{"product_id":"9781350072848","title":"Collaborating Backstage : Breaking Barriers for the Creative Network","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCollaborating Backstage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Timo Niermann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company. From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departments working on a production and instructs them on how to unify their individual skills towards a shared goal. \u003cbr\u003eFrom Vaudeville to classical opera, this book establishes the skills that each specialist brings to the production process before demonstrating how each individual contribution can be utilized in tandem with all other creative teams. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith particular focus on enhancing interdepartmental communication, \u003ci\u003eCollaborating Backstage \u003c\/i\u003eexamines all the challenges that may befall artistic companies and projects made up of many different parts. This book explains how to understand technical jargon within teams that speak a variety of languages and come from different cultural backgrounds; how to recognise and follow the 'unwritten rules' of theatre; and how best to achieve the ultimate creative potential of a team working completely in sync.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderpinned by incisive theories on performance, communication and creativity, \u003ci\u003eCollaborating Backstage\u003c\/i\u003e is full of helpful illustrations and innovative methods to achieve effective working relationships in the theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCollaborating Backstage\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable handbook for practitioners to understand that part of real-life theater activity that is usually invisible to the audience. For researchers, it is an all-encompassing reference work about rules, backgrounds and all those tricks that help ensure a smooth cooperation among the various tribes in the theater, on- and off-stage. \u003cbr\u003e Simply indispensable for those who want to know more about what is going on behind the curtain!” —\u003ci\u003eDr Gabriele Pfeiffer, Institute of Theatre, Filmand Media Studies, University of Vienna, Austria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350072848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40683130421454,"sku":"9781350072848","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350072848","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}