Auditions: to be or not to be...

[Workshop, film (available on request), radio 4 broadcast and documentation - research findings regarding the importance of the audition for both institution and applica] Auditions: To be or not to be… Food for thought! Phenomenological research regarding the problems associated with the audition process and issues that need to be considered indicates an emphasis on ‘product’ and ‘powerful knowledge’ [Young, 2012: 3] within the English/Drama curriculum, especially at the beginning of the 21st century. It is suggested from current research that the emphasis on ‘product’ has seriously impacted upon the work of the potential actor. It is noted that many prospective students when attending auditions for drama and acting courses are unable to identify the essential skills required of an actor due to a lack of understanding regarding the nature of ‘play’ and all that it involves. In general within the audition there is a requirement to understand (i) the world of the imaginary; (ii) the ability to ‘unpack’ words to investigate their full meaning and therefore understand sub textual meanings; (iii) the symbolic signal; (iv) the world as it is; (v) historical and contemporary events; (vi) social conditions; (vii) and possess the ability to control and use sensory and emotional responses; (viii) the body as an expressive and responsive tool; (ix) the wealth of emotions to be experienced to encourage inner thoughts and fears, where appropriate; (x) the importance of the spoken word and the ability to express meaning; (xi) the ability to respond to suggestions and act upon advice in a positive manner; (xii) rehearsal techniques to explore the ideas being expressed; plus (xiii) your own thoughts and recognise the value of our own work. All of the above are essential aspects of ‘play’ within drama in education and current research and data suggests that those wishing to study and work within the acting curriculum are hampered by the impact and power of ‘product’. These observations are as a result of working within a situation where the audience is of no consequence and the understanding of the audition situation is paramount. It is quite clear that those who succeed are those who are being educated in enlightened institutions and academies where ‘…the aims of education go wider than acquiring academic concepts and the knowledge that comes with them’ [White, 2012: 2]. With a continued growing concern regarding the status of the 'arts' within the secondary curriculum it has become necessary to identify exactly what a performance department is to expect at audition. It is my intention that this study will be published by Macmillan in the near future

Seminar: Unlock the imaginary world of song within the reality of the performance space

Subject of the seminar was a practical session to an audience of performance students and teachers. Content: singer/audience relationship (philosophy, theory and practice) - are we intrigued, curious, moved? The singer has to act the song. Text drives the emotional journey. Emotion drives the actual performance. P = P – [I] Performance = Potential – interference

Bird heart

PodcastKatie Schmid is The Missouri Review's 2011 Audio Contest runner-up in the poetry category

The Canadian Bioproducts Industry Analysis of the Bioproduct Development Survey - 2004

Bioproducts are often presented as one of the potential saviours of Canadian agriculture, offering non-food applications for agricultural products. However, relatively little is known about the sector or the characteristics of the firms. This paper presents an analysis of the Canadian bioproducts sector based on the first survey of bioproduct firms in Canada. The survey was performed by Statistics Canada in 2004 using 2003 firm results. The paper analyzes the responses to the bioproducts survey on two important dimensions, by region and firm size. The results indicate that for most of Canada's 232 bioproducts firms, bioproducts are just one part of the business activities, accounting for less than one third of employees and slightly more than one quarter of total firm revenue. Bioproduct activities provide both market and environmental benefits. The major challenges to the industry are financing and regulation. However, the relative importance of bioproducts, benefits and strategies and the focus and success of firms vary dramatically by region and by firm size.Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Musical theatre: a workbook

This unique workbook is your companion to musical theatre training, guiding you through the entire process of preparing material for performance. Blending practical advice with essential historical and theoretical information, this book will help you develop the key skills needed to move easily between acting, singing and dancing. It includes: • vocal and physical exercises • tasks to help approach scripts and vocal scores • a summary of the origins, development and multiple forms of Musical Theatre • research activities and questions • a glossary of key terms Lively and accessible, Musical Theatre: A Workbook will be invaluable throughout your course or career in this ever-growing field of performanc

An Analysis of Financing Innovation and Commercialization in Canada's Functional Food and Nutraceutical Sector

Growing consumer interest in functional foods and nutraceuticals has been seen as a significant business opportunity for the agri-food sector. Many of the new firms in this sector are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). These SMEs often face difficulties in obtaining financing for their functional food and nutraceutical innovation activities. We develop and implement two models to show what factors affect a firm's decision to seek external financing and the level of financing obtained. Firm size, being privately held and engaging in contractual arrangements, have negative impacts on the likelihood of a firm seeking external funding, while firms which are intensively involved in the functional food and nutraceutical sector, with greater prospects for business expansion and/or are involved in partnerships are more likely to seek external financing. Larger firms and those involved in functional food and nutraceutical research and development receive a greater amount of capital when they decided to raise capital. However, firms focused on functional foods and nutraceuticals, as opposed to more diversified firms, and those involved in product development and concept scale-up receive less capital. Our findings highlight the importance of public support in addressing the capital requirements of functional food and nutraceutical firms and underscore the considerable burden in this respect borne by smaller sized firms.Agribusiness,

Towards and FVE-FAC Method for Determining Thermocapillary Effects on Weld Pool Shape

SEE ParentDocumentRecord|Ntt=19970006857 "Seventh Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods"; p. 147-166; Part 1; NASA-CP-3339Several practical materials processes, e.g., welding, float-zone purification, and Czochralski crystal growth, involve a pool of molten metal with a free surface, with strong temperature gradients along the surface. In some cases, the resulting thermocapillary flow is vigorous enough to convect heat toward the edges of the pool, increasing the driving force in a sort of positive feedback. In this work we examine this mechanism and its effect on the solid-liquid interface through a model problem: a half space of pure substance with concentrated axisymmetric surface heating, where surface tension is strong enough to keep the liquid free surface flat. The numerical method proposed for this problem utilizes a finite volume element (FVE) discretization in cylindrical coordinates. Because of the axisymmetric nature of the model problem, the control volumes used are torroidal prisms, formed by taking a polygonal cross-section in the (r, z) plane and sweeping it completely around the z-axis. Conservation of energy (in the solid), and conservation of energy, momentum, and mass (in the liquid) are enforced globally by integrating these quantities and enforcing conservation over each control volume. Judicious application of the Divergence Theorem and Stokes' Theorem, combined with a Crank-Nicolson time-stepping scheme leads to an implicit algebraic system to be solved at each time step. It is known that near the boundary of the pool, that is, near the solid-liquid interface, the full conduction-convection solution will require extremely fine length scales to resolve the physical behavior of the system. Furthermore, this boundary moves as a function of time. Accordingly, we develop the foundation of an adaptive refinement scheme based on the principles of Fast Adaptive Composite Grid methods (FAC). Implementation of the method and numerical results will appear in a later report.N00014-92-WR-24009Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited