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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Drama Schools in China, Performing Arts Education in Hong Kong, Peking Opera School, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Central Academy of Drama, Shanghai Theater Academy. Excerpt: The Peking Opera Schools were boarding schools located throughout Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, specialising in teaching Peking opera. The most well known of these schools are those that were based in Hong Kong during the 1950s and 60s, as many of the attending students subsequently embarked on successful careers in the Hong Kong film industry. In learning Peking opera, attending students developed skills in martial arts, acrobatics and tumbling, music and dance and performed these skills for audiences. The schools produced a generation of stunt performers, action choreographers, actors and film directors including some of the most famous stars of Hong Kong action cinema. Public interest in Peking Opera waned in the late 1960s and several of the schools were closed. Historically, pupils had been handpicked at a young age by a teacher (or sifu) and trained for a period of seven to ten years, on contract from their parents. As the teacher provided food and accommodation for the pupils during this period, they accrued a debt to the teacher that was later repaid through performance earnings. After 1911, training took place in more formally organised schools. Typically, students at these schools rose at five o'clock in the morning for exercises. The daytime would be spent learning the skills of acting and combat, and the senior students would perform in outside theatres in the evenings. If they made any mistakes during such performances, it was not uncommon for the entire group to be beaten with bamboo canes. Schools with less harsh training meth... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=407414 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, published by Performing Arts and Entertainment in Canada on September 22, 1994. The length of the article is 1483 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: National Ballet School artistic dir Mavis Staines is a former dancer who has introduced a program of positive reinforcement that uses psychiatrists to help students deal with the pressures of dance. The school also offers body conditioning programs to prevent injuries.

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Title: Training dancers who are healthy in mind and body. (Canada's National Ballet School)
Author: Teri MacFarlane
Publication: Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1994
Publisher: Performing Arts and Entertainment in Canada
Volume: v29Issue: n1Page: p27(3)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: School for Creative and Performing Arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bill Dickinson (left) and Dr. Donald Waldrip at a Cincinnati Boy Choir performance on Fountain Square, c. 1974. Dickinson led the school from its founding in 1973 until 1991.The School for Creative and Performing Arts arose, in part, as a response to the recurring desegregation battles in the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a 1965 civil rights suit, the city had prevailed when a federal judge had found that the schools were not intentionally segregated, but rather that "the racial composition of each school is simply a result of the racial composition of the neighborhoods which they serve." By 1971, Cincinnati's neighborhoods and schools had grown more segregated and the Supreme Court of the United States had upheld forced busing as a remedy for school segregation in other cities. Desiring to avoid such drastic remedies for Cincinnati, then newly appointed Superintendent Dr. Donald Waldrip pushed forward a program of alternative schools (or what would later be called magnet schools), "designed to calm the desires of parents for academic choice and to stem the demands of federal judges for court-ordered desegregation." The theory behind alternative schools was open enrollment: students could attend any alternative school they chose at no additional cost, so long as an even racial balance at the new school was maintained. "Students were admitted to these programs on a one-for-one basis (one white for one black) so far as possible." The School for Creative and Performing Arts was to become the first alternative school in what would become "one of the largest and most vigorous" magnet programs in the country. In 1965, Robert McSpadde... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25456621 ... Read more

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Chapters: Rock Bridge High School, School for Creative and Performing Arts, Indian Institute of Planning and Management, Middlesex University, Blind Brook High School, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Colegio Cesar Chavez, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Warnborough College, Murdoch University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Ie Business School, Eldorado High School (Las Vegas, Nevada), Louisiana Baptist University, Briarcrest Christian School, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics, Ntnu, Dwight-Englewood School, Buffalo Grove High School, City University of Seattle, North Brunswick Township High School, University of Houston-victoria, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Paul Harding High School, Radyr Comprehensive School, Oakland Mills High School, Charter Oak State College, Lafayette High School (Williamsburg, Virginia), Chaminade-Julienne High School, Western High School (Auburn, Michigan), Paul Cézanne University, El Toro High School, St. Charles East High School, Worthington Christian High School (Worthington, Ohio), Rossett School, Linworth Alternative Program (Worthington, Ohio), Apollo Group, East Georgia College, Cerro Coso Community College, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School, H. L. Bourgeois High School, Helmut Schmidt University, Our Lady of Fatima University, Universität Der Bundeswehr München, New University of Lisbon, Cypress High School, Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School, Canyon High School (Anaheim, California), Columbine High School, Buile Hill High School, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of South Florida College of Nursing, Drayton School, California Coast University, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, Bunker Hill Community College, the Lindsey School, Belper School, Henry Foss High School, University of the Third Age, National University ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25456621 ... Read more

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I'm a high school theatre teacher with only limited experience working with middle school kids. I adore this book. It is not the "teacher's edition" of a student text. It is an all-in-one resource providing inspiration and expert guidance for teachers.

This book is comprehensive: chapters on games and warm-ups, movement activities, basics of acting skills, improv techniques, playwrighting, glossary of performing arts vocabulary, use of music and sound in live performance, site-specific projects (!), world theatre, and advice regarding the rehearsal process. Lovely illustrations and an intelligent, clean layout.

I suppose the thing I treasure most about this book is I can that peruse it slowly over a vacation to expose myself to general aesthetic and pedagogical approaches OR I can turn to a little two page spread on a specific topic and bang together a quick lesson plan.

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Chapters: University of New South Wales, Unsw School of English, Media and Performing Arts, Unsw School of Social Sciences and International Studies, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, Unsw School of Education, Unsw School of History and Philosophy, Unsw School of Languages and Linguistics, Unsw School of Accounting, Unsw School of Actuarial Studies, Unsw School of Banking ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Central High School, Rogers Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Perry Traditional Academy, Julia R. Masterman School, Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School, Pittsburgh Frick 6-8 Middle School, Carver High School. Excerpt:George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science is a secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States . Carver High School, which is operated by the School District of Philadelphia , handles grades 9 through 12. Carver High School is a magnet school that specializes in science and technology. Carver High School curriculum specializes in the fields of science and technology. The goal of this curriculum is to produce graduates who are successful in their pursuit of higher education in specific subjects. The High School of Engineering of Science was a dream of its founder and principal Dr. Alvin Garblik. The first class began in 1979, and had a strict dress code and curriculum. Those that were in the first class attended classes in a building no longer in existence at Broad and Columbia streets on Temple University's campus. It was Dr. Garblik's belief that students should come to school dressed and act in a way that modeled real life in the business world. The first year students enjoyed higher end classes learning advanced Chinese, physics and computer sciences. "High School of Engineering and Science is a small, nurturing, special-admissions school, seeking to attract academically-talented students who have an interest in science, engineering and technology." --- The mission statement of High School of Engineering ... Read more

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Title: Great schools for visual and performing arts: they say that art begins in the heart and mind and translates through the hand and the eye. These outstanding colleges and universities provide the nurturing environment where tomorrow's great artists, architects, animators, and designers flourish.
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Date: November 1, 2005
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Volume: 26Issue: 2Page: 22(2)

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This digital document is an article from Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, published by Performing Arts and Entertainment in Canada on September 22, 1993. The length of the article is 566 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: THe NTSC is Canada's only school devoted to theatre as well as the only co-lingual theatre school in the world. With classes in French and English, it attracts more students from Quebec than from any other province. Its main stage is the Monument-National, bought in 1978.

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Title: The National Theatre School of Canada.
Author: Karen Bell
Publication: Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1993
Publisher: Performing Arts and Entertainment in Canada
Volume: v28Issue: n3Page: p21(1)

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This guide for teachers contains a series of essays by experienced professional directors, actors, advisers and teachers which demonstrate how poetry, painting, issue-based role play and living history can be used to support the National Curriculum. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for thePerforming Arts in New York City, United States, is aperforming arts conservatory. It is informally identifiedas simply Juilliard, and trains about 800 undergraduate andgraduate students in dance, drama, and music. In 2007, theschool received 2,311 applications for admission, of which149 were admitted for a 6.45% acceptance rate. The schoolwas founded in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art. It wasformed on the premise that the United States did not have apremier music school and too many students were going toEurope to study music. At its formation, the Institute waslocated at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. In its first year,the institute enrolled 500 students. It moved in 1910 toClaremont Avenue in Morningside Heights, to a newNeoclassical building now occupied by the Manhattan Schoolof Music. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Prague Conservatory, Boni Pueri, the Czech Boys Choir, Faculty of Theatre, Film and Tv School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Excerpt: BONI PUERI, was founded in 1982 and has become one of Europe's most famous musical ensembles. BONI PUERI ("Good Boys"), the Czech Boys Choir has given more than 2500 concerts in North America, Asia and Europe, has produced 13 recordings and has been invited to participate in 20 other recordings with Supraphon, EMI, BMG and ArcoDiva. In addition, Boni Pueri has been featured on a number of television and radio broadcasts. The choirs are invited to perform regularly with eminent artists, including José Carreras, and with other important ensembles and orchestras around the world. Boni Pueri is also a private music school with 350 students and since 2006 has been under the patronage of the Czech Ministry of Education. Boni Pueri is a cultural ambassador of the "European Federation of Choirs of the Union". Boni Pueri has been privileged to perform in some of the world's great concert halls including Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Winspear Hall in Edmonton, Canada, the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Seoul Arts Centre, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, Italy, Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg, and the Rudolfinum Dvoák Hall in Prague. The choirs have appeared at numerous international music festivals including The Prague Spring Festival (1994, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2005), Europalia (Brussels 1998), AmericaFest International Festival for Boys ... Read more

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Chapters: Dance Schools in India, Drama Schools in India, Music Schools in India, Kalakshetra, National School of Drama, Madras Music Academy, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts, Dakshinee, Delhi School of Music, Eastern Fare Music Foundation, Nrityagram, Km Music Conservatory, Delhi Music Academy, Calcutta School of Music, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Bangalore School of Speech and Drama, Ali Akbar College of Music, Jaipur Kathak Kendra, Saptak School of Music. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 70. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: National School of Drama -The origins of the school can be traced back to a seminar in 1954, where the idea of a Central institution for theatre was mooted, subsequently a draft scheme was prepared in 1955, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi, which had Jawaharlal Nehru as its president, started drawing plans for the institution. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Delhi, Bharatiya Natya Sangh (BNS) with assistance from UNESCO, independently established the 'Asian Theatre Institute' (ATI) in January 20, 1958, and in July 1958, ATI was taken over by the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), Indias National Academy of Music, dance and drama of Government of India. In the following year, the government merged it with the newly founded school, and thus NSD was established in April 1959 under the auspices of Sangeet Natak Akademi. Initially the school was situated at Nizamuddin West, and was called 'National School of Drama and Asian Theatre Institute, whose first batch passed out in 1961. During his tenure as the director of the institution, Ebrahim Alkazi not just overhauled the syllabus, but also designed two theatre for NSD, including a 200-seat studio theatre, and the open-air 'Meghdoot ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2876209 ... Read more