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Studies in Drama: Stoppard and Company, Spring 2014
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Taking as its starting point the works of one of Britain's most respected, prolific—and funny—living dramatists, this seminar will explore a wide range of knowledge in fields such as math, philosophy, politics, history and art. The careful reading and discussion of plays by (Sir) Tom Stoppard and some of his most compelling contemporaries (including Caryl Churchill, Anna Deveare Smith and Howard Barker) will allow us to time-travel and explore other cultures, and to think about the medium of drama as well as one writer's work in depth. Some seminar participants will report on earlier plays that influenced these writers, others will research everything from Lord Byron's poetry to the bridges of Konigsberg, from Dadaism to Charter 77. Employing a variety of critical approaches (both theoretical and theatrical), we will consider what postmodernity means, as applied to these plays. In the process, we will analyze how drama connects with both the culture it represents and that which it addresses in performance. We will also explore the wit and verbal energy of these contemporary dramatists…not to mention, how Fermat's theorem, classical translation, and chaos theory become the stuff of stage comedy.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Diana Henderson
Diane Henderson
Date Added:
01/01/2014
Studies in Drama: Too Hot to Handle: Forbidden Plays in Modern America, Fall 2008
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Unlike film, theater in America does not have a ratings board that censors content. So plays have had more freedom to explore and to transgress normative culture. Yet censorship of the theater has been part of American culture from the beginning, and continues today. How and why does this happen, and who decides whether a play is too dangerous to see or to teach? Are plays dangerous? Sinful? Even demonic? In our seminar, we will study plays that have been censored, either legally or extra-legally (i.e. refused production, closed down during production, denied funding, or taken off school reading lists). We'll look at laws, both national and local, relating to the "obscene", as well as unofficial practices, and think about the way censorship operates in American life now. And of course we will study the offending texts, themselves, to find what is really dangerous about them, for ourselves.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Performing Arts
Social Science
Women's Studies
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Anne
Fleche
Date Added:
01/01/2008
Studio Seminar in Public Art, Spring 2006
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Focuses on the production of visual art for public places outside the gallery/museum context. Readings and discussions that engage aesthetic, social, political, and urban issues relevant to this expanded public context complement studio production. Traditional approaches of enhancement and commemoration are contrasted to more temporal and critical methodologies. Historical models are studied and discussed, including Russian Constructivist experiments, the Situationists, Conceptual Art, and more recent interventionist tactics.

Subject:
Art History
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Muntadas, Antonio
Date Added:
01/01/2006
Teaching Low Brass
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The purpose of this textbook is to provide resources about teaching low brass instruments to music educators and future music educators. The book was developed by the author as part of the open/alternative textbook initiative at Kansas State University. It Is the textbook used for the Kansas State University course Music 239-Low Brass Techniques and Materials.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
New Prairie Press
Author:
Steven Maxwell
Date Added:
04/24/2019
Technical Theatre Practicum - Version 1
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Welcome to the exciting world of technical theatre. Studying this topic can lead to many different careers in several different sectors of the economy. The general skills needed for any of the careers or sectors have many things in common. Workers need to be dead-line oriented, as most productions have firm timelines that cannot be altered. Critical thinking and analysis are much needed skills. Almost every project in the field is unique and technicians and designers alike must discover the best way of reaching a project’s goal. Creative problem solving is trait successful practitioners have in common. With every project being unique, there are no guaranteed solutions to the problems that are presented. Technicians draw on their vast experience of what worked in the past that can be adapted to be a solution to the current problems. Clear communication and collaboration round out the necessary skills. No technical theatre project is ever handled by one person on their own. Collaboration with many people is the norm, and successful collaboration requires clear written and verbal communication skills.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
College of the Canyons
Author:
Christopher R Boltz
Date Added:
10/26/2023
Theater Arts Topics - Suburbia, January (IAP) 2008
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Opportunity for the study of theater arts topics not covered by regular subject listings, including experimental subjects offered by permanent and visiting faculty. Students seeking an individual program of study with a faculty member must also obtain the approval of the Director of Theater Arts. Consult Theater Arts Office for departmental form.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Podpaly, Yuri
Date Added:
01/01/2008
#TheatreAppreciation
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#TheatreAppreciation is a textbook for introductory level lecture classes such as Theatre Appreciation and Introduction to Theatre. It provides insight about the art and craft of theatre, a brief exploration of theatre history, and discussion about the styles and forms of theatre along with an overview of professions in the field.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
State University of New York
Author:
Andrew Kahl
Barbara N. Kahl
Bethany Marx
Emily Jones
Gillian Canavan
Ingrid De Sanctis
John Bagby
Kiara Pipino
Krysta Dennis
Michael Riha
Missy Maramara
Date Added:
10/26/2023
Theatrical Worlds
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From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.

Table of Contents
Part One: Creating a World

1 Mapping Reality: An Introduction to Theatre -Charlie Mitchell and Michelle Hayford
Part Two: Theatrical Production

2 Acting - Charlie Mitchell
3 Directing - Kevin Browne
4 Set Design - Mark E. Mallett
5 Costume Design - Stacey Galloway
6 Lighting Design - Kasendra Djuren
Part Three: Special Topics

7 Genre - Jim Davis
8 The World of Shakespeare - Jeremy Fiebig
9 The American Musical - Margaret R. Butler
10 World Theatre - Michelle Hayford

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Charlie Mitchell
Date Added:
04/24/2019
Theatrical Worlds, Beta Version
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From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
University of Florida
Author:
Charlie Mitchell
Date Added:
10/26/2023
Theory Fundamentals Workbook
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This workbook is a practical method for learning the rudiments of music, which are essential to a thorough understanding of music in general. Designed as a supplement to professional instruction rather than a manual for self instruction, the text is intentionally brief. The emphasis is on using practical exercises to develop fluency. Aural, vocal, and keyboard skills must be integrated into the study of music theory from the very beginning. I encourage all students, regardless of their principal instrument, to learn to hear, sing, and play on the piano everything that they do in theory. All exercises in this book should be completed thoroughly. Usually a sample will be completed in brackets for each exercise, as a demonstration. Fluency with these basic materials of music will be a great asset to any further musical endeavors. For students who need additional exercises, suggestions for further study will be given.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Montana State University
Author:
Gregory Yang
Date Added:
10/26/2023
Topics in Performance Studies: Comedy Across Media, Spring 2018
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This multidisciplinary lecture / workshop engages students in a variety of approaches to the study and practice of performance as an area of aesthetic and social interaction. Special attention is paid to the use of diverse media in performance. Interdisciplinary approaches to study encourage students to seek out material histories of performance and practice.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
James Stanley
Date Added:
04/25/2019
Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography, Spring 2008
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This course explores the forms, contents, and context of world traditions in dance that played a crucial role in shaping American concert dance. For example, we will identify dances from an African American vernacular tradition that were transferred from the social space to the concert stage we will explore the artistic lives of such American dance artists as Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus and Alvin Ailey along with Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, and Merce Cunningham as American dance innovators. Of particular importance to our investigation will be the construction of gender and autobiography that lie at the heart of concert dance practice, and the ways in which these qualities have been choreographed by American artists.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Blanco, Melissa
Date Added:
01/01/2008
Tutorial Videos: Class Piano 1
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Our Class Piano & Piano Pedagogy teaching professor Dr. Janci Bronson has created a YouTube education channel designed to support student virtual learning within group piano and/or private lessons.
The educational channel covers the following key topics: beginning keyboard technique, sight-reading, transposition, scales, arpeggios, chords, harmonization, & improvisation.
Note: each video comes with closed captions, brief descriptions, suggestions to related videos, and chapters (“show more” under the video description).
We hope you may find these supplemental videos helpful to share with your group piano students. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to continue improving the videos.

These are also found: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pzTA56_a9PgpWytpJ0oi4OTOwx_iCYrF/edit

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Career and Technical Education
Film and Music Production
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Module
Author:
Janci Bronson
Date Added:
09/22/2021
Universe of Music, Fall 2007
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An introduction to the infinite universe of music from its origins to the present, this course investigates the role of instruments, culture, myth and science in the evolution of music. Illustrations through the medium of the World Wide Web present the concept of music as both communication of ideas and expression of feelings in diverse musical traditions of the world.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
World Cultures
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Homework/Assignment
Reading
Syllabus
Unit of Study
Provider:
UMass Boston
Provider Set:
UMass Boston OpenCourseWare
Author:
Ph.D.
Professor David Patterson
Date Added:
04/25/2019
Vocal Repertoire and Performance, Spring 2007
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For the singer and/or pianist interested in collaborative study of solo vocal performance. Historical study of the repertoire includes listening assignments of representative French, German, Italian, and English works as sung by noted vocal artists of the genre. Topics include diction as facilitated by the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet; performance and audition techniques; and study of body awareness and alignment through the Alexander Technique and yoga.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Wood, Pamela
Date Added:
01/01/2007
Vocal Techniques for the Instrumentalist
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Vocal Techniques, the course title used at many institutions, is essentially a voice class for instrumentalists, and is a required course for instrumental music education majors seeking all-level certification. Students take at least one Vocal Techniques course to learn proper singing technique along with basic pedagogy and can include teaching techniques as they apply to adolescent singers. The focus of the course is the development of the individual singing voice. This includes breathing, tone production, articulation, musicality and textual expression and understanding. Students also develop confidence in front of groups, improve their general vocal quality, and learn that a healthy voice serves them well in the general and performance classroom.

Access also available here: https://newprairiepress.org/ebooks/25/

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Why are you here?
Chapter 2 Healthy Singing
Chapter 3 Motivation
Chapter 4 Learning and Performing Vocal Music
Chapter 5 Respiration
Chapter 6 Phonation
Chapter 7 Voice Range
Chapter 8 Resonance
Chapter 9 Articulation
Bibliography

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
New Prairie Press
Author:
Amy Rosine
Date Added:
01/01/2018
Vocal Techniques for the Instrumentalist - 2nd edition
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Vocal Techniques, the course title used at many institutions, is essentially a voice class for instrumentalists, and is a required course for instrumental music education majors seeking all-level certification. Students take at least one Vocal Techniques course to learn proper singing technique along with basic pedagogy and can include teaching techniques as they apply to adolescent singers. The focus of the course is the development of the individual singing voice. This includes breathing, tone production, articulation, musicality and textual expression and understanding. Students also develop confidence in front of groups, improve their general vocal quality, and learn that a healthy voice serves them well in the general and performance classroom.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
New Prairie Press
Author:
Amy Rosine
Date Added:
10/26/2023