Recommended Books
The ECU library has an extensive collection of items. Here are some suggested readings but please do not limit yourself to these - we have so much more to offer you. Please consider materials from all areas to inform your art. The division into separate boxes is subjective, there may be something useful to you in any of the boxes
Recommended Books for Acting
The Viewpoints Book by Publication Date: 2004
Theatre and Everyday Life by Publication Date: 1995
The Actor and the Target by Publication Date: 2013
Psychophysical Acting by Publication Date: 2008
Racing Against Time: The actor's handbook for film and television by Call Number: 791.4 CARPublication Date: 2006
From Word to Play : A Textual Handbook for Directors and Actors by Call Number: 792.028 BERPublication Date: 2008And then, you act: making art in an unpredictable world. by
Call Number: 792.028 BOGPublication Date: 2007
Creating a Character: A physical approach to acting. by Call Number: 792.028 YAKPublication Date: 2000
Year of the king : an actor's diary and sketchbook by Call Number: 792.028092 SHEPublication Date: 1992
About acting : (with a bit of name dropping and a few golden rules) by Call Number: 792.028 BARPublication Date: 1980Recommended by Vivian Munn
Recommended Books for Dance and Movement
Ballet body narratives : pain, pleasure and perfection in embodied identity by Publication Date: 2015
Choreography : a basic approach using improvisation by Call Number: 792.82 MINPublication Date: 1997
Choreography and corporeality : relay in motion by Publication Date: 2016
Composing While Dancing by Publication Date: 2010
Dance Dramaturgy by Publication Date: 2015
Dramaturgy in motion : at work on dance and movement performance by Publication Date: 2015
Envisioning Dance on Film and Video by Call Number: 792.82 ENVISBN: 9780415941709Publication Date: 2002-11-22Envisioning Dance on Film and Videochronicles this 100-year history and gives readers new insight on how dance creatively exploits the art and craft of film and video.
I Want to Be Ready by Publication Date: 2010
The Place of Dance by Publication Date: 2014
Stretching anatomy by Publication Date: 2014
Theatre of Movement and Gesture by Call Number: 792.028 LECISBN: 9780415359436Publication Date: 2006
Understanding Dance by Publication Date: 1992When Men Dance by
Publication Date: 2009
The Wise Body by Publication Date: 2011
Your move : a new approach to the study of movement and dance by Call Number: 793.3 GUEPublication Date: 1983
Recommended books for performance
What's the Story : Essays about art, theater and storytelling. by Publication Date: 2014
The moving body : teaching creative theatre by Publication Date: 2009
Performance Studies by Publication Date: 2012Site-specific art : performance, place, and documentation by
Publication Date: 2000
Corporealities : dancing, knowledge, culture, and power by Call Number: 306.484 CORPublication Date: 1995
Performing Site-Specific Theatre by Publication Date: 2012
Applying Performance by Publication Date: 2012
Physical Theatre: A Critical Reader by Publication Date: 2007
The Transformative Power of Performance by Publication Date: 2008
Clown Through Mask: the Pioneering Work of Richard Pochinko As Practised by Sue Morrison by Publication Date: 2013
Moving sites : investigating site-specific dance performance by Publication Date: 2015
Singularities : dance in the age of performance by Publication Date: 2016
Making a Performance by Publication Date: 2007
The creative habit : learn it and use it for life : a practical guide by Call Number: 153.35 THAPublication Date: 2003
The politics of performance : radical theatre as cultural intervention by Publication Date: 1992
A Sourcebook of Feminist Theatre and Performance by Publication Date: 1996
Performance on the Edge : Transformations of Culture. by Publication Date: 2002
Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre by Call Number: 792.028 CALPublication Date: 2002
Authenticity in contemporary theatre and performance make it real. by Publication Date: 2017
