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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">ON BEHALF OF DANIEL MROZ, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">My new book, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=en-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The Dancing Word: </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">An Embodied Approach to the Preparation of Performers and the Composition of Performances has just been published by Rodopi Press, Amsterdam in the series Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, edited by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe, Ph.D</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Garamond><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The Dancing Word is a groundbreaking work that attempts nothing less than systematizing an intercultural theatre practice that fuses East and West. The product of more than fifteen years of embodied research by the author, the volume offers a blueprint for both training and collective performance creation that integrates the best of western laboratory theatre with Mroz’s extensive experience and understanding of the practice and ontological underpinnings of Chinese martial (Wushu) and healing/self care (Qigong) arts. This is a volume for theatre practitioners, students, scholars, and those interested in exploring transcultural methodologies.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Garamond><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The only other book offering anything like The Dancing Word’s exploration of intercultural theatre practice is the landmark Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology by Eugenio Barba and Nicolas Savarese.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face=Garamond><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Ian Watson, Professor of Theatre, Rutgers University, author of</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><I>Negotiating Cultures: Eugenio Barba and the intercultural debate</I></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The Dancing Word is a landmark work that reveals the deep connections between performance, qigong, and martial arts. The details on performance preparation and composition clearly apply to all three disciplines. The essential tools are the same: rhythm, breathing, space, balance, and clarity of intent. As the author reminds us, the boxer, like the actor, is concerned with embodied images; he or she trains their introduction, recapitulation, and synthesis. Yet Professor Mroz takes us beyond images to that formless realm which is the source of all creative work. Clearly written, meticulously researched, and grounded in personal experience, I highly recommend this book!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Kenneth Cohen, author of </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><I>The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Practitioner and scholar Daniel Mroz presents the most comprehensive and competent examination of martial movement training for the theatre currently available. Cogent and clear, this is a vital work for theatre practitioners and scholars interested in the expressive potential revealed by the martial arts.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Allen Pittman, 4th generation lineage holder of Gao Baguazhang, author of </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><I>Walking the I Ching</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=justify><FONT face=Garamond><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><B><I>The Dancing Word</I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><B> - Table of Contents</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Dedication</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Acknowledgments</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Table of Contents</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">List of Figures</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Preface - Master Chen Zhonghua, M.Ed.</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Forward - Professor Lisa Wolford Wylam, Ph.D.</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Introduction</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Chapter 1 - Beginnings in Embodied Learning</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Chapter 2 - Chinese Martial Arts</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Chapter 3 - Principles of Performer Preparation</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
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<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Chapter 5 - Practice of Preparation and Composition</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
<LI style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 60px; WIDTH: 569px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Chapter 6 - Performance Pedagogy in Practice</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></LI>
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<DIV><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Rodopi is presently offering the book at a 30% discount until June 15th, 2011. More information at</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><U> </U></SPAN></FONT><A href="https://mail.uottawa.ca/OWA/redir.aspx?C=0de53dc1b877474b8b349d1f3d3bee27&URL=mailto:info@rodopi.nl" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">info@rodopi.nl</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><U> <</U></SPAN></FONT><A href="https://mail.uottawa.ca/OWA/redir.aspx?C=0de53dc1b877474b8b349d1f3d3bee27&URL=mailto:info@rodopi.nl" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">mailto:info@rodopi.nl</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><U>></U></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=en-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, NY 2011. 219</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=fr style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"> pp. (Consciousness, Literature and the Arts 30)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=en-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">ISBN: 978-90-420-3330-6 Paper </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=en-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">ISBN: 978-94-012-0026-4 E-Book </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=en-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Online info: </SPAN></FONT><A href="https://mail.uottawa.ca/OWA/redir.aspx?C=0de53dc1b877474b8b349d1f3d3bee27&URL=http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId%3dCLA%2b30" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=en-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=CLA+30</SPAN></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond><FONT face=Arial>Please don't hesitate to get in touch for more information. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Daniel Mroz, Ph.D.</DIV>
<DIV>Associate Professor</DIV>
<DIV>Department of Theatre</DIV>
<DIV>University of Ottawa</DIV>
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