alexandra Carter and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
Represents the range and diversity of writings on dance from the mid to late 20th century, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern 'movement performance' jazz and ethnic dance.
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader
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Author : Jens Richard Giersdorf
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-02-25
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader written by Jens Richard Giersdorf and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-25 with Performing Arts categories.
Represents the range and diversity of writings on dance from the mid-to-late twentieth century, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern 'movement performance' jazz and ethnic dance.
Law And The Protection Of Democracy
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Author : Yvonne Cripps
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2025
Law And The Protection Of Democracy written by Yvonne Cripps and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025 with Law categories.
"This ground-breaking book of essays proposes harmonious uses of public policy and law to protect the rights and interests of people around the world: their freedoms, their creativity, and their environment, against a background of challenges to democracy. It is written in terms of a music of law, in honor of Alfred C. Aman, Jr., a jazzman law professor, Dean emeritus, and distinguished University of Rochester Life Trustee, whose life and work exemplify the highest standards. The essays, written by distinguished judges, administrators, and scholars whom Professor Aman has inspired and mentored, address in new and compelling ways many of the most pressing issues of our time, including environmental protection, voting rights, constitutional originalism, freedom of speech and the press, racial and gender equality, artificial intelligence, and, not least, the importance of mentorship in legal, educational, and other spheres. The over-arching theme charts how the sometimes-unheard music of law can, if ingeniously composed and performed, protect people and democracy. Edited by Yvonne Cripps. Contributors: Nathan D. Alder, Dan Cole, Lloyd Green, Carol Greenhouse, David Hamilton, Jay Krishnan, Tzu-Yi Lin, Christiana Ochoa, Aviva Orenstein, Arantxa Recarte, Lauren Robel, Landyn Rookard, Susan Williams, Elisabeth Zoller"--
The Performance Studies Reader
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Author : Henry Bial
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2025-01-31
The Performance Studies Reader written by Henry Bial and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-31 with Performing Arts categories.
Since its first publication in 2004, The Performance Studies Reader has become the leading anthology of key writings on performance studies. Now in its fourth edition, it continues to offer an unparalleled selection of work by the foremost scholars in this continually evolving field, offering a stimulating introduction to the crucial debates of Performance Studies. These critical and theoretical contributions are joined in this edition by 26 new chapters, bringing the collection up to date with current discourse and ideas, and significantly expanding the range of subjects and authors represented. Each essay includes contextual headnotes from the editors, to introduce students to the writer and their impact on the field. Newly added to this edition are contributions from Swati Arora; Sara Ahmed; Sarah Bay-Cheng; Claire Bishop; Felipe Cervera, Theron Schmidt, and Hannah Schwadron; Anita E. Cherian and Gargi Bharadwaj; Thomas F. DeFrantz/SLIPPAGE; Soyica Diggs Colbert; Tracy C. Davis; Saidiya V. Hartman; Travis Jackson; Branislav Jakovljević; Ailton Krenak; André Lepecki; Fred Moten; José Esteban Muñoz; Tavia Nyong'o; Tamara Searle; Stephanie Nohelani Teves; and McKenzie Wark. This new edition of The Performance Studies Reader provides an overview of the full range of performance theory for undergraduates at all levels, and beginning graduate students in Performance Studies, theatre, performing arts, and cultural studies.
Improvisation And Music Education
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Author : Ajay Heble
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-19
Improvisation And Music Education written by Ajay Heble and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-19 with Music categories.
This book offers compelling new perspectives on the revolutionary potential of improvisation pedagogy. Bringing together contributions from leading musicians, scholars, and teachers from around the world, the volume articulates how improvisation can breathe new life into old curricula; how it can help teachers and students to communicate more effectively; how it can break down damaging ideological boundaries between classrooms and communities; and how it can help students become more thoughtful, engaged, and activist global citizens. In the last two decades, a growing number of music educators, music education researchers, musicologists, cultural theorists, creative practitioners, and ethnomusicologists have suggested that a greater emphasis on improvisation in music performance, history, and theory classes offers enormous potential for pedagogical enrichment. This book will help educators realize that potential by exploring improvisation along a variety of trajectories. Essays offer readers both theoretical explorations of improvisation and music education from a wide array of vantage points, and practical explanations of how the theory can be implemented in real situations in communities and classrooms. It will therefore be of interest to teachers and students in numerous modes of pedagogy and fields of study, as well as students and faculty in the academic fields of music education, jazz studies, ethnomusicology, musicology, cultural studies, and popular culture studies.
The Motional Improvisation Of Al Wunder
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Author : H.R. Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-16
The Motional Improvisation Of Al Wunder written by H.R. Elliott and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-16 with Performing Arts categories.
The Motional Improvisation of Al Wunder takes readers on a journey through the life history, creative genealogies and unique working processes of one of the master teachers of Euro-American postmodern movement-based improvisational performance who has, until now, received scant critical attention. The book offers a long overdue examination of the significant impact made by an important figure on grassroots movement-based improvisational performance in 1960s/1970s America and in Australia from the 1980s onwards. It revisits the work of groundbreaking New York choreographer Alwin Nikolais, with whom Wunder trained and for whom he later taught in the 1960s; covers collaborations with founders of ‘Action Theater’ Ruth Zaporah and ‘Motivity Aerial Dance’ Terry Sendgraff as part of the explosion of improvisation in San Francisco in the 1970s and tracks the consolidation of a unique pedagogy that would see hundreds of students learn how to map their performative creativity in Melbourne from the 1980s onwards. It conducts a fascinating investigation into the wellsprings of Wunder’s approach to improvised performance as an end in itself, covering teaching innovations such as his use of the Hum Drum, positive feedback, personal power sources and articulators. It includes valuable contributions from a number of ex-students and established Australian artists in dance, music and visual art who share the profound impact Wunder has made on their creative practices. This book will be a valuable resource to movement/dance improvisation students and teachers at undergraduate and postgraduate level and independent artists drawn to movement improvisation as performance.
Improvised Dance
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Author : Nalina Wait
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-04-14
Improvised Dance written by Nalina Wait and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-14 with Performing Arts categories.
This book elucidates the technical aspects of improvised dance performance and reframes the notion of labour in the practice from one that is either based on compositionally formal logic or a mysterious impulse, to one that addresses the (in)corporeal dimensions of practice. Mobilising the languages and conceptual frameworks of theories of affect, embodied cognition, somatics, and dance, this book illustrates the work of specialist improvisers who occupy divergent positions within the complex field of improvised dance. It offers an alternative narrative of the history and current practice of Western improvised dance centred on the epistemology of its (in)corporeal knowledges, which are elusive yet vital to the refinement of expertise. Written for both a disciplinary-specific and interdisciplinary audience, this book will interest dance scholars, students, and practising artists.