Orientador: Carlos Eduardo Di Stasi / Banca: Wladimir Farto Contesini de Mattos / Banca: Arthur Ferreira Rinaldi / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral propor um Modelo Vocal para Percussionistas (MVP), na execução de obras solo em que o uso da voz é requerido, explorando elementos físicos e musicais que fazem parte das práticas diárias do estudante e do profissional da percussão. Para tanto, foram escolhidas três importantes peças do repertório percussivo para a aplicação dos conceitos propostos: ?Corporel, para um percussionista e sons do seu corpo (1985), de Vinko Globokar (1934); To the Earth (1985), de Frederic Rzewski (1938); e URSONATE (1922 - 1932), de Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948). Por possuírem características distintas, quanto ao uso da voz, cada uma delas possibilita o entendimento do MVP, como um paradigma teórico amplo o suficiente, para resolver problemas técnicos e interpretativos diversos, a partir da compreensão do contexto em que estão inseridas: a Música-Teatro. Sob as considerações da pesquisadora Claudia Hansen, e do professor Wladimir Mattos, foram estipuladas as bases deste gênero musical, bem como os perfis do percussionista e da percussão que o representam, além daquilo que deve ser levado em conta como sendo a voz e a fala. A partir de três pilares teórico-práticos - a fonoarticulação, a coarticulação e a realização prosódica - as obras escolhidas foram analisadas e preparadas para a performance, levando-se em conta as discussões ocorridas no âmbito da fonética e da fonologia, e as soluções encontradas foram esquematizadas por meio de tabelas, visando a facilit... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research aims to propose a Vocal Method for Percussionists (VMP) for playing solo pieces where using the voice is required. The physical and musical elements that are part of the percussionist's daily practice were analyzed. In order to achieve that, three major, well established, percussion pieces were drafted regarding the application of the proposed methods: ?Corporel, for one percussionist using her/his body (1985), by Vinko Globokar (1934); To the Earth (1985), by Frederic Rzewski (1938); and URSONATE (1922 - 1932), by Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948). Despite their differences regarding how the voice is used, each one of them enables the reader to assimilate the VMP, as a theoretical paradigm broad enough to figure out a wide range of interpretative and technical issues, fully understanding the context in which they belong: the music-theater. Under Claudia Hansen's and professor Wlad Matos' research analysis, we established the basis of this music genre, as well as the percussionist's and percussion characteristics that define them, and what should be considered as voice and speech. Starting off from three practical-theoretical pillars - articulation of speech, articulatory gesture and the prosodic conduction - the selected pieces were thoroughly analysed, looking for any issues regarding the use of the voice and singling out schematic solutions that would emerge. Thus, we hope that our work may assist future research, interpretation and discussion regarding percussion and voice. Taking into consideration the very gentle and symbiotic confluence within the musical and theatrical environments / Mestre

Esta pesquisa surge de um desejo de sistematizar a prática com a Memorização Através da Escrita em função do processo de criação do ator com o texto dramático. Utilizo a noção de ¨jogo¨ spoliana e proponho o foco como instância organizadora do traballho. Investiguei duas modalidades de jogo distintas que contam com a Memorização Através da Escrita como procedimento introdutório. A primeira implica a transformação de partituras físicas em ações físicas. A segunda implica uma sucessão de revesamentos do ¨foco¨ onde estas ações são resgatadas no ¨lugar do espontâneo¨. Uma seqüência de ¨palavras inventadas¨ divide o foco com a enunciação do textodado e com ¨regras¨ que organizam o corpo no espaço. Monta-se, assim, um esquema dinâmico de revesamentos do foco que mantém ativos os impulsos para a fala e para a inscrição das ações. / This research came from a desire of systematize the practical work of the actor beyond memorizing the dramatic text from writing at the process of actors creation. Actually I use the notion of game from Viola Spolin and I do suggest the focus as manner of organize the entire work. I investigated two kind of distinguished modalities of game based on the memorization from writing at the beginning of the work. The first implicates the transformation of physical scores into physical actions. The second implicates in a succession of focus setbacks where this actions are rescued replacing the spontaneous. An invented word sequence divides the focus with the text enunciation and with some rules that organize the body on the space. In this way is possible to put on the stage a dynamic schedule of focusing that keep active the impulses to speech and for the insertion of actions.

Master's thesis deals with consumerism in culture. Thesis analyzes cultural institutions and the way they are influenced by consumer society and the requirements of the general public -- the masses. The first part defines the term of culture, consumerism and consumer society. Next part discuss Culture in meaning of Art and permeation of consumerism into the selected domain of culture -- theaters, cultural centers and museums (art galleries). The final part of thesis demonstrates the influence of spectators and visitors to the specific selected representatives of Brno's cultural scene. The survey was conducted through interviews with representatives of Reduta Theater, theater for children Polárka Theater, Cultural Center Semilasso and Wannieck Gallery, currently renamed Richard Adam Gallery.

The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is in an era of growth, fundamental change, and reexamination of regional and local quality of life. Within this context, the complete community policies of the Livable Region Strategic Plan have been developed to help achieve a region where human community flourishes within the built and natural environment. The complete communities concept provides people with broader diversity in the physical and social elements of community - houses, travel, workplaces, social contacts, public services, recreation activities, shops and personal services (GVRD, 1995). By allowing this diversity, people will have a wider range of choices for urban living. In recent years, municipalities in the GVRD have begun to recognize that cultural resources are integral to the overall health, vitality and livability of the region. The role of culture and cultural resources in maintaining and enhancing the region's livability is acknowledged in two of the complete community policies. Cultural resources are the "things" which give a neighbourhood, a city, or region its particular sense of time and place and they are the expressions of what that place is. The conservation of cultural resources to a community provides a means of making a neighbourhood, city or region more aesthetically pleasing, and thus more livable. Neighbourhood movie theatres, for example, are one of the many types of buildings with cultural significance which may contribute to a community's character, quality of life and foster a sense of pride for residents in Vancouver communities. Neighbourhood movie theatres have been an essential component of the movie-going experience for the citizens of Vancouver since the 1930s. The purpose of this thesis is to ascertain whether cultural resources, such as a movie theatre, contribute to a complete community. Through both a literature review and case study approach, the research sought to understand the significance of cultural resources, such as a movie theatre, to a community. The thesis focuses on the case study of the Hollywood Theatre in Kitsilano to explore how a local cultural resource contributes to the community. A survey was designed and administered to 60 patrons of the Hollywood Theatre. The study concludes that the patrons of the Hollywood Theatre indicated that the theatre contributes to the vitality, and livability of the community. The prospects for achieving complete communities in established neighbourhoods will be influenced by local perspectives on growth, and change. Complete community objectives and strategies may be accepted locally to the degree they are seen as a means to achieve community aspirations and improve the quality of life of residents. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

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Eliminating any consideration of setting, the story of the evolution of lighting is an absorbing commentary upon the history of the theatre and necessary to the full integration of its use as an instrument in the modern theatre. An understanding of the history of the development of stage lighting is as necessary a foundation to the creative and imaginative use of light in the theatre as the foundation of a building is necessary to the support of a tower. History probides the signpost showing the directions to be taken in experimentation and a standard for evaluation of such experimentation. The responsibility of the director and designer to understand and appreciate the uses to which the lighting instrument may be but has increased in rationte the progress made in the efficiency and flexibility of stage lighting from mid-sixteenth century up to the present. A director who regards lighting as mere illusination antedates De Somi in his philosophy. The stage manager who lacts an understanding of his basic units ofmodern lighting and their antecedents is seriously handicapped. With an understanding of the development of the lightng instrument and its effect upon the physical theatre, the imagination is liberated and the basis for new techniques is laid.

This study provides an examination and application of heterotopic dérive, a concept that combines spatial theories originated by Foucault and psychogeographical methods advocated by the Situationists, as enacted within theatrical performance spaces. The first chapter reviews theories related to space, place, and heterotopias, as well as the psychogeographical methods of the Situationists, particularly the dérive. The literature review is augmented with accounts of my experiences of serendipitous heterotopic dérive over a period of several years as a cast member in, or a technical director for, theatrical productions in the Department of Communication Studies Black Box Theatre. Based on the review, I postulate that heterotopic dérive is a potentially valuable phenomenon that performance studies scholar/artists can utilize consciously in the rehearsal process for mounting theatrical performances. To test this proposition, I worked collaboratively with a theatrical cast to craft a devised performance, Desire Lines, with a conscious effort to engender heterotopic dérive in the process of creating the performance. This performance served as the basis for the second chapter of the study, which analyzes and discusses of the results of that investigation. This project enhances understanding of the significance of the places and spaces in which performers practice their craft, and argues for the potential of recognizing and utilizing the agency of heterotopic spaces such as the Black Box.