Devising Theatre

Devising Theatre
Author: Alison Oddey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136111964

Devising Theatre is a practical handbook that combines a critical analysis of contemporary devised theatre practice with descriptions of selected companies, and suggestions for any group devising theatre from scratch. It is the first book to propose a general theory of devised theatre. After identifying the unique nature of this type of performance, the author examines how devised theatre is perceived by professional practitioners, and provides an historical overview illustrating how it has evolved since the 1960s. Alison Oddey examines the particular working practices and products of a number of professional companies, including a Reminiscence theatre for the elderly and a theatre-in-education group, and offers ideas and exercises for exploration and experimentation.

Practical Theory, Complete

Practical Theory, Complete
Author: Sandy Feldstein
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 100
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457416866

A combination text and workbook in three volumes. All areas of music theory are covered in a concise and practical manner and each level contains 28 lessons.

Re:direction

Re:direction
Author: Rebecca Schneider
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780415213905

An extraordinary resource for practitioners and students of directing providing a collection of ground-breaking interviews, primary sources and essays on twentieth century directing theories and practices around the world.

A Practical Theory of Programming

A Practical Theory of Programming
Author: Eric C.R. Hehner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2012-09-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1441985964

There are several theories of programming. The first usable theory, often called "Hoare's Logic", is still probably the most widely known. In it, a specification is a pair of predicates: a precondition and postcondition (these and all technical terms will be defined in due course). Another popular and closely related theory by Dijkstra uses the weakest precondition predicate transformer, which is a function from programs and postconditions to preconditions. lones's Vienna Development Method has been used to advantage in some industries; in it, a specification is a pair of predicates (as in Hoare's Logic), but the second predicate is a relation. Temporal Logic is yet another formalism that introduces some special operators and quantifiers to describe some aspects of computation. The theory in this book is simpler than any of those just mentioned. In it, a specification is just a boolean expression. Refinement is just ordinary implication. This theory is also more general than those just mentioned, applying to both terminating and nonterminating computation, to both sequential and parallel computation, to both stand-alone and interactive computation. And it includes time bounds, both for algorithm classification and for tightly constrained real-time applications.

Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography

Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography
Author: Cristina Grasseni
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2021-11-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000484890

Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography is a state-of-the-art introduction to this dynamic and growing subject. The authors explain its fundamental aspects in a clear and systematic way. The chapters cover topics including: learning to see and listen in the field and the role of sensory attention the mediation of the senses doing anthropological fieldwork with video observational filmmaking ethnographic drawing multimodal anthropology digital ethnography interactive documentary the ethics and management of audiovisual and digital data. The result is a much-needed, up-to-date and concise guide to both the fundamental skills required for audiovisual and digital ethnographic production and the essential theoretical knowledge relating to this. It will be particularly useful for students and scholars in the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences, Media, Design, Art Practice and Sound Studies.

Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations

Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations
Author: Donnalyn Pompper
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-03-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783506784

Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations is a book for managers and researchers passionate about follow-through on promises of workplace diversity across social identity dimensions, including age, class, culture, ethnicity, faith, gender, physical/psychological ability, sexual orientation, and more.

Practical Shape

Practical Shape
Author: Jonathan Dancy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2018-06-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0192528025

Everyone allows that we can reason to a new belief from beliefs that we already have. Aristotle thought that we could also reason from beliefs to action. Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning establishes this possibility of reasoning to action, in a way that allows also for reasoning to intention, hope, fear, and doubt. While many philosophers have found little sense in Aristotle's claim, Dancy offers a general theory of reasoning that is sensitive to current debates but still Aristotelian in spirit. The text clearly sets out the similarities between reasoning to action and reasoning to belief, which are far more striking than any dissimilarities. Its detailed account of practical reasoning, a topic inadequately covered in current literature, is presented in such a way as to be intelligible to a variety of readers, making it an ideal resource for students of philosophy but also of interest to academics in related disciplines.

The The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music, Parts III and IV

The The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music, Parts III and IV
Author: Francesco Galeazzi
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2012-06-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0252037081

A virtuoso violinist, conductor, composer, and a professor of mathematics and botany, Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819) firmly believed that musical education should be clear, demonstrable, and practical. In 1791 and 1796, he published the two volumes of his Elementi teorico-practici di musica, a treatise that demonstrated both his thorough grounding in the work of earlier theorists and his own approach to musical study. The first volume gave precise instructions on the violin and how to play it; the second demonstrated his command of other instruments and genres and provided comprehensive introductions to music theory, music history, and music aesthetics. The treatise also addresses the nature of compositional process and eighteenth-century concerns about natural and acquired talent and creativity. This volume offers an unprecedented English translation of the second volume of Elementi teorico-practici di musica, with annotations and commentary. The translation is introduced with a study of Galeazzi's life and milieu, the genesis and sources for the Elementi, and its reception through the present day.

A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory

A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory
Author: Peter Brooker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317903560

This introduction to practicing literary theory is a reader consisting of extracts from critical analyses, largely by 20th century Anglo-American literary critics, set around major literary texts that undergraduate students are known to be familiar with. It is specifically targeted to present literary criticism through practical examples of essays by literary theorists themselves, on texts both within and outside the literary canon. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.