Performing Live Comedy [1 ed.] 9781408147245, 9781408146439

Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art 9781501718168

Current philosophies of art remain sadly dominated by visions of its end and lamentations of decline. Defining the very

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Comedy Acting for Theatre: The Art and Craft of Performing in Comedies 9781350012769, 9781350012790, 9781350012752

Analysing why we laugh and what we laugh at, and describing how performers can elicit this response from their audience,

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Live sex acts : women performing erotic labor 9781315811512, 1315811510, 9781317795759, 131779575X, 9781317795766, 1317795768, 9781317795773, 1317795776

Drawing on more than fifty interviews in both the US and the Netherlands, Wendy Chapkis captures the wide-ranging experi

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Brainmedia: One Hundred Years of Performing Live Brains, 1920–2020 9781501378751, 9781501378713, 9781501378737

Will we ever be able to see the brain at work? Could it be possible to observe thinking and feeling as if watching a liv

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Body as Instrument: Performing with Gestural Systems in Live Electronic Music 9781501368547, 9781501368578, 9781501368561

Human movement reveals information about social identity, physical health and attitude. Motion tracking technology can a

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Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama : A Memoir 9780399180521, 9780399180514, 2021020154, 2021020155

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “essential” (Entertainment Weekly), “hilarious” (AV Club) memoir, the star of Mr. Sh

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Performing Violence in Fourth-century BCE Athens: Court, Curse, and Comedy (MythosEikonPoiesis): Court, Curse, and Comedy in Fourth-Century BCE Athens 3110245590, 9783110245592

This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. While the archaic desire f

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Performing Islam

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Stand-up Comedy Techniques and Comedy Writing 9781234567890, 1477123456

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Body as Instrument: Performing with Gestural Systems in Live Electronic Music 9781501368547, 9781501369575, 9781501368554, 9781501368561, 9781501368578, 1501368540

Body as Instrument explores how musicians interact with movement-controlled performance systems, producing sounds imbued

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