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Expressive Gestures Alternatives to realism Gestures carry messages, very often unintentionally. In performance, one can say, expressive gestures reflect the person's inner emotional or mental state. They are non descriptive, non-illustrative and non-narrative yet far from abstract. Dramat...[more] Faculty Lounge Founding Wavelength member Debbie Lauer's one-woman comedy revue takes place during the week the "teacher of the year" award is announced. Debbie's eleven characters, teachers, parents, students and administrators, are as varied, amusing and eccentric as in any real fac...[more] Falstaff, by Verdi and Shakespeare The character of Falstaff as seen by Shakespeare and Verdi: performance of scenes from Verdi's "Falstaff" by Geraint Evans and Regina Resnik (Falstaff and Mistress Quickly respectively at the New York City Metropolitan Opera's production), and Maynard Mack, Professor of...[more] Fencing: The art, science, and the passion   Plus 5 chapters: Classical and Sport Fencing Young Fencers Personal Stories A State of Mind Beyond Fencing   Ever wondered what it’s like to duel with a sword or rapier? This 6-part documentary introduces you to the intensely competitive actio...[more] Film Samuel Beckett's only venture into the medium of cinema, Film was written in 1963 and filmed in New York in the summer of 1964, directed by Alan Schneider and featuring Buster Keaton. For the shooting Mr. Beckett made his only trip to America. The film, which has no d...[more] Foreman Planet - Richard Foreman Video interview with Richard Foreman. "Artists are involved in trying to keep alive and sustain an alternative reality…" (Herbert Marcuse) Video interview with 9 time "OBIE" winner Richard Foreman, writer, director, designer, choreographer and founder of Ontol...[more] Frankly Acting This is the book that articulates the principles behind the Frank Suzuki Performance Aesthetics (FSPA), developed by John Nobbs and Jacqui Carroll as a western variant of the Suzuki Actor Training Method (SATM). It is the first book to explain aspects of the SATM in ter...[more] From India to East Lansing-Surpanakha - Producing a Sanskrit Drama Graphically describes the research, preparation and rehearsal process which led to performance of an Indian play by American theatre students. 31:00 minutes Fuji Musume: Kabuki Dance Tamasaburo Bando dances Fuji Musume. First performed in 1826, Fuji Musume, the “Wisteria Maiden,” features the spirit of the wisteria plant, transformed into a bashful and romantic young woman. In the town of Otsu a painting of the Wisteria Maiden catches the eye of ...[more] German Theatre of Protest: 1918-1938 German theater in the years between the two world wars, often considered part of the European “Expressionist” movement, was, in its most inventive aspects, a theater of opposition – a theater of protest against the values of the society that had prosec...[more]

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