BOOKS

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“L’art du débutant” by Valérie Dréville

Edition: Le temps du Théâtre – Actes Sud

https://actes-sud.fr/catalogue/theatre-arts-du-spectacle/lart-du-debutant

The stage (and screen) French actress Valérie Dréville has gathered such valuable lessons during her collaborations with directors Antoine Vitez, Claude Régy, Anatoli Vassiliev, Thomas Ostermeier, and Krystian Lupa.

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Nadia Lauro – Scenographies

Edition: Les Presses du Réel

https://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=12685&menu=0

A retrospective of the striking scenographies designed by Nadia Lauro since the early 2000s, visual environments, fictional landscapes, disorienting architectures, and living sets that have played a pivotal role across the vibrant field of dance and performance in Europe.

Edited by Noémie Solomon.

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A publication by Villa Albertine: “Reciprocities: Sustaining Dance Across the Ocean”

The publication revisits key exchanges from the professional symposium RECIPROCITIES: Making and Supporting Dance between France and the U.S, held as part of the 2023 Albertine Dance Season. Featuring transcripts from the panels discussions and enriched with fresh perspectives through newly commissioned texts, it explores themes such as artist residencies, curation, pedagogy, the transmission of knowledge, and ecology.

Edited by Noémie Solomon and published in both English and French, the publication serves as a thought-provoking resource that bridges perspectives across the Atlantic.

To be downloaded here

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I’ve Got the Shakes – Performing Richard Foreman by Shauna Kelly

Edition: Bloomsbury Publishing

Preface by Helen Shaw, Foreword by Jay SandersThe publication by Shauna Kelly offers a peek behind the curtain of the creative process with one of the most idiosyncratic theater makers in history. Read more here:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ive-got-the-shakes-978149309025