Performing Arts

The second sensational book in the Valentines series - a hilarious and heart-aching story about the impossible standards for being a girl. Be yourself but, you know, someone else . . . Enthusiastic but not desperate; calm but not dull; funny but not try-hard;...

Throughout nine incredible seasons, The Office gave viewers hundreds of episodes of hilarity, but also insight, warmth and friendship. Between (and sometimes during) the baffling speeches of Michael Scott or the rants of Dwight Schrute, and the other cast of incredible characters, observant viewers...

Celebrate the holidays with Goku, Vegeta, and Buu in this official countdown calendar, filled with 12 days of exclusive gifts inspired by the iconic anime Dragon Ball Z! Get ready to fight alongside the Z-Fighters and ring in Christmas with Goku, Gohan, and other...

What's this? An all-new, Christmas Town-themed advent calendar filled with entertaining keepsakes based on Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! Countdown to Christmas, Skellington-style, with this fiendishly fun countdown calendar based on Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The keepsake calendar opens...

Learn how to read a script, find its core, determine your vision, communicate with writers, actors, designers, cinematographers, editors, composers, and all the members of your creative team in order to insure that your vision reaches the screen.Author: Mark W. Travis, Travis MarkwPublisher: Michael...

A multivoiced dance history book, authored by twelve diverse choreographersIn an effort to deepen our understanding of what dance is and how it has functioned throughout human history, this prismatic book project is dedicated to an artist-centric perception of dance history. This book interrogates...

The "shocking" (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin's years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman. Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells...

There was no one like her. A self-taught performer who redefined screen comedy, Mabel Normand rose from a humble background to become one of the most popular and wealthy entertainers on earth. Here was a woman who did her own stunts, directed, and mentored...

El campamento de baile al que asiste Camila está organizando un concurso. Ella y sus compañeras se esfuerzan mucho con la esperanza de triunfar. Ya dominan los pasos, las vueltas y las piruetas! Pero cuando Camila sufre una caída, se dobla el tobillo y...

Bioethics at the Movies explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics in...

Introduction to playing baroque string music from the 16th to 18th centuries. Required reading for students, professionals and amateurs. Based on historical sources, covers all topics such as articulation, bow-hold, vibrato, style, dance, fingering choice, bow strokes, tempo, tuning, harmonyAuthor: Judy TarlingPublisher: Punnett PressPublished:...

The best-selling Disney Alice in Wonderland Tarot Deck and Guidebook--now made tiny! Collectors will delight in holding these perfectly scaled down decks in their hands. Let Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts guide your tarot practice with this beautifully illustrated tiny...

Sing and dream along with Princess Cinderella in this beautiful Little Golden Book featuring the lyrics to "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes"! Princess Cinderella has big dreams in her heart, and she's determined to make them come true! This beautifully illustrated...

Each chapter of this book presents a single day of the twenty-day training which Ruth Zaporah developed into Action Theater, her investigation into the life-reflecting process of improvisation. This book shows through exercises, stories, anecdotes, and metaphors how to focus attention on the body's...

Stella Adler towers high among the memorable acting teachers in American theatre. Her methods of training, her principles of acting and character interpretation, and her analyses of the seminal plays of the modern theatre comprise a legacy for everyone who followed her. Acting with...

A choreographed tour through urban landscapes interrogates the ways in which human bodies clash with built environmentsComplementing his multicity project Bodies in Urban Spaces, Urban Drifting documents Austrian artist Willi Dorner's (born 1959) dance-oriented guides through urban environments. Described as "a moving trail for...

This seminal text, now in its thirteenth edition, provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the operations underlying video production.Author: James C. Foust, Edward J. Fink, Phil BeskidPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 04/29/2024Pages: 360Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.86lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.78dISBN: 9781032511030About the AuthorJames C. Foust...

Throw Your Voice is a story of loss and recovery. It relates how children placed in a temporary care institution make sense of their situations. Moving between a Kazakhstan government children's home, Hope House, and the Almaty State Puppet Theater, Meghanne Barker shows how...

Stephen Dolginoff's Off-Broadway musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story was called "breathtaking" by The New York Times. It was honored with both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Musical. It then went on to have over two hundred...

Since public audiences were first introduced to the medium of film in 1895, the Catholic Church has sought to impose its will on the distribution and exhibition of movies. These activities include the fortnightly publication of the Segnalazioni Cinematografiche, which passed Catholic moral judgment...