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Books On Theatre & Dance
Books on theatre and dance may be in different areas of the library. Theatre will largely be found under the PNs on the third floor of Beeghly Library, while books on dance will often by in the GVs on the second floor. Books on Music will vary based on whether you are looking for sheet music (M) or histories & biographies (ML). Don't forget that you also have access to ebooks, academic articles, and streaming media!
Below are just a few examples of the kinds of books you can find in the library and online, along with call numbers to help you locate them.
The Craft
Acting by Call Number: PN2035 .O84 2001Publication Date: 2001A 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.
Conditioning for Dancers by Call Number: GV1589 .W475 2009Publication Date: 2009-10-04Dancers must learn to negotiate a truly amazing range of physical demands to achieve peak performance and avoid injury. Through hours of rehearsal, technique classes, and performances, both full- and part-time professional dancers must be able to move their bodies with precision and grace through an extended range of motion. An accomplished dancer and gymnast himself, Tom Welsh wrote this book to empower conscientious dancer-athletes to take an active role in directing their own training and development.
Making the Scene by Call Number: folioPN2091.S8 B6755 2010Publication Date: 2010-02-15Theatrical scene design is one of the most beautiful, varied, and lively art forms. Yet there are relatively few books on the subject, and almost none for a general audience that combine expansive scholarship with lavish design. Making the Scene offers an unprecedented survey of the evolving context, theory, and practice of scene design from ancient Greek times to the present.
Stagecraft Fundamentals by Call Number: folioPN2053 .C32 2009Publication Date: 2009-01-07The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, career planning tips, and more are discussed with modern, color examples that display both step-by-step procedures and the finished product. From the student beginning in theatre to the practiced, Rita Kogler Carver assembles her vast experience into a one-stop guide for theatrical production.
Music Histories and Biographies
Music history, criticism, and biography fall within the call numbers ML159-3785, with biographies living in the ML385-429 range.
The Cultural Context of Medieval Music by Call Number: ML172 .V78 2011ISBN: 9780275994129Publication Date: 2011-11-02
International Theater & Dance
Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre by Call Number: PN2860 .E53 2007Publication Date: 2006-12-30From puppets to living players and musical speech to colloquial prose, Asian theatre is a rich world of contrasting expressions. While it has thrived for centuries and embodies the folk traditions of the Asian people, it also reflects contemporary concerns and innovative theatrical practices.
The Greatest Shows on Earth by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2012-01-01Written from various perspectives-international actors, directors, playwrights, academics, dancers, and artists-this book examines and celebrates 14 theater events from a dozen countries. As it makes a case for what makes certain theater productions great, this record also offers examples of writing about theater that imbues the analysis with emotion and documentation. From Peter Brook's King Lear of 1962 through 2010's Oberammergau Passionsspiele, the performances described are seminal works indeed.
Illusive Utopia by Call Number: PN2939.1 .K56 2010Publication Date: 2010-03-11No nation stages massive parades and collective performances on the scale of North Korea. Author Suk-Young Kim explores how sixty years of state-sponsored propaganda performances---including public spectacles, theater, film, and other visual media such as posters---shape everyday practice such as education, the mobilization of labor, the gendering of social interactions, the organization of national space, tourism, and transnational human rights.
Theatre & Dance on Film
Dance's Duet with the Camera by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2016-06-24Dance's Duet with the Camera: Motion Pictures is a collection of essays written by various authors on the relationship between live dance and film. Chapters cover a range of topics that explore dance film, contemporary dance with film on stage, dance as an ideal medium to be captured by 3D images and videodance as kin to site-specific choreography.
Envisioning Dance on Film and Video by Call Number: GV1779 .E58 2002Publication Date: 2002-11-22Virtually everyone working in dance today uses electronic media technology. We chronicle this 100-year history and gives readers new insight on how dance creatively exploits the art and craft of film and video. In fifty-three essays, choreographers, filmmakers, critics and collaborating artists explore all aspects of the process of rendering a three-dimensional art form in two-dimensional electronic media.
Analyzing Performance by Call Number: PN1584 .P3813 2003Publication Date: 2003-02-24Analyzing Performance provides conceptual tools for understanding a range of performance, including theater, dance, cinema, other audiovisual media, and mime. This richly illustrated book develops protocols for the analysis of performance at every level -- from the minute gestures and facial expressions of an actor to the social network in which theater is embedded -- and respects the importance of every aspect of performance, including actor, costume, space, time, music, and lighting.
Recording and Audio Technology
Books on sound recording and audio technology are located in both Beeghly and Hobson Science Library:
- Call numbers that begin with M are in Beeghly
- ML1055 History of recorded music and playback technology
- MT723 How to create computer/electronic-based music
- Call numbers that begin with T are in Hobson Science Library
- TK7881.4 Sound systems, sound recording and reproduction
From Edison to Marconi by
Like any profound technological breakthrough, the advent of sound recording ushered in a period of explosive and imaginative experimentation, growth and competition. Between the commercial debut of Edison's "talking machine" in 1889 and the first commercial radio broadcast three decades later, the recording industry was uncharted territory in terms of both technology and content. This history of the earliest years of sound recording--the time between the phonograph's appearance and the licensing of commercial radio--examines a newly created technology and industry in search of itself. It follows the story from the earliest efforts to capture sound, to the fight among wire, cylinder and disk recordings for primacy in the market, to the growth and development of musical genres, record companies and business practices that remain current today. The work chronicles the people, events and developments that turned a novel, expensive idea into a highly marketable commodity. Two appendices provide extensive lists of popular genre and ethnic recordings made between 1889 and 1919. A bibliography and index accompany the text.
Call Number: ML1055 .S73 2005ISBN: 0786420618Publication Date: 2005-05-31
Microphones for the Recording Musician by
(Musician's Guide Home Recordg). This book focuses on microphones as the essential link between the recording process and vocals, guitars, pianos, drums, and other acoustic sounds. Choosing the right mic can make or break a song. Authors Phil O'Keefe and Craig Anderton cover how to choose and apply mics with real-world examples and explanations. Topics include the following: * Understanding different microphone types * Essential miking accessories * Mic preamps and connections * Stereo miking techniques * How to mic specific instruments Loaded with illustrations and featuring sidebars with details on selected topics for those who want to know "why" as well as "how," Microphones for the Recording Musician gives the practical knowledge needed to make the best possible home studio recordings. About the Musician's Guide to Home Recording Series The book series Musician's Guide to Home Recording takes a clear, practical approach to today's world of computer-based recording. Each book in the series focuses with laser-like precision on a particular topic. Titles include How to Choose and Use Audio Interfaces , How to Create Superior Mixes , How to Record and Mix Great Vocals , and more. Readers can choose individual books to increase their knowledge in specific areas, or treat the series as a complete course and cover selected topics at their own pace. Musician's Guide to Home Recording is the definitive series to help musicians everywhere use digital recording, mixing, and editing to their fullest potential.
Call Number: Science TK7881.4 .O45 2018ISBN: 9781540035639Publication Date: 2018-11-01
The Singer-Songwriter's Guide to Recording in the Home Studio by
(Berklee Guide). Record songs in your own home studio! Today's smart singer-songwriter needs to be able to record high quality demo recordings. Whatever your budget, living arrangement, or technological aptitude, this book will help you acquire songwriter-appropriate home studio gear and use it effectively. You will understand the key concepts about how the recording process works, and how to get the best sound possible out of whatever equipment you own and whatever style of music you produce. This book makes recording easy so you can spend your effeorts thinking about creatieve songwriting and performing, rather than struggling with technology.
Call Number: Science TK7881.45 .A33 2016ISBN: 9780876391716Publication Date: 2016-05-01
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