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  1. The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre

    By Stephen Di Benedetto

    Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

    Di Benedetto considers theatrical practice through the lens of contemporary neuroscientific discoveries in this provoking study, which lays the foundation for considering the physiological basis of the power of theatre practice to affect human behavior. He presents a basic summary of the ways that...

    Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge

  2. The Theatre of Richard Maxwell and the New York City Players

    By Sarah Gorman

    Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

    The theatre of Richard Maxwell and the New York City Players has received significant international recognition over the past ten years. The company has received three OBIEs, for House (1999), Drummer Wanted (2002) and Good Samaritans (2005). Maxwell received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010 and has...

    Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Traversing Tradition

    Celebrating Dance in India

    Edited by Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Stephanie Burridge

    Series: Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific

    Dance occupies a prestigious place in Indian performing arts, yet it curiously, to a large extent, has remained outside the arena of academic discourse. This book documents and celebrates the emergence of contemporary dance practice in India. Incorporating a multidisciplinary approach, it includes...

    Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge India

  4. Acting: The Basics

    By Bella Merlin

    Series: The Basics

    Acting: The Basics is a practical and theoretical guide to the world of the professional actor, skilfully combining ideas from a range of practitioners and linking the academy to the industry. It covers key areas such as: the development of modern drama and acting processes over the years the...

    Published March 25th 2010 by Routledge

  5. Theatre and Performance Design

    A Reader in Scenography

    By Jane Collins, Andrew Nisbet

    Theatre and Performance Design: A Reader in Scenography is an essential resource for those interested in the visual composition of performance and related scenographic practices. Theatre and performance studies, cultural theory, fine art, philosophy and the social sciences are brought...

    Published March 21st 2010 by Routledge

  6. The Politics of New Media Theatre

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    By Gabriella Giannachi

    Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

    The first book in the field to explore the links between theories of globalization and surveillance, bipower and biopolitics, performance and theatre, computer arts and politics, "The Politics of New Media Theatre" is an investigation into the political role played by the new media theatre....

    Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge

  7. Handmade Electronic Music

    The Art of Hardware Hacking, 2nd Edition

    By Nicolas Collins

    Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking provides a long-needed, practical, and engaging introduction to the craft of making - as well as creatively cannibalizing - electronic circuits for artistic purposes. With a sense of adventure and no prior knowledge, the reader can subvert the...

    Published April 12th 2009 by Routledge

  8. Managing Performance Stress

    Models and Methods

    By David Pargman

    Over the past 16 years, new theories and models have emerged in the stress and anxiety knowledge base regarding the unique forms associated with performance. Existing theories have been applied in creative and helpful ways to better explicate relationships between stress and anxiety with...

    Published May 29th 2006 by Routledge

  9. Welfare and the Well-Being of

    By Janet M. Currie

    Published November 10th 2004 by Routledge

  10. The Catholic Church and Antisemitism

    By Ronald Modras

    Interwar Poland was home to more Jews than any other country in Europe. Its commonplace but simplistic identification with antisemitism was due largely to nationalist efforts to boycott Jewish business. That they failed was not for want of support by the Catholic clergy, for whom the ''Jewish...

    Published August 7th 2000 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Theorizing Film Acting
    Edited by Aaron Taylor
    To Be Published March 7th 2012
  2. Archaeologies of Presence
    Edited by Gabriella Giannachi, Nick Kaye, Michael Shanks
    To Be Published April 16th 2012
  3. The Pina Bausch Sourcebook: The Making of Tanztheater
    Edited by Royd Climenhaga
    To Be Published July 14th 2012
  4. The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader, 3rd Edition
    Edited by Noel Witts
    To Be Published October 14th 2012

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