A New Practical Guide to Rhetorical Gesture and Action
A New Practical Guide to Rhetorical Gesture and Action

Author: The National Theater of the United States of America

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780997866407

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An exciting new volume based on Henry Siddons' illustrated guidebook for actors, originally published in 1807. The book includes 36 illustrations of contemporary actors reinterpreting gestures from the original book and an introductory essay by James Stanley that explores the history of acting and acting training, placing the book project in a larger historical context.

Movement Direction
Movement Direction

Author: Kate Flatt

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2022-07-13

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 0719840619

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Movement Direction in contemporary theatre production is increasingly recognised and valued as a significant component of the expressive art of bodily communication in live performance. From scene changes, to character development, to dance sequences, movement direction underpins all that we see on stage and screen. This comprehensive book traces the creativity, skills, and knowledge essential to the movement director employed within the context of performance making. Key concepts are combined with insightful accounts from experienced practitioners and supported by creative tasks aimed to develop curiosity, skill, and deeper understanding of this valuable craft. Topics covered include: what is Movement Direction?; the expressive body; the actor's process; movement in time and space;? working with dance forms; context, research, and planning; Movement Direction for plays and opera and finally, working with directors.

Persuasion: History, Theory, Practice
Persuasion: History, Theory, Practice

Author: George Pullman

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2013-09-15

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1624660975

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George Pullman's lively and accessible introduction to the study of persuasion is an ideal text for use in courses where the understanding and practice of argumentation, rhetoric, and critical thinking are central. Continually challenging his readers to seek and recognize sound evidence, to question the obvious, and to assess and reassess the credibility of claims made by others--including the author's own--Pullman shows the way to strong writing, effective speaking, and rigorous critical thinking.

Marie Duval
Marie Duval

Author: Simon Grennan

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1526133563

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Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist offers the first critical appraisal of the work of Marie Duval (Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, 1847–1890), one of the most unusual, pioneering and visionary cartoonists of the later nineteenth century. It discusses key themes and practices of Duval’s vision and production, relative to the wider historic social, cultural and economic environments in which her work was made, distributed and read, identifing Duval as an exemplary radical practitioner. The book interrogates the relationships between the practices and the forms of print, story-telling, drawing and stage performance. It focuses on the creation of new types of cultural work by women and highlights the style of Duval’s drawings relative to both the visual conventions of theatre production and the significance of the visualisation of amateurism and vulgarity. Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist establishes Duval as a unique but exemplary figure in a transformational period of the nineteenth century.