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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"artistic director"”.
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An observation and subjective overview of the artistic directors of Atlanta's three major not-for-profit regional theatres
Although the duties of Artistic Directors of not-for-profit regional theatres in the United States are similar, the job description varies according to the management structure, mission of the theatre, and personal style of the individual holding the job. This thesis serves as a report and a …
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Distant Early Warnings: Arts Leadership and Creative Practice in Unsettled Times
… chapters to examine the experience of being the Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre between 2015 and 2020. Engaging Marshall McLuhan’s idea of art as a “Distant Early Warning system,” the project explores how art, artists, and arts organizations may function as vanguards and …
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Bringing literature to life for sixth grade "reluctant readers": A collaborative, participatory study using Theatre for Young Audiences experiences to address aliteracy
… among adolescents, this study explored if an Artistic Director of a Theatre for Young Audiences could lead the transformation of aliterate, sixth grade "reluctant readers" into becoming engaged readers of literature? These students have the basic skills to read, but choose not to read for a …
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Digital Illustration: The Costume Designer’s Process For East Tennessee State University’s Spring Dance Concert 2012
… of many in a compressed timeframe: 1 artistic director, 9 choreographers, 20 dances, 46 performers, 10 lighting designers, 1 costume designer, and 3 weeks to put it all together. Incorporating digital technology into the rendering process saved time, expenses, and helped clarify the …
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StoneLion: A Narrative of a Kansas City Puppet Theatre
… These were Heather Loewenstein, the founding and artistic director, Tim Cormack, senior head puppeteer, and Taylor Gass, puppeteer and office manager. Lastly, I incorporated my personal experience in a case study when I worked with StoneLion both building and performing their 2012 Mother’s Day for …
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Laurie Brooks: a coterie of plays and concepts
… City. Those interviews included Jeff Church, Artistic Director of the Coterie Theatre, Theodore Swetz, the Patricia McIlrath Endowed Chair in Theatre Arts and Acting Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Meghann Henry, the Education Director at the Coterie Theatre, Sam Cordes, a …
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Black jazz-informed dance: The performance of rhetoric and resistance in Los Angeles-based Jazzantiqua Dance and Music Ensemble
… Specifically, this project examines how artistic director Pat Taylor, through enacting a jazz philosophy and a jazz-centric approach to her artistry, develops a set of jazz-informed, signature steps and creates choreographic works that embody rhetorical resistance. Utilizing critical …
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The Unicorn Theatre: A Brief History 1974-2020
… shortly after Cynthia Levin was named Producing Artistic Director. The company has operated out of four different locations over the past 45+ years, but it has been in its current location at 3828 Main Street, Kansas City, MO since 1986. Many expansions and financial campaigns have contributed to …
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Revolting Women, Roaring Girls and Bloody Men: The RSC in Stratford, 2014
… that its purpose is to produce “an inspirational artistic programme each year, setting Shakespeare in context, alongside the work of his contemporaries and today’s writers” (2016, online). This purpose has remained largely unchanged since the company's inception in 1961, as has its commitment to …
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DEN OF THIEVES: APPROPRIATING AND APPLYING THE COLLABORATIVE IDEALS OF THE LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY
… Theater Company and incorporate them into my directorial process while working on a collegiate production. I gathered a large amount of information from my visit and contact with the LAB and through personal interviews with the Co-Artistic Director and the Developmental Director. I had seen …
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The promise: searching for the creative moment in theatre, business and life
… explores my public works as a theatre maker (Artistic Director of The Imaginary Body theatre company since 2001), improvisation teacher (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London since 2005) and designer-facilitator of corporate leadership and team development events (over the last fifteen …
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Ernst Mahle: A Pedagogical Edition of His Four Concertinos for Piano and Orchestra
… his adopted country since 1951. Mahle is the artistic director and co-founder of the “Escola de Musica de Piracicaba,” one of the most important musical institutions in Brazil. His work has focused on conducting, composition, and elementary music education. The main focus of this research will …
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Experiencing a multiplicity of self/s
… taken from my curatorial practice as the artistic director of the performance art festival Tempting Failure, and draw on my own experience as a solo artist. This method will enable access to embodied phenomenological experiences of both spectating and performing; offering comparative …
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Modern Scottish Theatre: the Creation of a Tradition
… major players in this Renaissance (both theatre directors and dramatists), with my own analyses and interaction with the existing critical and academic literature. The thesis begins with a Preface addressing various facets of European Modernism and their relations to the development of Scottish …
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The Theatre of Adrian Hall
<p>The topic of this study is the American stage director, Adrian Hall, who has been the artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, since 1964 and who has held the same position concurrently at the Dallas Theater Center in Texas since 1983.</p> <p>Part 1 …
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The impact of administrative support, curriculum, student retention, population and production activity on theatre programs at historically black institutions: a case study perspective
… full-time faculty person who also serves as the artistic director for the program. The program, however produces two major productions a year. Both institutions have state of the art equipment and facilities for theatre production. The results of the study seemed to indicate that of the four …
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Ten years at the Sherman Theatre 1990-2000: Creating and developing a young people's and emerging artists' strategy at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 1990-2000
… the physical portfolio, chronicles my work as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 1990 - 2000 and demonstrates how I invented, created and developed a young people's and emerging artists' policy and strategy in this regional theatre over a ten year …
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The Female Leadership Experience in Pre-Professional and Professional Ballet
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>THE FEMALE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN PRE-PROFESSIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BALLET</p> <p>By</p> <p>Jill Grundstrom</p> <p>The purpose of this qualitative, narrative research study was to explore the experiences of current female leaders in pre-professional and professional ballet. …