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    The Collin College Spring Creek Campus was fortunate due to the Department of Music’s Faculty Recital on Thursday‚ October 29‚ 2015‚ at 7:30 pm in the John Anthony Theatre. The four performers at this recital were Brian Allison on piano‚ Garry Evans on clarinet‚ Natalya Pitts on piano‚ and Alicja Usarek on violin. The music program that night was comprised of five works‚ including: “Fantasy for Two Pianos in A Minor”‚ “Six Studies in English Folksong”‚ “Melody in A Minor”‚ “Dance Preludes”‚ and “Suite

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    The Melbourne Theatre Production ‘Red’ by John Logan‚ provides a potent dramatization into the life of the famous painter Mark Rothko and his notorious withdrawal of his last commission. The play gives insight into a hubristic and didactic man who “wants to be heard” and his art “to be understood” by the world. Through Friels’ clever acting choices; the manipulation of space and lighting; and the revealing ending scene‚ the production effectively engages the audience in the telling of his story.

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    A. M. T. Bachelor of Communications with Theatre Studies Critical History of the Development of the Theatrical Text: From Diderot to Brecht University of Malta The strive for revolution through theatre Contrasting the ways through which Artaud and Brecht attempted to renovate theatre Abstract This essay defines and illustrates the ways in which Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht have used theatre as a means for revolution. It explores the meaning each

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    Whether witnessing a performance or reading the text of a play‚ we rely on the dialogue to enable us to create an image of characters in a text‚ to decide whether we like or dislike them and to try to understand them and their actions. Two levels of language are used in A Streetcar Named Desire - the words spoken by the characters in the play and the text of the stage directions. The nuances of speech set the characters in their social class context and show the differences of social status and

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    One of the defining elements of postmodern dance making is the integration of many mediums into an all-encompassing performance‚ rather than dance being limited to one specific genre or technique; the rule is‚ there are no rules. World-renowned choreographer Pina Bausch was a pioneer of this medium‚ and popularized the hybridization of movement and dramaturgy‚ commonly referred to as “dance theater.” As a prominent figure in the Postmodern Dance Era‚ Bausch’s presence is an underlying influence in

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    partnerships‚ so he had places to practice and perform‚ his driving energy and flexibility. Not only did he create the ability to perform‚ he took it on the road with “station wagon tours”. The first performance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre was at the New York’s 92nd Street Young Men’s Hebrew Association‚ under the name Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‚ the production consisted of seven dancers and the artistic director. Thus Ailey was‚ at this point‚ the company’s director‚ choreographer

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    Konstantin Stanislavski was one of the most influential modern day theatre practicioners. He developed the naturalistic technique that came to be known as The Stanislavski’s Method or System. Before him‚ the theater was an udisciplined place commonly performing farces which could have been hardly seen as realistic. Instead of trying to educate the audience he strived to suck them into the play‚ letting them forget their ordinary lives and connect to the realistic performance on the stahe. He wished

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    It can be argued that Theatre Histories leads the reader too much with it’s active voice in approaching the history of American frontier theatre‚ colouring the view of the reader with it’s specific bias much in the way that the History of the Theatre does. This is true as the bias of the writers will come out within the writing. What must be considered though is that Theatre Histories presents a more racially equitable representation of the theatre when explaining this time that deepens the readers

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    PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THEATRE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Afolabi Taiwo Okunola (Department of Theatre & Film Arts‚ University of Jos‚ Nigeria) Abstract The business of theatre management is business of management. It is a culmination of the directive principles‚ canons and protocols governing theatre and management together to form a formidable team which thus makes a theatre entrepreneur. Being a theatre entrepreneur in Nigeria entails many dilemmas‚ challenges and hurdles. Thus

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    EVOLUTION OF THEATRE FROM THE GREEKS TO THE CONTEMPORARY ERAS Greek Theatre If theatre is to be defined as involving the art of acting a part on stage‚ it begins with Thespis. He won the play competition in honor of the Greek god Dionysus‚ in 534 B.C. And it is his name with which the dramatic arts are associated in the word "Thespian". Greek theatre took place in large (the largest ultimately held twenty thousand people) hillside amphitheatres. The players included a chorus and their leader

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