Performing Arts

This performative publication immerses readers in a world of social intimacyVenezuela-born, Denmark-based choreographer Sara Gebran (born 1964) uses the page as a public space where readers experience shared imaginaries. This book journeys through personal reflections, political rants, song lyrics, lists and more, capturing contemporary...

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art-not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert....

The 1980s: truly a unique decade. Often remembered for its eclectic mix of massive perms, shoulder pads, spandex, mullets, legwarmers and all kinds of glorious and questionable fashion trends, a multicoloured kaleidoscope of innovation and influence; but it wasn't just extreme fashion that made...

The 1960s was a decade of massive political and cultural change in Western Europe, as seismic shifts took place in in attitudes towards sexuality, gender, and motherhood in everyday life. Through case studies of British and French films, Pepsi and the Pill offers a...

A film that transcends time, Sally Potter's Orlando follows its titular character through nearly four hundred years of British history. Orlando starts life as a young man in the 1600s and then, mid-film, becomes a woman in the 1800s. Plot, production, and performance have...

A critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futures Through a close analysis of more than seventy popular documentaries and feature movies from around the world, produced in the twenty-first century, this book explores the theme of...

Soixante-dix ans d?émissions de télévision canadiennes pour enfantsLa production d?émissions télévisées pour enfants au Canada a commencé en 1952 avec Pépinot et Capucine, en français, et Let's See, en anglais. Des émissions autochtones ont suivi, comme Takuginai. Au fil des ans, des personnages bienaimés...

Ingmar Bergman's rich legacy as film director and writer of classics such as The Seventh Seal, Scenes From a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander has attracted scholars not only in film studies but also of literature, theater, gender, philosophy, religion, sociology, musicology, and more....

Angels in America was one of the most significant pieces of American theatre in the 20th Century. Much has been written on Tony Kushner's epic drama. However, the National Theatre of Great Britain's productions of the show are relatively under-discussed. Not only was the...

An autoethnographic approach to understanding the neurological process of embodied experiences. This book is a transdisciplinary approach to practice-as-research, complete with an elaborate theory of practice and a set of four multi-year performance research projects through which the theory plays out. Its methodology is...

Stage fright, performance nerves, performance anxiety: are you terrified of stepping into the spotlight? Do you shake, get cold and sweaty hands, experience shallow and fast breathing, dry mouth, nausea or difficulty concentrating?Packed with simple practical interventions, "Befriending Performance Anxiety" is your guide to...

A brilliant approach to the queerness of one of Taiwan's greatest auteurs A critical figure in queer Sinophone cinema--and the first director ever commissioned to create a film for the permanent collection of the Louvre--Tsai Ming-liang is a major force in Taiwan cinema and...

Legendary Art Director Terry Ackland-Snow lifts the lid on his extraordinary career in cinema Terry Ackland-Snow has been a legendary figure in the film and television industry for more than 40 years. Having worked on over 80 feature films, including two James Bond pictures...

Romeo and Juliet is the most produced, translated and re-mixed of all of Shakespeare's plays. This volume takes up the iconographic, linguistic and performance layers already at work within it and tracks the play's dispersal into neighbouring art forms - including ballet, opera, television...

Demi Lovato rose to stardom as a child actor, and went on to fame as a talented singer and performer. But what is this high-profile star like offstage? High-interest details and bold photos of Demi's fascinating life will enthrall reluctant and struggling readers, while...

While some film scores crash through theater speakers to claim their place in memory, others are more unassuming. Either way, a film's score is integral to successful world building. This book lifts the curtain on the elusive yet thrilling art form, examining the birth...

A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate. A city divided. A family fractured. Two...

Emmie is one of the only Black people living in Paris, Vermont, and she desperately needs a job. When she is hired at Berry's, a store off the interstate selling everything from baby carrots to lawnmowers, she begins to understand a new kind of...

Did you hear the one about the Mother Superior who was so busy casting the first stone that she got caught in flagrante delicto with her lover? What about the drunk with a Savior complex who was fool enough to believe himself to be...

A barefoot Mary has danced to soaring ballet music from an old gramophone, in her back garden ever since she learned to walk. Her head is filled with dreams of someday becoming a ballerina. Even when she is old enough to go to school,...