Performing Arts

Whimsical illustrations and colorful pages celebrate movement, ballet, and the alphabet. Spark your child's imagination with the ABCs of Classical Ballet, a new title from the Crafterina Book Series.Author: Vanessa SalgadoPublisher: CrafterinaPublished: 10/05/2014Pages: 36Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.10dISBN: 9780988665293This title...

En El Poder de la Actuaci n, nominado bestseller por el peri dico Los Angeles Times best seller, la eminente maestra y entrenadora de actores da a conocer la novedosa t cnica que ha lanzado al estrellato a muchas de las figuras m s...

Do you use your voice for work?Do you want to become a better voiceover actor, singer, or public speaker?This book, written by well-known and respected voice talent Rodney Saulsberry, contains fun and challenging tongue twisters and vocal warm-ups that prepareyou to read commercial, promo,...

At its best, film can transport you to what C.S. Lewis called a "thin place," where the line between harsh reality and the transcendent is so subtly blurred that for a moment, you find it difficult to tell the difference. Film, in the final...

Acting from the Ultimate Consciousness is Eric Morris's fourth popular book on the art of acting. His previous works have established him among the foremost innovators in the world of drama. His system, based on the Stanislavsky method but going far beyond it, begins...

DeepRedmagazine returns with an ALL NEW issue from the priginal sstaff "Well, DEEP RED is ALIVE Ready to take on all comers. We'll continue to change, experiment, and refine our format. We want to be consistently challenging, fresh, exciting and unpredictable. We want to...

The growing popularity of Readers Theatre proves you don't need scenery or costumes to create a stirring dramatic performance. This collection of scripts by a nationally-known authority on the subject will add a new theatrical look to your drama program. Their ease of performance...

Somewhere in this book is one or several perfect monologs or dialogs for any audition. Included are short cuttings from some of the very best scenes in theatre yesterday and today. All selections are by leading international playwrights including Pinter, Goldsmith, Ionesco, Mamet and...

Did you ever wonder why so much fantastic music started coming out of Britain in the 60s? Pirates did it. That's right, Pirates. The story of how they did it seems unbelievable, but it really happened, and it completely altered the course of rock...

In this fourth chapter book starring Rafi and Rosi, the curious, fun-loving tree frog siblings explore the bomba, plena, and salsa music traditions of their home island, Puerto Rico.In this new book in the popular Dive Into Reading: Rafi and Rosi chapter book series,...

Christine Houston wrote Two Twenty Seven, a play about her childhood growing up at 227 E. 48th Street, located in what is now known as Bronzeville. She went on to win the ANTA West, the Lorraine Hansberry and the Norman Lear Playwriting contests. The...

This wonderful tale is about Willie-a boy who taps, drums or thumps to express the music he feels inside. Willie dreams of playing the African instruments of his ancestors that his Grandpa describes: guedras, ecasas, atumpan and dundun drums. Readers will be captivated by...

In John Wayne: My Father, Aissa Wayne delves into her father's childhood, his film career, and his life off the screen. The result is an affecting portrait that offers a new perspective on one of America's most enduring hero's humanity.Author: Aissa WaynePublisher: Taylor Trade...

Originally published in 1968, Jerzy Grotowski's groundbreaking book is available once again. As a record of Grotowski's theatrical experiments, this book is an invaluable resource to students and theater practioners alike.Author: Jerzy GrotowskiPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 03/01/2002Pages: 264Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70dISBN:...

From 21A, the one-man show that launched a career and a whole new perspective on riding the bus, to a sneak peek at the new Minnesota Public Radio-sponsored Gulliver Unraveled, On Stage with Kevin Kling gives readers a behind-the-curtain view of one of Minnesota's...

This is the story of three passionate choreographers and their colleagues who created European modern dance in the 20th century despite the storms of war and oppression. the careers of his two most gifted and influential students, Mary Wigman and Kurt Jooss. Leeder, Gret...

The Color of Theater presents a range of essays, interviews and performance texts that illustrate and examine the process, evolution and dynamics of making theater in the dawning moments of the 21st century. It brings together writings by artists, intellectuals and art activists exploring...

Grace's name may be a bit of a misnomer, for graceful she is not. She wants to be a ballerina, but dancing is not her forte. Give it up, Grace, the other girls tell her. Saddened, Grace turns to drawing--and when she does, she...

Harry Houdini astounded audiences around the globe with his death-defying acts and illusions. With his wife, Bess, often by his side, he freed himself from ropes, handcuffs, straitjackets, and prison cells. Once he even made a ten-thousand-pound elephant vanish into thin air Yet Harry's...

In Returning the Gaze Anna Everett revises American film history by recuperating the extensive and all-but-forgotten participation of black film critics during the early twentieth century. While much of the existing scholarship on blacks and the cinema focuses on image studies and stereotypical representations,...