1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453319803321

Autore

Symonds Dominic

Titolo

Gestures of Music Theatre [[electronic resource] ] : The Performativity of Song and Dance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013

ISBN

0-19-999717-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorMillie

Disciplina

782.14

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; GESTURES OF MUSIC THEATER; Copyright; CONTENTS; PART ONE: Singing the Dance, Dancing the Song; 1. The Song's the Thing: Capturing the "Sung"to Make It "Song"; 2. The (Un)Pleasure of Song: On the Enjoyment of Listening to Opera; PART TWO: Performativity as Dramaturgy; 3. Relocating the Song: Julie Taymor's Jukebox Musical, A cross the Universe (2007); 4. Dynamic Shape: The Dramaturgy of Song and Dance in Lloyd Webber's Cats; PART THREE: Performativity as Transition; 5. Dance Breaks and Dream Ballets: Transitional Moments in Musical Theater

6. "Love, Let Me Sing You": The Liminality of Song and Dance in LaChiusa's Bernarda Alba (2006)PART FOUR: Performativity as Identity; 7. Tapping the Ivories: Jazz and Tap Dance in Jelly's Last Jam (1992).; 8. "Everything's Coming up Kurt": The Broadway Song in Glee; 9. Angry Dance: Postmodern Innovation, Masculinities, and Gender Subversion; PART FIVE: Performativity as Context; 10. Deconstructing the Singer: The Concerts of Laurie Anderson; 11. Singing and a Song: The "Intimate Diff erence" in Susan Philipsz's Lowlands (2010)

12. Acting Operatically: Body, Voice, and the Actress in Beckett's TheaterPART SIX: Performativity as Practice; 13. Vox Elettronica: Song, Dance, and Live Electronics in the Practice of Sound Theater; 14. From Ear to Foot: How Choreographers Interpret Music; 15. Singing from Stones: Physiovocality and Gardzienice's Theater of Musicality Konstantinos Thomaidis; PART SEVEN: Performativity as Community; 16. Singing the Community: The Musical Theater Chorus as Character;



17. Singing and Dancing Ourselves: The Politics of the Ensemble in A Chorus Line (1975); EPILOGUE: Performativity as Writing

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Gestures of Music Theater: The Performativity of Song and Dance offers new, cutting-edge essays focusing on song and dance as performative gestures that not only entertain but also act on audiences and performers. The chapters range across musical theater, opera, theater, and other artistic practices, from Glee to Gardzienice, Beckett to Disney, Broadway to Turner-Prize-winning sound installation. The chapters draw together these diverse examples of vocality and physicality by exploring their affect rather than through considering them as texts. The book's contributors derive methodologies fro

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830386003321

Titolo

Handbook of prevention and intervention programs for adolescent girls [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Craig Winston LeCroy, Joyce Elizabeth Mann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

1-281-38129-2

9786611381295

1-118-26984-5

0-470-11523-8

Edizione

[11th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeCroyCraig W

MannJoyce Elizabeth

Disciplina

362.7083

362.70830973

Soggetti

Teenage girls - Services for - United States

Social work with teenagers - United States

Preventive health services - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.



Nota di contenuto

Introduction : adolescent girls and the pathway to adulthood / Craig Winston LeCroy -- Universal prevention for adolescent girls : the Go Grrrls Program / Craig Winston LeCroy -- Developing friendships and peer relationships : building social support with the Girls Circle Program / Beth Hossfeld -- A dissonance-based intervention for the prevention of eating disorders and obesity / Heather Shaw and Eric Stice -- Preventing depression in early adolescent girls : the Penn Resiliency and Girls in Transition programs / Jane E. Gillham ... [et al.] -- Preventing HIV among African American female adolescents : development and evaluation of a gender and culturally congruent prevention intervention / Gina Wingood ... [et al.] -- Manifesting the strengths of rural Latina girls / Velia G. Leybas -- Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives : harm reduction/health promotion program for female high school athletes / Diane L. Elliot and Linn Goldberg -- Teens with anorexia nervosa : a family-based approach to treatment / Daniel le Grange and James Lock -- Incarcerated female teens and substance abuse : the Holistic Enrichment for At-Risk Teens (HEART) Program / Amelia C. Roberts and Chiquitia Welch -- Empirically validated approaches to family treatment for adolescent girls / Jacqueline Corcoran and Jane Phillips -- Mentorship : the GirlPOWER! Program / David L. DuBois ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls presents the latest research, programs, and approaches that respond to the needs of today's adolescent girls. In this practical guide, editors Craig LeCroy and Joyce Mann have brought together a notable team of contributors to produce a resource with both diverse coverage and practical applications. Filled with helpful examples, this is an indispensable, hands-on resource for practitioners and students in mental health, education, and public policy.