Free Experiments In A Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, And The Austin Project (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series) Ebooks To Download
In Austin, Texas, in 2002, a group of artists, activists, and academics led by performance studies scholar Omi Osun Joni L. Jones formed the Austin Project (tAP), which meets annually in order to provide a space for women of color and their allies to build relationships based on trust, creativity, and commitment to social justice by working together to write and perform work in the jazz aesthetic.Inspired by this experience, this book is both an anthology of new writing and a sourcebook for those who would like to use creative writing and performance to energize their artistic, scholarly, and activist practices. Theoretical and historical essays by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones describe and define the African American tradition of art-making known as the jazz aesthetic, and explain how her own work in this tradition inspired her to start tAP.Key artists in the tradition, from Bessie Award–winning choreographer Laurie Carlos and writer/performer Robbie McCauley to playwrights Daniel Alexander Jones and Carl Hancock Rux, worked with the women of tAP as mentors and teachers. This book brings together never-before-published, must-read materials by these nationally known artists and the transformative writing of tAP participants. A handbook for workshop leaders by Lambda Literary Award–winning writer Sharon Bridgforth, tAP's inaugural anchor artist, offers readers the tools for starting similar projects in their own communities. A full-length script of the 2005 tAP performance is an original documentation of the collaborative, breath-based, body work of the jazz aesthetic in theatre, and provides both a script for use by theatre artists and an invaluable documentation of a major transformative movement in contemporary performance.
Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series (Book 23)
Paperback: 392 pages
Publisher: University of Texas Press (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0292722877
ISBN-13: 978-0292722873
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,474,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #24 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Dance > Jazz #293 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Performing Arts > Dance #596 in Books > Textbooks > Communication & Journalism > Speech
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones has brought together the narrative behind The Austin Project along with valuable assistance for those who would like to borrow from or duplicate the project. The anthologizing of several years worth of writing & performance makes this community effort powerful for the reader. If you are interesting in community development around an issue, women's issues, those of women of color, or community activism in general, this book provides both inspiration and practical suggestions on how to achieve your goal. Thanks to Omi and all the women (and men) associated with The Austin Project.
Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series) Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series) Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture) Illustrated Guide to Aesthetic Botulinum Toxin Injections: Dosage, Localization, Uses (Aesthetic Methods for Skin Rejuvenation) The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series) Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2013: A Training and Reference Guide for Project Managers Using Standard, Professional, Server, Web Application and Project Online Project Management: Secrets Successful Project Managers Know And What You Can Learn From Them: A Beginner's Guide To Project Management With Tips On Learning ... Project Management Body of Knowledge) Project Management: 26 Game-Changing Project Management Tools (Project Management, PMP, Project Management Body of Knowledge) Agile Project Management: Box Set - Agile Project Management QuickStart Guide & Agile Project Management Mastery (Agile Project Management, Agile Software Development, Agile Development, Scrum) Agile Project Management: An Inclusive Walkthrough of Agile Project Management (Agile Project Management, Agile Software Developement, Scrum, Project Management) Class Act: The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins #Women #Coloring Book: #Women is Coloring Book No.8 in the Adult Coloring Book Series Celebrating Women (Coloring Books, Women, Shopping, Gifts for ... Series of Adult Coloring Books) (Volume 8) Jazz Practice Ideas with Your Real Book: For Beginner & Intermediate Jazz Musicians (Jazz & Improvisation Series) The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) Environmental Experiments About Air (Science Experiments for Young People) TRY1057 - Basic Jazz Conception for Saxophone (Vol 1), 12 Jazz Exercises 10 Jazz Tunes Book/CD Easy Jazz Favorites Tenor Sax 1: 15 Selections for Young Jazz Ensembles (Easy Jazz Ensemble) Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation (SUNY series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) Project Management: A Quick Start Beginner's Guide For The Serious Project Manager To Managing Any Project Easily Agile Project Management: QuickStart Guide - The Simplified Beginners Guide To Agile Project Management (Agile Project Management, Agile Software Development, Agile Development, Scrum)
