Innovative Spirit at the Heart of Theatre Studies

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-204
Author(s):  
Baz Kershaw
Keyword(s):  
Actor Training ◽  
Stage Management ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
International Standing

Clive Barker made an exceptional contribution to British theatre studies and its international standing. No one else of his generation travelled the extraordinary distance from a conventional stage-management course to become a world leader in actor training workshops, as well as an editor and scholar of distinction. He was a pioneer in bridging the uneasy divide between the professional theatre and its serious study in British universities.

What Training – for What Theatre?

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (42) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Barker
Keyword(s):  
Actor Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
Joint School ◽  
Academic Sector

Drama training in Britain at the present time is replete with horror stories. In the academic sector, intake numbers have been pushed far beyond the strength of the resources – whether of personnel or performing spaces – designed to accommodate them. In the actor training sector, those students who have somehow managed to cope with the heavy fees struggle for subsistence – often by working at full-time jobs during the night and at weekends, while some have even joined the homeless on the streets. In the following article, Clive Barker attempts to disentangle the complex web of factors which have led to this situation, and to suggest how some of the artistic, if not the economic problems might begin to be tackled. Clive Barker, who recently retired from the Joint School of Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, is co-editor of New Theatre Quarterly. Formerly an actor with Theatre Workshop, he is also author of the seminal text, Theatre Games.

‘Yours Neutrally, Habitational Action’: Performance between Theatre and Dance

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-263
Author(s):  
Frank Camilleri
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Actor Training ◽  
Central Aspect ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
The Cross ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Project ◽  
The University ◽  
Artistic Director

A milestone development in a practice-as-research investigation led to the identification of ‘habitational action’ as a term that resists a priori restrictions of inner–outer problematics when discussing performer processes. In this article Frank Camilleri cross-references the term with ‘neutral action’ to locate it conceptually and historically; first with Jacques Lecoq's pedagogical mask work, and then with Yvonne Rainer's conceptualization of the ‘neutral doer’. The cross-referencing to specific theatre and dance contexts is also intended to problematize psychophysicality as a central aspect of current actor training discourse. Frank Camilleri is Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the University of Malta and Artistic Director of Icarus Performance Project. In 2007 he co-founded Icarus Publishing with Odin Teatret and the Grotowski Institute. He is also Visiting Professor in Theatre and Performance at the University of Huddersfield.

Theatre Practice, Theatre Studies, and ‘New Theatre Quarterly’

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Simon Trussler
Keyword(s):  
Associate Editor ◽  
Actor Training ◽  
Senior Lecturer ◽  
Original Series ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
The University

The original series of Theatre Quarterly ran for ten years and forty issues, from 1971 to 1981. The relaunched journal intends to continue the best traditions of the old, while reflecting the changes that have overtaken the English-speaking theatre in the intervening years. Simon Trussler, who was an editor of the old TQ throughout its existence, here offers some personal reflections on the appearance of New Theatre Quarterly, the present mood of the theatre, and the challenges now facing theatre practitioners and researchers alike. Simon Trussler is also author of over twenty books and monographs on theatre, was drama critic of Tribune from 1966 to 1972, and currently teaches in the Drama Departments of Goldsmiths' College, University of London, and the University of Kent. Clive Barker, his associate editor on TQ since 1978, joins him as co-editor of the new journal. Formerly an actor with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, and author of the influential guide to actor training Theatre Games, Clive Barker is currently Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies in the University of Warwick.

Against Inclusivity: a Happy Heresy about Theory and Practice

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Welton
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Actor Training ◽  
Performance Theory ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Theatre Company ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
And Performance

Should we suffer boredom in the theatre so long as it can be properly theorized? Dare performance stand alone, without hermeneutical crutches? What are the practicalities of practice-based research? And should we be scared of scare quotes? These are some of the questions asked by Martin Welton, tongue not so much in cheek as brazenly challenging some of the new orthodoxies of theatre studies. Martin Welton is a lecturer in Performance in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. His research interests include perception and performance, theatre and performance theory, actor training systems, and the South Indian martial art kalarippayattu. He also works as a performer, most recently with Sound and Fury Theatre Company, Emilyn Claid, and with his own company Darwin's Beard.

scholarly journals Videoconferencing in Theatre and Performance Studies

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Childs ◽  
Jay Dempster
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
International Standing ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

Previous reports in this series have indicated the growing acceptance of video-conferencing in education delivery. The current report compares a series of video-conferencing methods in an activity requiring precision of expression and communication: theatre and performance studies. The Accessing and Networking with National and International Expertise (ANNIE) project is a two-year project undertaken jointly by the University of Warwick and the University of Kent at Canterbury, running from March 2001 to March 2003. The project's aim is to enhance students' learning experience in theatre studies by enabling access to research-based teaching and to workshops led by practitioners of national and international standing. Various technologies have been used, particularly ISDN video-conferencing, computer-mediated conferencing, and the Internet. This report concludes that video-conferencing methods will gain acceptance in education, as academic schools themselves are able to operate commonly available technology the assistance of specialised service units.

David Fancy, Et Al. Diversities in Actor Training.

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-136
Author(s):  
Emily A Rollie
Keyword(s):  
Actor Training

La Superación de los Directivos en la Gestion Academíca en las Universidades y Escuelas Politécnicas

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicenta Inmaculada Aveiga Macay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Stage Management ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Key Word

RESUMEN La  superación de los directivos es una problemática que debe ser abordada con mucho interés dentro del campo de la educación superior, esto se hace evidente cuando  se valora  que estos  no sólo deben estar preparado para enfrentarse a su actividad profesional, sino que deben adquirir un contenido que le permita desarrollar un sistema de conocimientos, habilidades, hábitos y valores para afrontar la dirección de la gestión académica en las universidades, de ahí que el objetivo de este estudio es presentar las fases que conlleva el proceso de superación de los directivos en la gestión académica de las universidades y escuelas politécnicas del Ecuador, que les acceda ser pertinentes  con las funciones inherentes a su cargo.  Palabra clave: Superación, Directivos, Fase, Gestión, Académica  ABSTRAC  The authorities’ development is a problem that must be addressed with great interest in the field of higher education, this becomes evident when they are aware that they should not only be prepared to face their professional activity, but must acquire a content that will enhance a system of knowledge, skills, habits and values to deal the direction of academic management in universities, for that reason the aim of this study is to present the stages involved in the process of authorities’ development in academic management of universities and polytechnics in Ecuador, which will be relevant to access the functions inherent in their work. KEY WORD: Development, Authorities, Stage, Management, Academic

The Development of ASHS HortBase—A Global Information System

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 552e-552
Author(s):  
James L. Green
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Task Forces ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Dispersed System ◽  
Global Information System ◽  
Information File ◽  
International Standing

In 1997, the ASHS Board of Directors established ASHS HortBase as a Standing Committee of the Society. The ASHS HortBase Committee, a six-member Standing Committee and Chair, is charged to implement and maintain ASHS HortBase. The members of the ASHS HortBase Committee will be chair and chair-elect of the three HortBase Task Forces: 1) Finance and Marketing; 2) Standards—authoring, reviewing, and publishing; and 3) Technology. ASHS HortBase is a dispersed, dynamic horticultural information system (network) on the WWW comprised of peer—reviewed, concise, interlinked information modules to meet the information needs of instructors and students, gardeners and growers. A strong advantage and distinguishing characteristic of ASHS HortBase is our dynamic pool of potential authors, reviewers, and users (ASHS Extension, Industry, and Teaching membership) to continually evolve and update the peer-reviewed information in HortBase. We have the scholastic international standing to provide peer review and validation of the information and to recognition to the authors, coupled with the marketing to stimulate wide use of their information modules. ASHS HortBase is a dispersed system (dispersed development and server costs). The “dispersed cost” for information file development and updating and delivery on the respective authors' dispersed servers disperses the major costs of the HortBase information system. Additional information on ASHS HortBase and the papers presented at the 4-h Colloquium on HortBase at ASHS-97 can be found at http://[email protected] or contact me ([email protected], phone 541.737.5452, fax 541.737.3479).

Two-stage Management for Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess: Technical Note

Neurosurgery ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. E1219-E1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Nakase ◽  
Ryosuke Matsuda ◽  
Ryo Tamaki ◽  
Rinsei Tei ◽  
Young-Su Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epidural Abscess ◽  
Vertebral Osteomyelitis ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Stage Management ◽  
Two Stage

scholarly journals Crisis Management in Higher Education in the Time of Covid-19: The Case of Actor Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Anna McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Actor Training ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
High Frequency Words

The impact of Covid-19 placed Higher Education leadership in a state of crisis management, where decision making had to be swift and impactful. This research draws on ethea of mindfulness, actor training techniques, referencing high-reliability organisations (HRO). Interviews conducted by the author with three leaders of actor training conservatoires in Higher Education institutions in Australia, the UK and the USA reflect on crisis management actions taken in response to the impact of Covid-19 on their sector, from which high-frequency words are identified and grouped thematically. Reflecting on these high-frequency words and the thematic grouping, a model of mindful leadership is proposed as a positive tool that may enable those in leadership to recognise and respond efficiently to wider structural frailties within Higher Education, with reference to the capacity of leaders to operate with increased mindfulness, enabling a more resilient organisation that unlocks the locus of control.

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