The Evolution of Opera Theatre in the Middle East and North Africa
The Evolution of Opera Theatre in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Paolo Petrocelli

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-09-12

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1527539784

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This book is the first structured and complete research work undertaken on opera theatres across the entire Middle East and North Africa. Until now, no single study has looked at every theatrical and musical institute in these countries. Many of the opera theatres that are examined here have had very little written about them at all. This work fills this void in order to provide scholars and practitioners in the sector with the first reference work on the subject that will help our understanding of the evolutionary process that has led—and continues to lead—all the countries in the MENA region to equip themselves with an opera theatre.

Cosmopolitan Italy in the Age of Nations
Cosmopolitan Italy in the Age of Nations

Author: Edoardo Tortarolo

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-30

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1000824675

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Modern Italian historiography has undergone a substantial revision in the last quarter of a century. From an almost exclusive focus on the process of nation-building, the attention of historians has shifted. The most innovative research is now devoted to assessing to what extent the cosmopolitan attitude that was evident in the late eighteenth century morphed, but did not disappear, in the ensuing two centuries. The essays in this volume make the case that the age of nations had a profound impact on Italian history and contributed to the creation of an Italian identity within the framework of well-functioning imperial and global networks. They also acknowledge that the process of national individualization carried with it a variety of aspects that reconnected Italian history to the foreign cultures that were undergoing constant self-fashioning. Cosmopolitan Italy in the Age of Nations: Transnational Visions from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century will be of interest to scholars throughout the world and intellectual and transnational historians.

The Evolution of Theatre and Drama in the Middle East and North Africa
The Evolution of Theatre and Drama in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Ali Kiani

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2024-08-06

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13:

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Cultural expressions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have a rich tradition, communal narratives, and spiritual connectivity. This tapestry, distinct from the secular drama prevalent in Western cultures, is a unique blend of indigenous traditions and Western influences. This book introduces the rich and diverse theatrical practices developed and matured in the region from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. The introduction of Western-style theatre in the nineteenth century marked a shift from traditional entertainment forms. In the twentieth century, subjects of colonialism, nationalism, independence, and Islamic ideology have often dominated the theatrical discourse, reflecting the region’s socio-political realities. The book’s final section looks at theatre from a twenty-first global perspective, including the crucial role of the diaspora. This book shows how colonialism, Islamic ideology, politics, war, refugee crisis, and nationalism have permeated MENA’s theatre in the past and have continued to shape it in the present.

Belly Dance, Pilgrimage and Identity
Belly Dance, Pilgrimage and Identity

Author: Barbara Sellers-Young

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-07

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 134994954X

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This book examines the globalization of belly dance and the distinct dancing communities that have evolved from it. The history of belly dance has taken place within the global flow of sojourners, immigrants, entrepreneurs, and tourists from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. In some cases, the dance is transferred to new communities within the gender normative structure of its original location in North Africa and the Middle East. Belly dance also has become part of popular culture’s Orientalist infused discourse. The consequence of this discourse has been a global revision of the solo dances of North Africa and the Middle East into new genres that are still part of the larger belly dance community but are distinct in form and meaning from the dance as practiced within communities in North Africa and the Middle East.

Theater in the Middle East
Theater in the Middle East

Author: Babak Rahimi

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2020-07-27

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1785274473

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The collected essays from noteworthy dramatists and scholars in this book represent new ways of understanding theater in the Middle East not as geographical but transcultural spaces of performance. What distinguishes this book from previous works is that it offers new analysis on a range of theatrical practices across a region, by and large, ignored for the history of its dramatic traditions and cultures, and it does so by emphasizing diverse performances in changing contexts. Topics include Arab, Iranian, Israeli, diasporic theatres from pedagogical perspectives to reinvention of traditions, from translation practices to political resistance expressed in various performances from the nineteenth century to the present.

The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre

Author: Colin Chambers

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-05-14

Total Pages: 892

ISBN-13: 1847146120

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International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.

Strategies of Resistance in the Dramatic Texts of North African Women
Strategies of Resistance in the Dramatic Texts of North African Women

Author: Laura Chakravarty Box

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-02-10

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1135932077

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This study presents the first broad analysis of Maghrebian women's dramatic literature undertaken in English. The book considers sixty-five plays and works of performance art by they twenty-eight women dramatists from the Maghreb.

Acting
Acting

Author: Mary Beth Osnes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-12-07

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1576078043

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A groundbreaking, cross-cultural reference work exploring the diversity of expression found in rituals, festivals, and performances, uncovering acting techniques and practices from around the world. Acting: An International Encyclopedia explores the amazing diversity of dramatic expression found in rituals, festivals, and live and filmed performances. Its hundreds of alphabetically arranged, fully referenced entries offer insights into famous players, writers, and directors, as well as notable stage and film productions from around the world and throughout the history of theater, cinema, and television. The book also includes a surprising array of additional topics, including important venues (from Greek amphitheaters to Broadway and Hollywood), acting schools (the Actor's Studio) and companies (the Royal Shakespeare), performance genres (from religious pageants to puppetry), technical terms of the actor's art, and much more. It is a unique resource for exploring the techniques performers use to captivate their audiences, and how those techniques have evolved to meet the demands of performing through Greek masks and layers of Kabuki makeup, in vast halls or tiny theaters, or for the unforgiving eye of the camera.

MI6
MI6

Author: Keith Jeffery

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2010-09-21

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13: 0747591830

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The first - and only - history of the Secret Intelligence Service, written with full and unrestricted access to the closed archives of the Service for the period 1909-1949.