Аудиостудия «Ардис» предлагает вашему вниманию книгу о самых странных фильмах советского и российского кино – от «Аэрограда» до «Движения вверх», от «Розыгрыша» до «Нелюбви», от «Кавказской пленницы» до «Защитников». Вы узнаете, что такое буратиноведение, в чем заключается тайный мистический смысл «Каникул Петрова и Васечкина» и почему «Самый маленький гном» – это глубокий психологический триллер.
Charles Marowitz was the first American to direct at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the first American to direct at the Czech National Theatre (while collaborating with Vaclav Havel). Known as a maverick playwright, director, and critic, he nurtured numerous figures who have come to shape contemporary theatre and larger society. Without Marowitz the theories and ideas of Antonin Artaud would remain obscure. The entire trajectory and ecology of theatre and performance since the 1960s have been considerably influenced by this alone. The present-day popularity of ‘immersive theater’ was a mode of performance introduced to the British theatre by Charles Marowitz and Allan Kaprow in the famous ‘Happening’ at the 1963 Edinburgh Drama Conference. In 1968 Marowitz started the Open Space Theatre on Tottenham Court Road in collaboration with Thelma Holt. There is a gap in our collective understanding of this important figure and a gap in currently available literature about him. The Marowitz Compendium seeks to spark a revaluation. The audience for this book includes students, postgraduates, specialists and general readers interested in drama and the history of contemporary theatre.
First published in 1952, “Modern Coin Magic” is J. B. Bobo’s classic work on coin magic. The purpose of this efficient guide is to review and discuss all of the practical aspects to coin magic tricks utilizing sleight of hand. Bobo examines all of the older, traditional sleights of hand and retains only those that are truly useful and helpful, discarding any that are out-of-date or impractical to work. “Modern Coin Magic” is remarkable in its ability to present all of the best tips and techniques in one easy-to-read book so that any student of coin magic and sleight of hand will find guidance for their practice and technique. Coin magic tricks are one of the most accessible and useful tricks for any magician to know as coins are always readily available and the ability to do a few sleights of hand is guaranteed to entertain any audience. “Modern Coin Magic” remains a timeless classic, one of the most complete and helpful books ever written on coin magic.
“Expert Card Technique” by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue is a detailed and instructive guide on how to master the manipulation of cards. Jean Hugard, born John Gerard Rodney Boyce in Queensland, Australia in 1872, began his professional career as a magician in 1896 and eventually moved to America in 1915 where he worked in vaudeville and as a stage magician. He retired from performing professionally around 1930 and began a prolific and successful career writing books on magic. As he became older and lost his eyesight, the magician Frederick Braue began co-writing several books with Hugard on the art of card magic. Braue was a journalist and semi-professional magician who specialized in card tricks and was viewed as a master at this skill. In their book “Expert Card Technique”, these magical geniuses show even the most novice beginner how to learn to manipulate cards in basic ways and then moves on to teach more advanced flourishes, such as forces, fans, and prearranged decks. This guide is indispensable to anyone who wishes to handle cards with impressive dexterity and for those studying magic, as these are skills that must be mastered before complicated card tricks can be performed with ease.
The vivid and untold story of the Golden Age of classic animation and the often larger-than-life artists who created some of the most iconic cartoon characters of the twentieth century In 1911, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted one of the first animated cartoons, based on his sophisticated newspaper strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland,” itself inspired by Freud’s recent research on dreams. McCay is largely forgotten today, but he unleashed an art form, and the creative energy of artists from Otto Messmer and Max Fleischer to Walt Disney and Warner Bros.’ Chuck Jones. Their origin stories, rivalries, and sheer genius, as Reid Mitenbuler skillfully relates, were as colorful and subversive as their creations—from Felix the Cat to Bugs Bunny to feature films such as Fantasia —which became an integral part and reflection of American culture over the next five decades.Pre-television, animated cartoons were aimed squarely at adults; comic preludes to movies, they were often “little hand grenades of social and political satire.” Early Betty Boop cartoons included nudity; Popeye stories contained sly references to the injustices of unchecked capitalism. “During its first half-century,” Mitenbuler writes, “animation was an important part of the culture wars about free speech, censorship, the appropriate boundaries of humor, and the influence of art and media on society.” During WWII it also played a significant role in propaganda. The Golden Age of animation ended with the advent of television, when cartoons were sanitized to appeal to children and help advertisers sell sugary breakfast cereals. Wild Minds is an ode to our colorful past and to the creative energy that later inspired The Simpsons , South Park , and BoJack Horseman .
Odin Teatret blev opfattet som udansk og fremmedartet, da italienske Eugenio Barba og fem unge skuespillere i 1966 indvandrede til Holstebro. Lige siden har teatrets arbejde med erobring af anderledeshed vAeret en stAerk inspiration for bade den danske og den internationale teaterverden – ligesom teatret gennem arene udviklede et frodigt samspil med sin hjemby.En kreds af danske kunstnere og kulturforskere fortAeller her om deres personlige mode og faglige udvekslinger med Odin Teatret, i forlob der ofte spAender over 30-40 ar. Samtidig giver teksterne indblik i, hvordan teaterlaboratoriet arbejder med kunstneriske, kulturelle og politiske forandringer.Bogen belyser det ellers internationale Odin Teaters danske rodder og relationer og papeger dermed en dansk kulturtradition, hvor modet mellem fremmede identiteter er basis for kreativ vAekst.