The subjects of grief and of the afterlife are ones that have been discussed and analyzed for centuries, with no conclusive answers as to where we go or how we should go on. In “Alchemy of Desire/ Dead Man’s Blues”, Caridad Svich continues this discussion through a narrative, centered around a group of women dealing with the aftermath of a loss. She uses the term alchemy as an allegory for one’s ability to transcend and transform, and in turn, come to know the meaning of life…and death. This paper serves as a documentation of the SIUC Theater Department’s process and results in bringing this conversation to the stage, and this story to life.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:35:35Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ruger_acl_me_ia.pdf: 743415 bytes, checksum: cfae5132a61a3d043568ea11a17ea1d0 (MD5) / A presente dissertação é o resultado de uma pesquisa-ação realizada no IA-UNESP, pelo aluno Alexandre Cintra Leite Ruger intutulada A percursão corporal como proposta de sensibilização musical para atores e estudantes de teatro, com a orientação da Profa. Dra. Sonia Regina Albano de Lim. Teve como objetivo refletir e avaliar a prática de ensino do mestrando sob o ponto de vista pedagógico, artístico musical e científico no curso de extensão oferecido para os alunos de primeiro ano do curso de licenciatura em artes cênicas coordenado pela Profa. Dra. Carminda Mesdes André e na preparação musical do grupo teatral Atrás do Grito, com direção de Osvaldo Anzolin, ambos do IA-UNESP. Foi importante para a pesquisa observar se a prática docente desenvolvida pelo mestrando nos cursos realizados seria um meio eficaz para sensibilizar alunos de artes cênica. O trabalho científico justificava-se na ausência quase que completa de um ensino musical sensibilizatório parfa os estudantes da área de cênicas. Os resultados pretendidos com essa prática docente concentrava-se na hipótese de que o trabalho de sensibilização musical propiciaria aos alunos de artes cênicas, um aguçar da percepção musical e rítmica, trazendo-lhes maior desenvoltura corporal e expressividade em cena. A fundamentação teórica da pesquisa estabeleceu-se a partir de uma revisão bibliográfica que se concentrou em três pontos básicos: o corpo e o ensino musical, a compreensão do binômio corpo-mente e o ensino musical nas artes cênicas como meio de desenvolvimento da expressividade e da conscientização corporal. O mestrando flundamentou sua práticac de docência e a pesquisa em alguns ensinamentos de Emmile Jacques-Dalcroz, Carl Orff, Edgard Willens Murray Schafer e no trabalho de percussão corporal desenvolvido pelo grupo Barbatuques.... / This thesis is the result of a research-action carried through in IA-UNESP, by the researcher Alexandre Cintra Leite Ruger called The Body Percussion proposed as musical sensitization for the actors and theater students, with the orientation of Profa. Dra. Sonia Regina Albano de Lima. The objective is to reflect and to evaluate the way of teaching of the researcher under the pedagogical, artistic-musical and scientific points of views in the extension course offered for the pupils of the firs year of the licentiate cours in scenic arts, coordinated by Profa. Dra. Carminda Mesdes André and in the musical preparation of the theatrical group Atrás do Grito, with Osvaldo Anzolin direction, both of the IA-UNESP. It was important for the research to observe if the teaching developed by the resarcher in the courses would be an efficient way to sensetize pupils of scenic arts. The scientific work was justified by the almost complete absence of a sensitizing musical education for the students of scenic arts. The intended results with this teaching were concentrated in the hypothesis that the work of musical sensitization would propiatiate the pupils of scenic arts, to sharpen the musical and rhytimic perception , briging bigger body nimbleness and expressiveness in scene. The research theoretical grounding was established from a bibliographical revision that concentred in three basic points: the body and musical education, the understanding of the binominal body-mind and musical education in the scenic arts as a mean of development of the expressiveness and the body awareness. The resarcher based his way lof teaching of the resarch on some techiniques of Emmile Jacques-Dalcroze, Carl Orff, Edgard Willens Murray Schafer and tin the work of body developed bye the Gorup Barbatuques. ...(Complet abstract, access undermentioned eletronic adress)

This document will chronicle the design work of Kevin Dudley at the University of Iowa from August 2013 through the spring of 2016. The images included in this document are representative of the design work for realized productions, large and small scale, and selected explorations in course work. The work represented here includes: drafting, paint elevations, and sketches (both hand and digital). This document will stand as a record my design process and final product used to explore our humanity through theatrical design.

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The goal of this thesis is to take an in depth look at the process of creating a scenic design for Temple Theatre’s production of Anything Goes by Cole Porter. This paper will break down the designer’s personal process in developing the design. In addition, it will break down the process of translating the design into a realized set. In particular, a look at how Anything Goes worked in relation to an ideal production situation. / Theater

Urinetown: The Musical is a meta-theatrical musical that addresses issues such as sustainability, corruption, and human intentions. For my design of Urinetown: The Musical, I sought to poetically represent the world of the play without interfering with the story telling. From start to end, this is my process. / Theater

This thesis examines, details, and evaluates the process used while executing the scenic design for a production of Spring Awakening, produced by Temple University's Department of Theater. I will discuss each part of the design process as well as the technical rehearsal process and evaluate the choices made. / Theater