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Fab Fashion Photography Books

Looking for inspiration? The LRC has some beautiful fashion photography books available at 779.2.  Including contemporary names such as Tim Walker, Nick Knight and LaChappelle to the iconic Avedon and Demarchelier, there’s something to suit all tastes.  They’re on display now so come and feast your eyes!

New books in the LRC

Lots of new books have arrived this summer, and there’s more to come. So at least if there’s no sunshine outside there’s plenty of interesting stuff to read in the LRC! The use of technology in marketing is a growing field for publishers and we have a number of new titles on the subject. Including Twitter power by Anthony Robbins, YouTube for business by Michael Miller and The Branding of MTV: will internet kill the video star? by Paul Temporal. The role of technology in innovation and globalisation is also considered in Fenn & Raskino’s Mastering the Hype cycle, and Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is flat. Friedman’s book has recently won the FT/Goldman Sachs business book of the year award. If you’re interested in psychology The Decisive moment: how the brain makes up its mind by Jonah Lehrer, and Think again: why good leaders make bad decisions by Finkelstein, Whitehead & Campbell, should be illuminating.

A number of new dance books have also arrived. These include Essential guide to dance (3^rd ed.) by Linda Ashley, Dance composition: an interrelated arts approach by Janice Pomer and Further steps 2 by Constance Kreemer. Two excellent new collections of dance essays are also available; Dance, human rights, and social justice, edited by Jackson & Shapiro-Phim, and the wonderfully titled Ballroom, boogie, shimmy sham, shake: A social and popular dance reader edited by Julie Manning. This includes a large section on ‘the contemporary scene’. There’s not currently much published on contemporary popular and hip-hop dance so this should prove useful.

Finally, if you need a bit of inspiration to keep working hard take a look at Talent is overrated: what really separates world-class performers from everybody else by Geoff Colvin. In a similar vein to Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers Colvin reveals that ‘Greatness doesn’t come from DNA but from practice and perseverance’  - maybe it’s time to start studying for the new term?!

Careers Information in the LRC

Need some guidance or inspiration to plan your career after LIPA, or simply looking for an exciting way to spend the summer and still earn money? Then visit the Careers Information area in the LRC, it’s on the upper floor just before the IT area. Here you will find a selection of guides on:

• Creating CV’s
• Career planning
• Preparing for auditions and interviews
• Delivering presentations

along with many items on further training, higher education and job hunting. 

For quick access to relevant career websites for the performing arts visit our careers information section on Moodle

We have recently added some new stock to the collection, look out for A Singer’s guide to getting work this has lots of practical advice on marketing yourself and dealing with agents and managers. The Musicians’s guide to brides shows how to make money or maybe develop a full time business playing at weddings.

For those entrepreneurs among you who are thinking of starting their own company Start your own business 2009 will guide you through all the research, planning and promotion involved in getting a business off the ground.

The Creative careers series in TV, Film and Radio give good job hunting tips on how to get started in the industry and how to network.

Summer jobs worldwide 2009 will help you make the most of your summer. You can grape pick in France, DJ in Italy, Summer camp in the USA or do some film or TV extra work - earn money, get a tan and develop some skills for your CV.

Remember keep informed and plan ahead don’t be that guy who can’t turn up for reunions because he hasn’t done anything with his life!

Inspirational New Costume & Design Books

New in - a range of inspirational costume and design books.

A selection of titles are currently on display in the LRC, or for a full list try a subject keyword search for costume or interior design on the LRC ipac www.lipa.ac.uk/ipac

New stock Large & Loose in the LRC

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More new stock in the LRC!

We’ve recently purchased a range of pop scores with female vocalists in mind. Titles include; Rockferry by Duffy, Back to black by Amy Winehouse, 19 by Adele and Smile…it confuses people by LIPA Alumni Sandi Thom.  Also just arrived is the New woman collection, a compilation score including tunes from Britney, Blondie, Pink & Kylie. Remember you can search compilation CDs and scores for specific song titles using the IPAC’s title keyword search.

Also just in is the CD Manifesto by LIPA’s 27 piece Large & Loose led by Steve Berry. The music includes a mix of original compositions and some arrangements by Steve, along with band members Jessica McFarland, Paul Burton, Daniel Houghton & Sean Davey. Other new CD arrivals include Dig out your own soul by Oasis, And then boom by Iglu & Hartly and Will Young’s Let it go. If rap & hip hop are more your thing we have the classic Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) as well as the first release by all female group Yo Majesty and the new album 140 Grime Street by British rapper Kano.

In response to the last LRC student survey we’ve invested in some new titles looking at cultural policy, such as Cultural Planning: and urban renaissance by Graeme Evans, and The Social impact of the arts by Eleonora Belfiore. Also available is the new 4^th edition of Music- the business by top music industry lawyer and LIPA Companion Ann Harrison. We’re also continuing to add to our collection of 21^st century drama, new play titles include Neil LaBute’s Fat pig, The Pitmen by Lee Hall and Her naked skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Remember, this is just a selection of our new stock, you can see more here, or keep checking the displays and the IPAC. If you’d like to suggest an item for stock, just get in touch, in person, by phone/email, fill in the suggestion book – or add a comment to this blog – we’ll be happy to hear from you!

Best wishes, LRC

Metallica to Marguerite – new stuff for everyone at the LRC

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Here at the LRC we’ve been buying lots of new stock to start the year. A selection of books on dance includes Dancing lives: 5 female dancers, The Dancer within, African American dance, Decentring dancing texts and Dying swans & madmen, ballet, the body & narrative cinema, and wave your jazz hands for The Fosse Style by Debra McWaters. Featuring hundreds of photos, one of Fosse’s great dancers, Ben Vereen, describes it as ‘an example and expression of the intricate moves of the Fosse technique.’ We’ve also updated our collection of law books, so there are new titles on contract and intellectual property law, as well as The Recording industry by G.P. Hull and Managing media companies by Aris & Bughin. One of our favourite new books has to be Performing architecture: opera houses, theatres & concert halls for the 21^st century by Michael Hammond, an inspirational photographic book exploring 50 of the world’s finest live performance venues.

 In the CD collection we’ve recently received Mercury Music Prize winner The Seldom seen kid by Elbow, along with new releases from Ladyhawke, Kings of Leon, Metallica and Sarah Bareilles. We’ve also got The Early learnings of Eugene Mcguinness, the acclaimed first album from the LIPA music graduate. His 2nd album is due for release mid-October so look out for that one too.  For musical lovers we’ve got the CD and score of Legrand’s Maguerite, and this year’s Tony Award winner for best musical In the Heights. 

Over the summer we received Jakob Dylan’s 1st solo album Seeing things. If you’re a fan of his Dad you might also like to watch I’m not there the Bob Dylan biopic, written/directed by Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger & Christian Bale as some of the six characters representing different parts of Dylan’s career. Other new DVDs for you to feast your eyes on include: Inky fingers, a documentary on the role of the NME in the UK music industry, The Boss of it all, a new comedy from Lars Von Trier, the recording of last term’s LIPA performance of The Boys in the photograph. And finally, some essential viewing for all LIPA students - This is Spinal Tap. 

We’ve also got some new additions to the scores collection which will hopefully keep musical theatre fans happy - The Singer’s musical theatre anthology vol 5, Spring awakening (Tony best musical 2007), and popular Disney musical Newsies. Remember, this is just a selection of our new stock, you can see more here, or keep checking the displays and the IPAC.

Best wishes, LRC

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50 New EBooks!

The LRC has invested in a collection of 50 new Ebooks. With a range of titles including; Performing Chekov,  Celebrity/Culture,  Merce Cunningham: the modernizing of modern dance,  Brands: meaning and value in media culture, there’s something for all programmes.

The Ebooks are accessed through the LRC IPAC, you’ll need to enter your usual LIPA login details.
If you have any questions or would like a quick demonstration, just ask at the LRC. Staff will be happy to help you! 

Here’s a full list of our 50 new Ebooks.

New Stuff in the LRC!

New Books in the LRC

New CDs in the LRC

 New DVDs in the LRC

New Scores in the LRC

New Stuff in the LRC!

New Books in the LRC

New CDs in the LRC

New DVDs in the LRC

New Scores in the LRC