Gestures of Music Theatre [[electronic resource] ] : The Performativity of Song and Dance |
Autore | Symonds Dominic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.14 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TaylorMillie |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-999717-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453319803321 |
Symonds Dominic | ||
Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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We'll have Manhattan : the early work of Rodgers and Hart / / Dominic Symonds |
Autore | Symonds Dominic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina |
782.1/40922
782.140922 |
Collana | The Broadway Legacies Series |
Soggetto topico | Musicals - United States - 20th century - History and criticism |
ISBN |
0-19-021688-3
0-19-021687-5 0-19-992949-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: THE EARLY WORK OF RODGERS AND HART; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: "WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN"; winkle town (1922); The Boys from Manhattan; An American form; Highbrow and Lowbrow; Irving Berlin and George Gershwin; A More Personal Influence; Rodgers and Hart; Chapter 1: THE SUMMER CAMPS AND VARSITY SHOWS; "Any old place with you" ; Camp fire days (1908-1921); The akron club shows (1920-1921); The varsity shows (1920-1921); Poor little ritz girl (1920); The institute of musical art (1920-1923)
The jazz king (1924)Chapter 2: THE BREAKTHROUGH IN REVUE: THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1925, 1926) AND FIFTH AVENUE FOLLIES (1926); The Fifth Avenue Follies (1926); The Garrick Gaieties (1926); Chapter 3: THE RODGERS AND HART REVOLUTION: DEAREST ENEMY (1925); Sweet rebel; Dearest enemy; Dearest enemy on television (1955); A revolutionary show?; Chapter 4: PLEASING THE PRODUCERS: HERBERT FIELDS, LEW FIELDS, AND THE GIRL FRIEND (1926); Herbert fields; Lew fields; The girl friend (1926); Chapter 5: A LONDON ODYSSEY: LIDO LADY (1926), ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER (1927), EVER GREEN (1930) Lido lady (1926)One dam thing after another (1927); Ever green (1930); Chapter 6: BIG FISH: PEGGY-ANN (1926), ZIEGFELD, AND A FLOP CALLED BETSY (1926); Peggy-ann (1926); Betsy (1926); Chapter 7: A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (1927); A connecticut yankee (1927); Chapter 8: CASTRATION AND INTEGRATION: CHEE-CHEE (1928); A failure; The music of chee-chee; The libretto and score of chee-chee; The production; Chapter 9: COPING WITH THE CRASH; Spring is here (1929); Heads up! (1929); Simple simon (1930); And so to hollywood; America's Sweetheart (1931); EPILOGUE: THE END OF AN ERA NOTESIntroduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Musical scores by richard rodgers; Librettos and scripts; Programs; Books and articles; Discography; Filmography; CREDITS; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787494703321 |
Symonds Dominic | ||
New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
We'll have Manhattan : the early work of Rodgers and Hart / / Dominic Symonds |
Autore | Symonds Dominic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina |
782.1/40922
782.140922 |
Collana | The Broadway Legacies Series |
Soggetto topico | Musicals - United States - 20th century - History and criticism |
ISBN |
0-19-021688-3
0-19-021687-5 0-19-992949-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: THE EARLY WORK OF RODGERS AND HART; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: "WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN"; winkle town (1922); The Boys from Manhattan; An American form; Highbrow and Lowbrow; Irving Berlin and George Gershwin; A More Personal Influence; Rodgers and Hart; Chapter 1: THE SUMMER CAMPS AND VARSITY SHOWS; "Any old place with you" ; Camp fire days (1908-1921); The akron club shows (1920-1921); The varsity shows (1920-1921); Poor little ritz girl (1920); The institute of musical art (1920-1923)
The jazz king (1924)Chapter 2: THE BREAKTHROUGH IN REVUE: THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1925, 1926) AND FIFTH AVENUE FOLLIES (1926); The Fifth Avenue Follies (1926); The Garrick Gaieties (1926); Chapter 3: THE RODGERS AND HART REVOLUTION: DEAREST ENEMY (1925); Sweet rebel; Dearest enemy; Dearest enemy on television (1955); A revolutionary show?; Chapter 4: PLEASING THE PRODUCERS: HERBERT FIELDS, LEW FIELDS, AND THE GIRL FRIEND (1926); Herbert fields; Lew fields; The girl friend (1926); Chapter 5: A LONDON ODYSSEY: LIDO LADY (1926), ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER (1927), EVER GREEN (1930) Lido lady (1926)One dam thing after another (1927); Ever green (1930); Chapter 6: BIG FISH: PEGGY-ANN (1926), ZIEGFELD, AND A FLOP CALLED BETSY (1926); Peggy-ann (1926); Betsy (1926); Chapter 7: A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (1927); A connecticut yankee (1927); Chapter 8: CASTRATION AND INTEGRATION: CHEE-CHEE (1928); A failure; The music of chee-chee; The libretto and score of chee-chee; The production; Chapter 9: COPING WITH THE CRASH; Spring is here (1929); Heads up! (1929); Simple simon (1930); And so to hollywood; America's Sweetheart (1931); EPILOGUE: THE END OF AN ERA NOTESIntroduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Musical scores by richard rodgers; Librettos and scripts; Programs; Books and articles; Discography; Filmography; CREDITS; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814202203321 |
Symonds Dominic | ||
New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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