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Developing decision-making skills for performance through the practice of mindfulness in somatic training (2011)
Journal Article
Edinborough, C. (2011). Developing decision-making skills for performance through the practice of mindfulness in somatic training. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 2(1), 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2010.543917

Decision-making is a fundamental part of the actor's work. Actors must choose how to present a character, how to tell a story, and how to communicate with an audience. This article examines how certain somatic practices used in actor-training can imp... Read More about Developing decision-making skills for performance through the practice of mindfulness in somatic training.

Kde se bere prevleková komedie (Where the comedy of disguise comes from) (2011)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2011). Kde se bere prevleková komedie (Where the comedy of disguise comes from). In Jule Styne, Peter Stone, Bob Merrill: Sugar!: (Někdo to rád horké): šestá inscenace šedesáté šesté sezony 2010/2011 (56 - 70). Městské divadlo Brno

An essay on the history of the comedy of disguise in the theatre, written for the programme notes for a production of Jule Styne, Peter Stone, Bob Merrill's Sugar, directed by Stanislav Moša at the Municipal Theatre in Brno, Czech Republic.

The stuff of legend: examining media representations of the Brassens-Brel-Ferré myths (2011)
Journal Article
Haworth, R. (2011). The stuff of legend: examining media representations of the Brassens-Brel-Ferré myths. Contemporary French civilization, 36(1-2), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.3828/cfc.2011.3

Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel and Léo Ferré are often grouped together and referred to as the archetypal French singer-songwriters, the 'big three' of thechanson françaisefrom the 1950s onwards. Looseley (2003) suggests that they have in fact become... Read More about The stuff of legend: examining media representations of the Brassens-Brel-Ferré myths.

Looking and listening : music and sound as visual trope in Ukiyo-e (2011)
Book Chapter
Binns, A. (2011). Looking and listening : music and sound as visual trope in Ukiyo-e. In T. Shephard, & A. Leonard (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Music and Visual Culture (120-126). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203629987

The word ukiyo-e comes from a combination of “Ukiyo” , which means “floating world,” and “e” , which means picture or image. So, ukiyo-e offer both a description of the world of Edo (present-day Tokyo)—in particular the pleasures, foods, daily life,... Read More about Looking and listening : music and sound as visual trope in Ukiyo-e.

Joanne Rochester, Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger (2011)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2011). Joanne Rochester, Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger. Early Modern Literary Studies, 15(3), 0 - 0

Review of Joanne Rochester's book on "Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger" drawing contextual links to early modern drama in Europe

A co když je to svetec?: Massingeruv Rímský herec jako krypto-Genesius (What if it's a saint?: Massinger's The Roman actor as a crypto-genesius) (2011)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2011). A co když je to svetec?: Massingeruv Rímský herec jako krypto-Genesius (What if it's a saint?: Massinger's The Roman actor as a crypto-genesius). In Ad honorem Eva Stehlíková (81 - 86). Filosofický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (The Philosophy Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)

A study dedicated to the Baroque tragedy The Roman Actor (1626) by the Jacobean dramatist Philip Massinger, and its relations to Lope de Vega's play Lo fingido verdadero (1605).