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Project 1 - Bald Soprano

Eugene Ionesco

Article from The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (digital)
- Pay attention to the related content links on the left side of the page to explore other helpful information, like articles about theatre of the absurd, realism, etc.
An Introduction to Eugene Ionesco (digital article from Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism)
An Interview with Ionesco (digital article from Tulane Drama Review reprinted in Drama Criticism)
Understanding Eugene Ionesco / by Nancy Lane (physical book)
Ionesco: A Collection of Critical Essays / edited by Rosette Lamont (physical book)
Eugene Ionesco Revisted / by Deborah Gaensbauer (physical and ebook)

Bald Soprano

The Bald Soprano, The Lesson, The Chairs (digital article reprinted in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism)
The Theater of Ionesco: A Union of Form and Substance (digital article reprinted in Drama Criticism)
The Evolution of the Dramatic Technique of Eugene Ionesco (digital article reprinted in Drama Criticism)
Streaming production directed by Ron Myrvik, performed by The Center for Contemporary Opera (opera version)

Theatre of the Absurd

A Concise Introduction to Theatre of the Absurd (digital essay by Colin Chambers)
Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd / by Michael Bennett (physical book)
Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd / by Michael Bennett (physical book)
The Theatre of the Absurd / by Martin Esslin (physical book)
The French Theater of the Absurd / by Deborah Gaensbauer (physical book)

Project 2 - Collaborative Design

La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)

Play by Jorge A. Huerta (digital text)
La Llorona = The Weeping Woman: An Hispanic Legend / told in Spanish and English by Joe Hayes; illustrated by Vicki Trego Hill (physical book)
Weeping Woman: La Llorona and Other Stories / by Alma Luz Villanueva (physical book)
There was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture / by Domino Renee Perez (physical book)

Alf Laylah wa-Laylah (1001 Arabian Nights)

The Arabian Nights: An Anthology (physical book)
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights / translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, with Ursula Lyons (physical book)
The Arabian Nights: A Play / by Mary Zimmerman (physical book)
The Arabian Nights in Historical Context: Between East and West / edited by Saree Makdisi and Felicity Nussbaum (physical book)
The Arabian Nights Reader / edited by Ulrich Marzolph (physical book)

Tales of the Brothers Grimm

The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm / by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Jack Zipes, illustrated by Andrea Dezso (physical book)
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (physical book)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales / folkloristic commentary by Joseph Campbell, illustrations by Josef Scharl (physical book)
The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions / edited by Donald Haase (physical book)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel / attributed to Luo Guanzhong, translated by Moss Roberts (physical book)
Three Kingdoms: China's Epic Drama / by Lo Kuan-Chung, translated by Moss Roberts
Battles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood: Early Chinese Plays on the Three Kingdoms / edited and translated by WIlt L. Idema and Stephen H. West (physical book)
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture / edited by Kimberly Besio and Constantine Tung (ebook)

Film Noir

Film Noir: A Comprhensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons (physical book)
A Companion to Film Noir (ebook)
The Philosophy of Film Noir (physical book)
Historical Dictionary of Film Noir (ebook)
Film Noir (streaming documentary film)

Western

American Westerns (digital article from Contemporary Literary Criticism)
American Western Novel (digital article from Encyclopedia of the Novel)
Wild West Movies, or, How the West was Found, Lost, Lied About, Filmed, and Forgotten (physical book)
A Pictorial History of the Western Film (physical book)
The Western (streaming documentary film)

Gothic

Article from Grove Art Online (digital)
Gothic Drama from Gale Literature (digital overview article)
Gothic Novel (digital article from Encyclopedia of the Novel)
Gothic: An Illustrated History (physical book)
Gothic Cathedrals (streaming documentary film)

Dada

Article from Grove Art Online (digital)
Article from Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (digital)
Dadaism (digital article from The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama)
Dada: Photographie and Photocollage (physical book)
Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams (streaming film lecture)

Baroque

Article from Grove Art Online (digital)
Baroque Cartouches for Designers and Artists (physical book)
European Art of the Seventeenth Century (physical book)
Baroque and Rococo Art (physical book)
Going Baroque: North vs. South (streaming film lecture)

Epic

The Hero's Journey in the Ancient Epic from Gale Literature (digital overview article)
Epic and Novel (digital article from Encyclopedia of the Novel)
The Return of the Epic Film: Genre, Aesthetics and History in the 21st Century (ebook)
The Idea of Epic (physical book)
The History of the Epic (physical book)

Science-Fiction

Science Fiction, Early Modern English from Gale Literature (digital overview article)
Science Fiction Film Adaptations from Gale Literature (digital overview article)
Science Fiction Novel (digital article from Encyclopedia of the Novel)
S-F 2: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films from Rollerball to Return of the Jedi (physical book)
World of Tomorrow: The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art (physical book)
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination (physical book)

Low-Rider/Kustom Kulture

Low 'n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico (physical book)
Lowriders in Chicano Culture: From Low to Slow to Show (physical book)
Cholo Style: Homies, Homegirls & La Raza (physical book)
Customized: Art Inspired by Hot Rods, Low Riders, and American Car Culture (physical book)
Lowcura: The Creation of Family in Chicano Lowrider Car Clubs (streaming documentary)
The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Popular Culture (ebook)

Bunraku

No and Bunraku: Two Forms of Japanese Theatre (physical book)
Traditional Theater of Japan (physical book)
The Lover's Exile (streaming Bunraku performance)
Bunraku: The Classical Puppets of Japan (streaming documentary film)

Cabaret

Cabaret Performance (physical book)
Berlin Cabaret (physical book)
Crazy Horse: The Rehearsals and Performances at a French Burlesque (streaming documentary film)

Parade

Parades and Power (physical book)
Gay Pride: Photographs from Stonewall to Today (physical book)
Celebrations: America's Best Festivals, Jamborees, Carnivals, and Parades (physical book)
Parade (streaming feature film)

Seance

Trance speakers: Femininity and Authorship in Spiritual Seances, 1850-1930 (ebook)
Science of the Seance (physical book)
Ghosts and Numbers (streaming documentary film)
A Balinese Trance Seance and Jero on Jero (streaming documentary film)

Trapeze

The Ordinary Acrobat: A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present (physical book)
Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s (ebook)

Commedia dell'Arte

A Concise Introduction to Commedia dell'Arte (digital essay)
Commedia dell'Arte Scenarios (ebook)
Commedia dell'Arte in Context (ebook)
Commedia dell'Arte for the 21st Century (ebook)
Spirit of Commedia (streaming performance excerpts)

High Wire

The Ordinary Acrobat: A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present (physical book)
Aerial Dance: A Guide to Dance with Rope and Harness (physical and ebook)
Circus Bodies: Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance (physical book)

Ballet

Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History (physical book)
The Encyclopedia of World Ballet (physical book)
The Ballet Lover's Companion (physical book)
Pas de deux: The Royal Ballet in Pictures (physical book)
Linked search for streaming ballet videos from database Dance in Video (streaming video)

Modern Dance

Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History (physical book)
Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield (physical book)
Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques (physical book)
Linked search for streaming modern dance videos from database Dance in Video (streaming video)

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