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  1. Here’s One I Prepared Earlier (2005)

    Subject
    Music; Psychology

    Georgina Ferry explores musical memory and how musicians remember the words, scores and stage directions for live performances. Musicians and researchers talk about how the brain performs this amazing feat....

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  2. Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus (2014)

    Director
    Madeleine Sackler
    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government

    Documentary about the Belarus Free Theatre, a radical troupe whose underground theatre performances features critical examinations of subjects banned by the government, including topics such as sexual...

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  3. Masters of Modern Dance (5 Parts)

    Subject
    Dance

    A series of five, 40-minute programmes produced as part of the PBS NewsHour’s arts coverage. Five of the world’s most renowned modern dance choreographers talk in depth about their passion for their...

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  4. Sounds from the Park (2014)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Audio (Download, 28 minutes)

    Radio show which explores the history and traditions of Britain’s last great open air oratory site, the Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London. Speakers, hecklers and spectators of diverse backgrounds,...

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  5. Way of the Morris (2011)

    Director
    Tim Plester
    Subject
    Dance; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £13.40

    Morris Dancing is a form of English folk dancing that dates back to the 15th Century, in which men in costumes adorned with bells would offer their version of the dance of the Moors, with scarves, sticks and...

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  6. Rameau Project, The (2010)

    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £130.00

    The results of a four-year development process by The Opera Project, THE RAMEAU PROJECT is a sprawling, multi-layered music theatre work for nine performers, featuring Kellaway’s "re-imaginings" of the...

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  7. How Fast Can Usain Bolt Run? (2011)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Sports science

    A lecture given by Professor John D. Barrow for the Gresham College ‘Maths in Sport’ series on 15 November 2011. How can Usain Bolt improve his world 100 metres sprint record significantly without...

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  8. Voices and Visions, Series (1988)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 60 minutes), Free online

    VOICES AND VISIONS is a series in which the lives and works of 13 renowned American poets are interpreted through dramatics readings, archival photographs, dance, performances and interviews. Illustrative...

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  9. International Women’s Day Concert 2018 (2018)

    aka: BBC Concert Orchestra and Jane Glover: International Women’s Day Concert

    Subject
    Music; Women’s studies

    A group of academics spent 12 months tracking down the lost music of five forgotten women composers, who range from an 18th-century Viennese child prodigy to an award-winning African-American symphonist. All...

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  10. Surviving Chau (2006)

    Director
    Mainak Bhaumik
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Development studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 50 minutes), $195.00

    This documentary maps the evolution of the ancient ethnic dance form of Chau - an athletic dance of India done by men in masks - from an anthropological and sociological perspective. In addition to following...

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