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- Clements, Lucie, et al.
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Inspired or Inhibited? : Choreographers’ Views on How Classical Ballet Training Shaped Their Creativity
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Ingår i: Journal of Dance Education. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1529-0824 .- 2158-074X. ; 22:1, s. 1-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Classical ballet training has been criticized for prioritizing technical excellence over creativity,despite 21st century dancers needing to be strong in both aspects. The aim of this study was toinvestigate professional choreographers’ views on (a) how ballet training inspired vs. inhibitedtheir creativity and (b) potential gender differences in this regard. Eight choreographers (50%female) participated in semi-structured interviews, with transcripts analyzed using thematicanalysis. The key theme was created from accounts of how ballet training impacted on interviewees’Intrinsic motivation to create, fed into by experiences of Autonomy, Variety andOpportunities. Experiences of significant autonomy thwarting were considered to have inhibitedcreativity; this was one of several areas of gender difference, and a reason for participants topursue choreography rather than stay employed as dancers. In following the emergentRecommendations for schools, it is possible that Intrinsic motivation to create could be betternurtured in ballet training.
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- Woldu, Zerihun, et al.
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The shrubland vegetation in western Shewa, Ethiopia and its possible recovery
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Ingår i: Journal of Vegetation Science. - : Wiley. - 1100-9233 .- 1654-1103. ; 2:2, s. 173-180
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Shrubland vegetation and environmental data in western Shewa, Ethiopia have been analysed. Vegetation data include cover-abundance values of vascular plant species; en- vironmental data comprise physical and chemical properties of the soil, altitude, slope, grazing and browsing pressure.The vegetation data were subjected to hierarchical and non-hierarchical classification and ordination with correspondence analysis. The classification resulted in seven different vegetation types, ranging from grassland with scattered shrubs to degen- erated forest. Ordination of the data and biplot analysis showed that the vegetation is influenced by anthropogenic factors and altitudinal variation. Sand content is related to a low level of anthropogenic influence whereas silt content is related to a high level. This is explained by historical events rather than by the present situation. Total nitrogen, organic carbon, altitude and slope are positively correlated and these variables are negatively related to anthropogenic influences.The shrubland vegetation may have expanded from lower altitudes and drier sites as forests gradually disappeared.The recovery of an economically more rewarding vegetation type may be achieved through providing alternative sources of fuel and construction and through prohibiting cultivation and grazing in the shrublands on the hillsides. Regeneration can be accelerated by actively introducing seedlings of tree species that do not need a heavy canopy cover for establishment and growth.
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- Jeffery, Lucy
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‘An Old Hullo Out of the Dark’ : Radio Echoes between Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter
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Ingår i: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0143-9685 .- 1465-3451. ; 40:3, s. 516-532
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Radio provided Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter with new ways of experimenting with voice, silence, and absence. As they maximised radio’s potential to explore the ephemerality of language and non-linear narratives, the works they created were concerned with the medium itself. On radio, Beckett’s silences and Pinter’s pauses create a heightened sense of uncertainty and ambiguity. Their medium-conscious works also provided them with a platform through which they could experiment with their shared frustration with the inaccuracies of language. The article explores Pinter’s interest in Beckett’s work by drawing on Pinter’s letters to Richard Seaver, Patrick Magee, and Mick Goldstein from the Harold Pinter Archive. It then shows how Pinter’s own work is intermedial in its experimentation with new technologies such as radio. By pointing to examples within Pinter’s Landscape (1968) that speak to moments in Beckett’s Embers (1959), the parallels between these writers in their use of radio are identified. Finally, the article suggests that Pinter’s work is not merely derivative of Beckett’s but demonstrates how the radio drama of both writers is underwritten by an intermedial creative process.
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