Theatre & Performance Studies

‘Robert Cohen’s book, Acting Power, follows the tradition of his other book, Acting One, and has been the veritable bible for acting teachers for the last fourth century.’
– David Krasner, Emerson College

The first edition of Acting Power was a groundbreaking work of acting theory which applied sociological and psychological principles to actor training. The book went on to influence a generation of theater and performance studies students and academics, and was translated into five languages.

The publication of Performance Studies: An Introduction was a defining moment for the field. Richard Schechner's pioneering textbook provides a lively and accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies, theater, performing arts, and cultural studies.

'This ever improved 3rd edition of Performance Studies: An Introduction will facilitate Schechner’s masterful ability to bring newcomers into and through this complex, richly interdisciplinary material. With new media links, videos, and up-to-the-minute additions, the book continues to be a terrific resource for those of us leading our students to the deep well that constitutes the field.' - Jill Dolan, Princeton University, USA

We've extended our focus on Andrei Droznin for two more weeks!

We will be regularly celebrating 'Featured Artists' on the RPA news page with snippets of RPA content available for you to view free online for a limited time.

Herbert Blau founded, with Jules Irving, the legendary Actor's Workshop of San Francisco, in 1952, starting with ten people in a loft above a judo academy. Over the course of the next 13 years and its hundred or so productions, it introduced American audiences to plays by Brecht, Beckett, Pinter, Genet, Arden, Fornes, and various unknown others.

‘One of the great stories of the American theater…, the Workshop not only built an international reputation with its daring choice of plays and nontraditional productions, it also helped launch a movement of regional, or resident, companies that would change forever how Americans thought about and consumed theater.’ – Elin Diamond, from the Introduction

We are delighted to announce that The Heart of Teaching: Empowering Students in the Performing Arts is now available. The Heart of Teaching speaks to experienced teachers and beginning teachers in all disciplines, but is particularly relevant to those in the performing arts, from which most of its examples are drawn. It brings essential insight and honesty to the discussion of how to teach.
 

Dance is the art least susceptible to preservation since its embodied, kinaesthetic nature has proven difficult to capture in notation and even in still or moving images. However, frameworks have been established and guidance made available for keeping dances, performances, and choreographers’ legacies alive so that the dancers of today and tomorrow can experience and learn from the dances and dancers of the past.

The current debate has shown a growing tendency to downplay and challenge the notion of translational accuracy in favor of a recreational and post-dramatic attitude, underlying the role of the director and playwright instead. This book discusses the delicate balance between translating and directing from an intercultural, semiotic, aesthetic, and interlingual perspective, taking a critical stance on approaches that belittle translation for the theater or equate it to an editorial practice focused on literality.

22-23 March | University of Wolverhampton, UK

SCUDD represents the interests of Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts in the Higher Education sector in the UK. All delegates attending the SCUDD Conference will receive a 20% discount off key Routledge titles by using discount code SCUDD13.

Explore the Routledge portfolio of Theatre and Performance Journals with 14 days’ free online access* to all articles published in 2011 and 2012 volumes. Simply sign in or register at: www.tandfonline.com/TandP

*Online access for 14 days from activation, to all content published in 2011 and 2011 Volumes from selected journals. Voucher can only be activated once and is valid until 31/12/2013

Theatre and movie frequently require replicas of three-dimensional objects built for actors to use.

We are hosting a contest to celebrate the skill of prop builders everywhere and the release of Eric Hart's new book, The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV!

Enter the contest to win a prize worth $500!

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