TPP1120 - Miami Jackson Senior High School - MDC Dual Enrollment - LibGuides at Miami Dade College Learning Resources

Course Description of TPP1120

The student will develop the skills of improvisation for use in role development and for performance.

Eligibility Requirements for MDC Dual Enrollment
This link provides information about academic requirements that must be met to participate in the dual enrollment program.

Improv Online Resources

Performing Arts Databases

Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre+ is the world's leading educational platform for English and the Performing Arts, providing access to over 1000+ full-length productions (musicals, plays, operas) and educational resources.

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Films on Demand (Infobase Publishing) This link opens in a new window
Streaming video from large and small production companies covering a wide range of subjects to enhance college courses. These videos include public performance rights that allow them to be used in the educational setting.

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Medici.tv This link opens in a new window
Medici.tv is an online platform for streaming classical music videos. The Medici.tv catalog provides approximately 1600 films as well as hundreds of events which are broadcast live each year. This database also hosts a rare and exclusive selection of concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries and master classes.

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National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
National Theatre Collection: Volumes I & II bring the stage to life through access to high-definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies. Through a collaboration with the U.K.’s National Theatre, the collections offer a range of digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Humanities Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
(H.W. Wilson) - Over 500 English-language periodicals covering literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion, and theology. Many articles in full text.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
(JSTOR) - Access back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.

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E-Books on Improvisation

The Philosophy of Improvisation by Gary Peters
ISBN: 9780226662800
Publication Date: 2009-08-01
The Philosophy of Improvisation ranges across the arts-from music to theater, dance to comedy-and considers the improvised dimension of philosophy itself in order to elaborate an innovative concept of improvisation.
Improv for Actors by Dan Diggles
ISBN: 9781581153255
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
In this step-by-step guide, an actor and improvisational teacher brings his tested methods to the page to show how actors can take risks and gain spontaneity in all genres of scripted theater. Through 28 lessons--each of which includes warm-ups, points of concentration, and improvisation exercises--Improv for Actors provides insights into thinking and reacting with fluidity, exploring a character's social status, using the voice and body as effective tools of storytelling, and more.
How to Improvise a Full-Length Play by Kenn Adams
ISBN: 9781581154931
Publication Date: 2007-10-16
Forget the script and get on the stage! In How to Improvise a Full-Length Play, actors, playwrights, directors, theater-group leaders, and teachers will find everything they need to know to create comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and farce, with no scripts, no scenarios, and no preconceived characters. Author Kenn Adams presents a step-by-step method for long-form improvisation, covering plot structure, storytelling, character development, symbolism, and advanced scene work.
Improvising Cinema by Gilles Mouëllic
ISBN: 9789089645159
Publication Date: 2014-12-15
This spirited volume explores the history and diversity of improvisation in the cinema, including works by Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, and Nobuhiro Suwa. Gilles Mouëllic examines improvisational practices that can be specifically attributed to the cinema and argues in favors of their powers as instigators of unprecedented forms of expression.