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This program presents excerpts from a dance/performance/music work written and choreographed by Jeannie Hutchins entitled Laugh Till I Thought I’d Die which was presented at PS 122 in November 1997. A wry and humorous take on the preciousness of life that combines theater, dance and song. Featuring Jeannie Hutchins and Ric Oquita. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the artist.
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In this video, award winning instructor Ron Ranson Jr. illustrates his time-saving scenic painting program which gives students an instant vocabulary and teaches skills that will improve work immediately. He present safety tips, discusses important clean up procedures, examines common types of paints, and offers critiques of student work.
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This video allows students to "look over the shoulder" of master costume wizard Rosemary Ingham. It provides concise on-the-job training for groups and individuals engaged in producing well-fitted costumes, teaches how to get accurate measurements, analyze costume sketches, develop paper patterns, and design mock-ups.
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This "Experts in Action" video follows professional lighting designer David Lee Cuthbert through his design process from initial ideas to the final production of the award winning Sledgehammer Theatre in San Diego. It shows how to bring light to the stage within the confines of limited space and budget.
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Featuring an exclusive interview with the man himself, this program investigates writer/director/actor Steven Berkoff (Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, War and Remembrance) and the inspiration for his innovative work on stage and in film. The video looks in detail at Berkoff's earliest influences, his exploration of voice and physicality, and the social and cultural contexts that define his creative development and evolution as one of the modern world's...
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Featuring minimal dialog, this video visits several college-level painting classes to see the evolution of student projects for scenic painting, including bricks, dirty walls, wood-graining, and marble, as well as the progression of advanced final projects. The video helps to motivate students to use their imagination and build confidence as they explore the exciting world of theatre painting.
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This program covers the purpose, design, and uses of the ekkyklema for showing the victims and perpetrators of off-stage violence; the deus ex machina, a crane mechanism to suspend gods above the stage; Charonian steps, for ghosts from the underworld; and other means of entrance and exit. It also explains the reasons for New Comedy, its audience, and its physical requirements.
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This video is broken into 6 topics intended to inform theatre workers and students of safety laws and prevent unnecessary injuries. The first segment covers current safety laws and how they apply to theatres, as well as general safety practices. The second segment covers chemical hazards and personal protection equipment, stage lighting safety, costume shop safety, and scene and prop shop safety. Specific information is provided concerning response...
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Actors don't usually arrive onstage knowing how to perform fake fights. This video follows master combat choreographer David Boushey through several weeks of rehearsals for a rousing production of Romeo and Juliet at the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival. It highlights how he and his actors turn the printed text into the thrill of theater.
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This program looks at the theatres of Herodus Atticus, Epidauros, Corinth (where Arion is said to have taught the dithyramb), and many others to explain the design of the ancient theater, the synthesis of art forms that was ancient Greek drama, the origins of tragedy, the audience in classical times, the comparative roles of writer/director and actors, and the use of the surrounding landscape in many plays.
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This video clearly demonstrates essential safety measures for using America's most deadly prop - a gun. Explaining that even blanks are not automatically safe, gun and theater special effects expert Robert B. Chamberse teaches actors and technicians to properly use guns onstage. He discusses how guns work, talks about their history, shows how to perform safety checks, and teaches proper cleaning procedures. The video also considers sound issues and...
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This program looks at educational theater through the theater program at Hamden (CT) High School, interspersing production segments in rehearsal and performance with teacher, student, and audience interviews. Recommended by the NEA, the program demonstrates the value of educational theater and how this value can be maximized.
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In the 50 years separating Aeschylus from the later works of Euripides, theater changed: plays had been performed in honor of the god Dionysus and for the enjoyment of spectators; now they were targeted at spectators who took pleasure in the spectacle itself. Where once the text itself set the stage and described the scene, sets came into use-at first to stimulate imagination, later to imitate it; in Roman times, there were troupes of traveling actors;...
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How do you bring a character to life? Arthur Wagner brings his expertise in Transactional Analysis and the Stanislavski method to the process of developing a three-dimensional character. Through the use of this video, actors can more confidently research their characters before bringing them to the stage. Arthur Wagner, founder of the Graduate Professional Actor Training Program at the University of California, San Diego is considered the leading...