The Art of Play

The Art of Play
Author: Gary Izzo
Publisher: Heinemann Drama
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The Art of Play fills the "how-to" void with a warm, insightful, and often amusing collection of examples, anecdotes, and annotated exercises designed to cover all aspects of interactive theatre, from concept through design and production.

The Art of Resonance

The Art of Resonance
Author: Anne Bogart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 135015590X

What is artistic resonance and how can it be linked to one's life and one's art? This latest book of essays from legendary theatre director Anne Bogart, considers the creation of resonance in the artistic endeavour, with a focus on the performing arts. The word 'resonance' comes from the Latin meaning to 're-sound' or 'sound together'. From music to physics, resonance is a common thread that evokes a response and, in general, is understood as a quality that makes something personally meaningful and valuable. For Bogart, curiosity is a key personal quality to be nurtured throughout life and that very same curiosity, as an artist, thinker and human being. Creating pathways between performance theory, art history, neuroscience, music, architecture and the visual arts, and consistently forging new thought-paths, the writing draws upon Anne Bogart's own life and artistic journeys to illuminate potent philosophical ideas. Woven with personal anecdotes, stories and reflections, this is a book that will be of interest to any theatre artist and anyone who reflects on the power of the arts, of theatre-making and what it means to be engaged in the artistic process.

An Introduction To--the Art of Theatre

An Introduction To--the Art of Theatre
Author: Marsh Cassady
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2007
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Offers a comprehensive overview to the art of theatre, exploring every aspect of theatre history, production, role in cultures around the world, business aspects, major eras, and future potential.

The Art and Craft of Play Directing

The Art and Craft of Play Directing
Author: David Stevens
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2013-03-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1300888482

Theatre is an interpretive art based upon a director's emotional reaction to reading a play and imagining a production of that play. Before the audience experiences the production, the director must go through a process, part art and part craft, to create it. This book is intended to introduce undergraduate students with a solid theatre background to that process. Stevens includes chapters covering theatre and art, the interpretation of the script, composition and movement, working with actors, and matters of style. Each chapter contains exercises in order for students to consolidate what they have learned. The complete text of John Millington Synge's "Riders to the Sea" is included as an example and study text, and Stevens relates many examples from his own rich directing background. Twenty production photos, two sample floor plans, and numerous diagrams round out the text. The study of directing is a life-long project, and in this book Stevens provides a basis for that study.