Movement for actors / edited by Nicole Potter.

Table of Contents: “…Discovering ensemble and impulse through improvisation / Paul Urcioli -- Bringing the past into the present : period dance on the stage and in the curriculum / Nira Pullin -- Shakespeare honors the three centers of the body / Susan Dibble -- Some rehearsal notes for Moliáere and Restoration comedy style / Rod McLucas -- The Williamson physical technique : the physical process of acting / Lloyd Williamson -- An introduction to Margolis method[trademark sign] : a dynamic physical approach to actor training / Kari Margolis.…”

The encyclopedia of world folk dance / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. by Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

Table of Contents: “…Acrobatic Dance -- Allemande -- Andrean Dance -- Animal Dancesss -- Arab Dance -- Art, Folk Dance in -- Attire -- Balkan Dance -- Bamboula -- Barn Dance -- Belly Dance -- Body Art -- Bolero -- Branle -- Cachucha -- Cajun Dance -- Cakewalk -- Calenda -- Carmagnole -- Ceilidh -- Censorship -- Chain Dance -- Circle Dance -- Clogging -- Comic Dance -- Coming of Age -- Commedia Dell'Arte -- Community Dance -- Concheros Dance -- Contradance -- Corroboree -- Cotillion -- Cotton-Eye Joe -- Creole Dance -- Czardas -- Dance Drama -- Diaspora -- Disguise -- Dragon Dance -- Drumming -- Eskimo Dance House -- Exorcism -- Fado -- Fancy Dance -- Fan Dance -- Fandango -- Farandole -- Film, Folk Dance in -- Finales -- Flamenco -- Flowers -- Furlana -- Galliard -- Galop -- Gavotte -- Gendered Dance -- Ghost Dance -- Ghurei Dance -- Greek Dance -- Halling -- Handkerchief Dance -- Harvest Dance -- Headdress -- Healing Dance -- Highland Fling -- Holiday Dance -- Hoop Dance -- Hopak -- Hora -- Hornpipe -- Huayno -- Hula -- Hunting Dance -- Indonesian Dance -- Jarabe Tapatio -- Jewelry -- Jewish Dance -- Jig -- Joropo -- Jota -- Juba -- Juvenile Dancers -- Kathak -- Kurdish Dance -- Labyrinthine Dance -- Lamentation Dance -- Landler -- Line Dance -- Lion Dance -- Literature, Folk Dance in -- Malay Dance -- Manipuri Dance -- Martial Dance -- Masked Dance -- Matachines -- Mating Dance -- Mayim Mayim -- Maypole Dance -- Mazurka -- Merengue -- Mime -- Morris Dance -- Music, Folk Dance -- North African Dance -- Nudity -- Nuptial Dance -- Oberek -- Odori -- Parasol Dance -- Partnering -- Pasodoble -- Pavane -- Persian Dance -- Pipe Dance -- Planting Dance -- Polka -- Polonaise -- Polska -- Polynesian Dance -- Processionals -- Propitiation -- Pyrrhic Dance -- Quadrille -- Reel -- Rigaudon -- Roma Dance -- Roman Dance -- Sacrificial Dance -- Saltarello -- Sarabande -- Scalp Dance -- Scarf Dance -- Schottische -- Schuhplattler -- Scripture, Folk Dance in -- Shaker Dance -- Shamanic Dance -- Shawl Dance -- Siberian Dance -- Square Dance -- Step Dance -- Stomp Dance -- Story Dance -- Sub-Saharan Dance -- Sufi Dance -- Sun Dance -- Sword Dance -- Tango -- Tanko Bushi -- Tarantella -- Technique -- Terminology -- Thai Dance -- Tinikling -- Tirabol -- Totemic Dance -- Totentanz -- Varsouvienne -- Veiled Dance -- Volta -- Walpurgis Dance -- Waltz -- Warrior Dance -- Wiccan Dance -- Worship Dance -- Zapateado -- Zydeco.…”
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Toneelbespiegelingen : inleidingen op drama's uit het wereldrepertoire. by Erenstein, R. L.

Table of Contents: “…Opkomst en ondergang van deCommedia dell'Arte; 5. A Midsummer Night's Dream door dePaardenkathedraal; 6. …”
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The art of film acting : a guide for actors and directors / Jeremiah Comey. by Comey, Jeremiah

Table of Contents: “…The exercise -- Stage versus film acting -- Becoming a great actor -- Sight reading -- Art of concentration -- The art of not knowing -- More on the art of not knowing -- Working with the director -- The art of acceptance -- The art of giving and receiving -- The senses -- Intimacy, empathy, and intuition -- The audition -- More on the audition -- The comedy audition.…”

The encyclopedia of world folk dance / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. by Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

Table of Contents: “…Acrobatic Dance -- Allemande -- Andrean Dance -- Animal Dancesss -- Arab Dance -- Art, Folk Dance in -- Attire -- Balkan Dance -- Bamboula -- Barn Dance -- Belly Dance -- Body Art -- Bolero -- Branle -- Cachucha -- Cajun Dance -- Cakewalk -- Calenda -- Carmagnole -- Ceilidh -- Censorship -- Chain Dance -- Circle Dance -- Clogging -- Comic Dance -- Coming of Age -- Commedia Dell'Arte -- Community Dance -- Concheros Dance -- Contradance -- Corroboree -- Cotillion -- Cotton-Eye Joe -- Creole Dance -- Czardas -- Dance Drama -- Diaspora -- Disguise -- Dragon Dance -- Drumming -- Eskimo Dance House -- Exorcism -- Fado -- Fancy Dance -- Fan Dance -- Fandango -- Farandole -- Film, Folk Dance in -- Finales -- Flamenco -- Flowers -- Furlana -- Galliard -- Galop -- Gavotte -- Gendered Dance -- Ghost Dance -- Ghurei Dance -- Greek Dance -- Halling -- Handkerchief Dance -- Harvest Dance -- Headdress -- Healing Dance -- Highland Fling -- Holiday Dance -- Hoop Dance -- Hopak -- Hora -- Hornpipe -- Huayno -- Hula -- Hunting Dance -- Indonesian Dance -- Jarabe Tapatio -- Jewelry -- Jewish Dance -- Jig -- Joropo -- Jota -- Juba -- Juvenile Dancers -- Kathak -- Kurdish Dance -- Labyrinthine Dance -- Lamentation Dance -- Landler -- Line Dance -- Lion Dance -- Literature, Folk Dance in -- Malay Dance -- Manipuri Dance -- Martial Dance -- Masked Dance -- Matachines -- Mating Dance -- Mayim Mayim -- Maypole Dance -- Mazurka -- Merengue -- Mime -- Morris Dance -- Music, Folk Dance -- North African Dance -- Nudity -- Nuptial Dance -- Oberek -- Odori -- Parasol Dance -- Partnering -- Pasodoble -- Pavane -- Persian Dance -- Pipe Dance -- Planting Dance -- Polka -- Polonaise -- Polska -- Polynesian Dance -- Processionals -- Propitiation -- Pyrrhic Dance -- Quadrille -- Reel -- Rigaudon -- Roma Dance -- Roman Dance -- Sacrificial Dance -- Saltarello -- Sarabande -- Scalp Dance -- Scarf Dance -- Schottische -- Schuhplattler -- Scripture, Folk Dance in -- Shaker Dance -- Shamanic Dance -- Shawl Dance -- Siberian Dance -- Square Dance -- Step Dance -- Stomp Dance -- Story Dance -- Sub-Saharan Dance -- Sufi Dance -- Sun Dance -- Sword Dance -- Tango -- Tanko Bushi -- Tarantella -- Technique -- Terminology -- Thai Dance -- Tinikling -- Tirabol -- Totemic Dance -- Totentanz -- Varsouvienne -- Veiled Dance -- Volta -- Walpurgis Dance -- Waltz -- Warrior Dance -- Wiccan Dance -- Worship Dance -- Zapateado -- Zydeco.…”
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Staging the Ottoman Turk : British drama, 1656-1792 / Esin Akalin. by Akalin, Esin

Table of Contents: “…New Beginnings -- 4.2. Commedia dell'Arte Scenarios (1611); 4.3. Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670); 4.4. …”
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The Cambridge introduction to theatre directing / Christopher Innes, Maria Shevtsova. by Innes, Christopher, 1941-, Shevtsova, Maria

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 Directors of theatricalityVsevolod Meyerhold: commedia dell'arte to biomechanics; Theatricality, stylization and the grotesque; The director as engineer: constructivism and biomechanics; Aleksandr Tairov: aestheticized theatricalization; Yevgeny Vakhtangov: 'festivity' and spectacle; Revisiting Meyerhold: Valery Fokin; The politics of theatricality: Ariane Mnouchkine; 'Masters'; Theatricality, metaphor and the 'East'; Directing in a collectivity of equals; Frank Castorf and Thomas Ostermeier: theatricality and violence; Eastern European directors: theatricality as resistance…”
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Nuevos itinerarios e investigaciones en la literatura y cultura italiana / Daniele Cerrato (edición e introducción).

Table of Contents: “…ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS -- LA TRANSMISIÓN DEL TOPOS DE LA FORTUNA A TRAVÉS DE DANTE -- UNO SCRITTO MISOGINO INEDITO DI FINE CINQUECENTO: "LA VERA NARRATIONE DELLE OPERATIONI DELLE DONNE" -- MARGARITA CANTELMO EN LAS OBRAS DE GIAN GIORGIO TRISSINO Y MARIO EQUICOLA -- UNA VENEZIA ROMENA: LA COSTRUZIONE DI UN PAESAGGIO LETTERARIO DA PIETRO BURATTI A VASILE ALECSANDRI -- LA COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE: TEATRO MIGRANTE, ESPECTÁCULO E INTERCULTURALIDAD EN EUROPA Y ESPAÑA -- GIULIO CESARE CROCE Y LA COMPAÑÍA TEATRAL AMBULANTE DE PIETRO SICILIAN -- EROS Y THANATOS EN LA NARRATIVA DE ERCOLE PATTI -- UNGARETTI CRITICO E MEDIATORE E IL CONCETTO DI CANONE LETTERARIO -- IL CANONE FEMMINILE: LA RICEZIONE ANTOLOGICA DELLE OPERE DI ELSA MORANTE NEGLI ULTIMI DECENNI; ANALISI E SPUNTI DI CONFRONTO -- ALERAMO E CAMPANA. …”
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A companion to Spanish cinema / edited by Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović.

Table of Contents: “…Further Reading6 Strategic Auteurism; Introduction (Susan Martin-Márquez); Neville, Berlanga, and de la Iglesia: A Strategically Disruptive Auteurism (Steven Marsh); Authorizing Screenwriting: Rafael Azcona and Pedro Beltrán (Santos Zunzunegui); Jesús Franco: From Pulp Auteur to Cult Auteur (Antonio Lázaro-Reboll); Pere Portabella: The Politics and Aesthetics of Auteurism (Santos Zunzunegui); Editing in the Woman Auteur (Susan Martin-Márquez); Notes; References; Further Reading; Part III Genre; 7 Comedy and Musicals; Comedy in Spanish Cinema: An Overview (Steven Marsh).…”
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