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Writing for performance /
The Teaching Writing series publishes user-friendly writing guides penned by authors with publishing records in their subject matter. Harris and Holman Jones offer readers a practical and concise guide to writing a variety of dynamic texts for performance ranging from playscripts to ensemble and mul...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rotterdam :
SensePublishers : Imprint : SensePublishers,
2016.
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| Colección: | Teaching writing (Sense Publishers) ;
v. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PRAISE FOR WRTING FOR PERFORMANCE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EXEMPLARS; WRITING EXERCISES; CHAPTER 1: BEGINNINGS; WHAT IS WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE?; THE WORK OF THE (WESTERN) WORD; Aristotelian Dramatic Structure; The 'Well-Made Play' (19th Century-Modern Times); Modern Playwriting (20th Century); Feminist/Non-Naturalistic/Ensemble Theatre (1960s-Present); Live Art, Happenings, and Solo Performance (1960s-Present); ASKING AESTHETIC, CRITICAL, AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS; WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?; ABOUT THIS BOOK AND ITS STRUCTURE; Chapter 2: Words; Chapter 3: Bodies; Chapter 4: Things.
- Chapter 5: SpacesChapter 6: Rehearsing/Devising; Chapter 7: Revising/Performing; Chapter 8: Beginnings, Again; CHAPTER 2: WORDS; BOOKS AND MAPS; THE VOICE OF A PERFORMANCE TEXT; WORDS AND BODIES; WORDS AND ACTIONS; EXEMPLAR ONE: A DYKE IS NOT A DAM; WRITING EXERCISE ONE: CREATING CHARACTER FROM MUSIC; EXEMPLAR TWO: LEAVE TO STAY; WRITING EXERCISE TWO: CREATING CHARACTER FROM A NEWS ITEM; WORDS AND ... ; CHAPTER 3: BODIES; BODIES CARRY (THE PERFORMANCE) WORD; (WRITING FOR) SPEAKING AND MOVING; WRITING EXERCISE ONE: LAUNDRY BASKET; (WRITING FOR) SILENT BODIES/EMBODIMENTS.
- WRITING EXERCISE TWO: SILENT SHOUT(WRITING FOR) VIRTUAL EMBODIMENTS; WRITING EXERCISE THREE: IMPROVISING MARRIAGE; EXEMPLAR ONE: LOST BODIES; WRITING EXERCISE FOUR: MAKING PEOPLE WITH WORDS; EXEMPLAR TWO: SMELLY BODIES; WRITING EXERCISE FIVE: SMELL IT LIKE IT IS; EXEMPLAR THREE: 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS BY SUZAN-LORI PARKS; WRITING EXERCISE SIX: A PLAY A DAY; BODIES AND ... ; CHAPTER 4: THINGS; MAKING THINGS MEAN; MAKING THINGS MEAN DIFFERENTLY; GLUING THINGS TOGETHER: COLLAGE TECHNIQUES; EXEMPLAR ONE: TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA BY AMY KILGARD; The Tragedy of Desire; The Tragedy of the Partial.
- The Tragedy of DesireWRITING EXERCISE ONE: CUT-UP AND FOLD-IN METHODS (AFTER WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS); EXEMPLAR TWO: FOUR WORDS; WRITING EXERCISE TWO: GRAPHIC COLLAGE; EXEMPLAR THREE: LOST AND FOUND; WRITING EXERCISE THREE: NOT-SO-CHANCE COLLAGE; EXEMPLAR FOUR: AT THE SEAMS; WRITING EXERCISE FOUR: CENTO; THINGS AND ... ; NOTE; CHAPTER 5: SPACES; WRITING SPACES; PERFORMANCE SPACES; TEXTS AS SPACES; EXEMPLAR ONE: TIM MILLER'S BODY MAPS; WRITING EXERCISE ONE: BODY MAPPING; EXEMPLAR TWO: AFFIRMING SELVES IN POETRY; WRITING EXERCISE TWO: THE TOWN; SPACES AND ... ; CHAPTER 6: REHEARSING/DEVISING.
- RESEARCH INTO PERFORMANCEFORM AND CONTENT; RAW MATERIAL: THE RESEARCH PROJECT; THE ADAPTATION PROCESS; THE WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE; The Stage; Physicalising the Script-The Games; EXCERPTS FROM OUT/IN FRONT; Transcript Excerpt; Scene 1: Really Really Short (Kaz, Queer Female Identified Character); Transcript Excerpt; Scene 1: Really Really Short (Kaz)-CONT; Transcript Excerpt; Scene 3: 100% Present (Mike, Gay Male-Identified Character); Transcript Excerpt; Scene 6: I Didn't Say Anything (Pam, Pansexual Female-Identified Character); Transcript Excerpt.