Journal & Book Publications
A collection of publications by LASALLE staff, published during their service in the College, is accessible through the Ngee Ann Kongsi Library at the McNally campus.
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The Lion and the Breath: Combining Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework Techniques Towards a New Cross- Cultural Methodology for Actor Training
Elizabeth de Roza
Budi Miller
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This research looks at the effects of Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework techniques as a training methodology for the contemporary actor, redefining the fundamental principles that already exist within the two forms and placing its emphasis on the articulation of the imagination through their combination....
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Roza, Elizabeth de and Budi Miller. "The Lion and the Breath: Combining Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework Techniques Towards a New Cross- Cultural Methodology for Actor Training." Journal of Embodied Research, vol. 1, no. 1, 2018, doi:10.16995/jer.6.
Learning through Disruptive Interactions
Circe Henestrosa (Co-Author)
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Fashion education has evolved to meet the changing needs of the industry and train creative individuals to become effective storytellers, image-makers, curators and producers. The role of fashion is becoming an increasingly important medium to communicate unique narratives, develop ways of portraying, reimagine museum and retail spaces, and explore innovative ideas, processes and business solutions....
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Henestrosa, Circe, and Harah Chon. ''Learning through Disruptive Interactions.'' Proceedings of REDO Cumulus, Design School Kolding 06/2017, edited by Anne Louise Bang, et al., Cumulus, 2017, pp. 481-488, ISBN / ISSN: 978-87-93416-15-4.
Cybernetic-Existentialism in Interactive Performance: Strangers, Being-for- Others and Autopoiesis
Prof Steve Dixon
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A theory of Cybernetic-Existentialism is proposed and developed in relation to interactive performances that draw upon or encapsulate primary themes from the distinct but interrelated disciplines of cybernetics and Existentialist philosophy. Ideas from both fields are identified as converging in classic works across the history of interactive performance including by Kaprow, Beuys, Klüver, Abramović, and Galloway and Rabinowitz....
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Dixon, Steve. "Cybernetic-Existentialism in Interactive Performance: Strangers, Being-for- Others and Autopoiesis." International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, vol. 13, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-76, doi: 10.1080/14794713.2017.1301173.
Forwarding arts therapy in South East Asia
Ronald Lay
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Over the past ten years, the profession of arts therapy has come a long way in South East Asia. As the first and truly only international professional association in the Asia-Pacific region, the Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association (ANZATA) is now firmly positioned as a professional community which contributes effectively towards the development of the arts therapies....
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Joanne Kelly, Amanda Levey and Ronald Lay. “Forwarding arts therapy in South East Asia.” Creative Arts in Education and Therapy: Eastern & Western Perspectives, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 14-25.
Adapting for ‘The Kite Runner’: A fidelity project to reimagine an Afghan aura
Dr Edmund Chow
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This chapter analyses a theatre performance of The Kite Runner performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2014. Borrowing Walter Benjamin’s concept of ‘aura’ interpreted as a way of ‘getting closer to things’, I propose that Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel establishes a ‘genuineness’ to an Afghan culture....
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Chow, Edmund. “Adapting for ‘The Kite Runner’: A fidelity project to reimagine an Afghan aura.” Contemporary Approaches to Adaptation in Theatre, edited by Kara Reilly, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, pp. 161-74.
Singapore – London, Intersubjective discoveries: An intercultural experience between two art therapy training programmes using an art-based approach
Ronald Lay
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This paper examines the reflection on artwork created by four educators, of two postgraduate art psychotherapy training programmes from two distinct cultural and geographic parts of the world, the UK and Singapore, during an overseas student trip. This trip was part of a partnership activity between institutions to develop an intercultural experience between staff and students of both places....
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Lay, Ronald, et al. “Singapore – London, Intersubjective Discoveries: An Intercultural Experience Between Two Art Therapy Training Programmes Using An Art-Based Approach.” ATOL: Art Therapy OnLine, vol. 8, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1–19, doi: 10.25602/gold.atol.v8i1.433.
Scraping Off the Velvet
Dr Darryl Whetter
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A 5000-word excerpt of a novel-in-progress devoted to global climate change and its concentration in Canada's contentious Alberta tar sands.
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Whetter, Darryl. "Scraping Off the Velvet." The Fiddlehead, no. 270, 2017, pp. 72-82.
How Visual and Kinaesthetic Imagery Shape Movement Improvisation: A Pilot Study
Susan Sentler (co-author)
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Western contemporary dance has long benefited from mental imagery practice for enhancing choreography, somatic embodiment and performance. Although science supports many psychophysical benefits of mental imagery practice, less is known about its effects on dance creation. Here, two dance educators report the results of a pilot study using two contrasting imagery modes in teaching improvisation. Four conservatory dance students engaged in two weeks of improvisation....
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Batson, Glenna and Susan Sentler. "How Visual and Kinaesthetic Imagery Shape Movement Improvisation: A Pilot Study." Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, vol. 9, no. 2, 2017, pp. 195-212.