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Looking into the Abyss: Essays on Scenography

by Arnold Aronson

Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: University of Michigan Press (31 Jul 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0472068881
ISBN-13: 978-0472068883
An excellent collection of essays on scenography covering subjects of history, theory and practice.

The Potentials of Spaces: The Theory and Practice of Scenography and Performance

by Alison Oddey and Christine White

Paperback: 188 pages
Publisher: Intellect Books (Jun 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1841501379
ISBN-13: 978-1841501376
Synopsis
This book will be used by students of directing, acting, design, theatre studies, performance and dance studies, installation art and visual design for performative forms. The breadth of international work covered in these essays is exciting and informative. A classic text on the burgeoning fields of scenography and performance and multimedia technologies. This book covers scenography and performance in opera, theatre, live art and site specific works. It looks at the movements of theatre making and the development of experimental processes for the theatre and creative arts. The essential questions that this exciting book addresses are: What are the creative partnerships for performance making? What kinds of spaces are used? What are the potentials of technologies for performance? How do practitioners write and rehearse performance? This book is the first of its kind that addresses the relationships between scenography and performance as a part of the visual culture, by developing the discourse between academics and practitioners.

Re-framing the Theatrical : Interdisciplinary Landscapes for Performance

by Alison Oddey

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Hardcover: 251 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (13 April 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0230524656
ISBN-13: 978-0230524651

Synopsis
Alison Oddey takes us on a spectator's journey engaging with art forms that cross boundaries of categorization. She questions the role of the spectator and director, including interviews with Deborah Warner; the nature of art works and performance with artists Heather Ackroyd, Dan Harvey and Graeme Miller. She provocatively demonstrates the spectator as centre of the artistic experience, a new kind of making theatre-art, revealing its spirit and nature; searching for space and contemplation in a hectic Twenty-First century landscape.

Scenography in Canada: Selected Designers
by Natalie Rewa
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Paperback 184 pages (1 February, 2004)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc.
ISBN: 0802085547

Synopsis
Scenography, the design for live performance, conceives of the creation of an environment rather than merely providing decor or background. Natalie Rewa examines the work of seven of Canada 's theatre designers: Susan Benson, Astrid Janson, Mary Kerr, Michael Levine, Ken MacDonald, Jim Plaxton and Teresa Przybylski. These artists have been responsible for initiatives in design during one of the most dynamic periods in the history of Canadian theatre, from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, when new companies were founded and new theatre facilities were created. Juxtaposing commentary by the artist and her own analysis, Rewa discusses the interactions of light, sets and costume and demonstrates how a multifaceted visual text that includes human performance is created in the works of each artist. The volume includes a collection of sketches, photographs of work in progress and completed designs.

Technical Theatre: A Practical Introduction
by Christine White  
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Paperback 224 pages (31 August, 2004)
Publisher: Hodder Arnold
ISBN: 0340762128

A mirror of world theatre: The Prague Quadrennial, 1967- 1991   
by Vera Ptácková
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Unknown Binding 382 pages (1995)
Publisher: Theatre Institute
ISBN: 8070080507

CAD Design and Visualisation for the Theatre   
by Christine White & Gavin Carver
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Paperback 240 pages (February 2001)
Publisher: Focal Press
ISBN: 0240516176

Synopsis
Theatre designers using 3D software for computer visualization in the theatre should find this book a useful guide to the creative design process and to the use of computers in live performance. Covering the main software packages in use - Strata Studio Base, 3D Studio Max and 3D Studio Viz - the book provides techniques for 3D modelling alongside creative ideas and concepts for working in 3D space. Projects are provided to sharpen your awareness and digital skills as well as suggested further reading to broaden the scope of your theatrical and design knowledge. This book aims to be both a useful day-to-day reference and an inspirational starting point for implementing your own ideas.

Essential Guide to Stage Management, Lighting and Sound (Essential Guides to the Performing Arts)   
by Scott Palmer
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Paperback 256 pages (April 2000)
Publisher: Hodder Arnold H&S
ISBN: 0340721138

What Is Scenography? (Theatre Concepts)   
by Pamela Howard
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Hardcover 160 pages (8 November, 2001)
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415100844

Synopsis
Scenography is becoming a universally used term in professional theatre practice and education, but what exactly is it? This volume is a very personal and direct response to this question by one of the world's leading scenographers. The result is a provocative re-evaluation of the traditional role and methods of theatre designers, pointing towards a more holistic approach to making theatre. Pamela Howard examines scenography from many different perspectives including: * Space * Text * Research * Colour and Composition * Performers * Spectators. Part polemic and part critical analysis, the text is enriched with anecdotes and case studies taken from Howard's career and extensive research into the subject. Illustrated with brilliant examples of Pamela Howard's own work, this book is a must for all visual theatremakers.

Adolphe Appia: Artist and Visionary of the Modern Theatre (Contemporary Theatre Studies)   
by Richard C Beacham
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Paperback 320 pages ( 16 December, 1994 )
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 371865508X

Synopsis
This account, analysis and critical evaluation of the work of Adolphe Appia (1862-1928) demonstrates how his far-sighted imagination embraced the fundamental reform of scenic design, the use of theatrical space, and an expanded conception of the nature and possibilities of theatrical art.

Beyond the Mask   
by Irene Eynat-Confino
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Hardcover 239 pages (1987)
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 0809313723

Space and the Postmodern Stage   
by Irene Eynat-Confino and Eva Sormova
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Unknown Binding 182 pages (2000)
Publisher: Divadelní ústav
ISBN: 8070081066

Garrick and Loutherbourg (Theatre in Focus S.) 
by Christopher Baugh  
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Paperback 120 pages (December 1990)
Publisher: ProQuest Information and Learning Ltd
ISBN: 0859641988

Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Guide   
by Lord Attenborough (Foreword), Neil Fraser
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Paperback 160 pages (25 October, 1999)
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1861262485

Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance   
by Simon Callow (Foreword), Maria Shevtsova
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Hardcover 256 pages (27 February, 2004)
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415334616

Synopsis
This is the first ever full-length study of internationally-acclaimed theatre company, the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, and its director, Lev Dodin. Maria Shevtsova provides an illuminating insight into Dodin's directorial processes and the company's actor training, devising and rehearsal methods, which she interweaves with detailed analysis of the Maly's main productions. Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance demonstrates how the impact of Dodin's work extends far beyond that of his native Russia , and gives the reader unparalleled access to the company's practice. Including a foreword by Simon Callow, a dedicated admirer of the Maly, Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatr provides both a valuable methodological model for actor training and a unique insight into the journeys taken from studio to stage.

Performance, Embodiment, Voice   
by Maria Shevtsova
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Paperback 24 pages (14 February, 2003)
Publisher: Goldsmiths' College
ISBN: 1904158064

Svoboda: Wagner : Josef Svoboda's Scenography for Richard Wagner's Operas   
by Jarka Burian
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Hardcover 117 pages (1 December, 1983)
Publisher: Univ Pr of New England
ISBN: 0819550884

The Scenography of Josef Svoboda
by Jarka Burian
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Paperback (1 June, 1974)
Publisher: Univ Pr of New England
ISBN: 0819560324

Exploring Scenography (Theatre Design Research S.)   
Malcolm Griffiths (Editor)
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Paperback 81 pages (16 October, 2002)
Publisher: Society of British Theatre Designers
ISBN: 0952930935

History and Theory of Environmental Scenography   
by Arnold P Aronson
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Paperback 296 pages (May 1988)
Publisher: UMI Research P
ISBN: 0835719057

Devising Theatre: A Practical and Theoretical Handbook   
by Alison Oddey
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Paperback 272 pages (October 1996)
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415049008

Synopsis
This handbook combines critical analysis of contemporary devised theatre practice with commentary on a selection of theatre companies, including: Greenwich Young People's Theatre Company; Forced Entertainment; Age Exchange; Impact Theatre; and Lumiere and Son. Alison Oddey both provides practical suggestions for groups devising theatre from scratch and outlines the historical developments and context of "devised theatre" as a performance genre.

Performing Women: Stand-ups, Strumpets and Itinerants   
Alison Oddey (Editor)
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Hardcover 312 pages (31 August, 1999) Paperback 2nd Edition (2005)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0333713931

Synopsis
Alison Oddey's interviews with prominent performing women, span generations, cultures, perspectives, practice and the best part of the 20th century, telling various stories collectively. Stand ups, "classic" actresses, film and television personalities, experimental and "alternative" practitioners discuss why they want to perform, what motivates them, and how their personal history has contributed to their desires to perform. Oddey's critical and analytical introductory essay examines themes of performers' identities, displacement, acting as playing, differences between theatre, film and television performance, attitudes towards and relationships with audiences, and working with women directors. In several interviews the additional challenge of motherhood emerges as an important subtext in the performing lives of these women.