Performing Arts

To the Hilt is a riveting exploration into the mysterious and dangerous world of sword swallowing, charting its history from ancient rituals to modern-day performances. Cowritten by world-renowned sword swallower Dan Meyer and celebrated sideshow historian Marc Hartzman, this volume delves into the lives...

Full Length Comic Drama characters: 4 male 3 female Unit setThis funny poignant story of a group of 27 year olds who have known each other since college sold out during its limited run at New York City's Sanford Meisner Theater. Jessica Titus a...

The Revolution Will Be Improvised: The Intimacy of Cultural Activism traces intimate encounters between activists and local people of the civil rights movement through an archive of Black and Brown avant-gardism. In the 1960s, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activists engaged with people of...

The book addresses the role of particular monstrous figures and apocalyptic scenarios in contemporary cinema and television and evaluates the political potential of horror and sci-fi narratives in our age of never-ending crises. The purpose of the book is to demonstrate how witches, zombies,...

Feast like the gods with sixty food and drink recipes inspired by the world of Lore Olympus--with a foreword by Rachel Smythe, plus sumptuous illustrations and photographs throughout! Uncover the culinary secrets of the Lore Olympus pantheon with this official cookbook that breathes fresh...

The Legend of James Dean: Demonic Heroes Have Villainous Virtues challenges previously conceived notions about the actor James Dean. Author Derek Reeves argues that Dean was not a rebel against the establishment, and that class conflict, the need to redefine his public image, and...

This volume brings together scholarship from both established scholars and early career academics to provide fresh insights and new research on the cinema of Iran. The book is organised around eight broad themes including cinema before and after the revolution, stylistic innovation, documentary, gender,...

Author: Dominique G. W. MazeaudPublisher: Earthheartist PublicationsPublished: 05/14/2022Pages: 274Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58dISBN: 9798218003791This title is not returnable

In the golden era of 1970s TV detective shows, Harry O stood out. David Janssen, already renowned for his role in The Fugitive, played Harry Orwell, a San Diego cop who retired after being shot in the back. The chemistry between Janssen and Anthony...

Are you stuck on somewhere in the middle of a screenplay and can't seem to understand why?Are you wondering how to write an engaging, successful screenplay? Are you ready to attractinvestors, producers, directors, and actors to your screenplay?Screenwriter Deri Tyton designed this workbook as...

Discovering your true self through fandom is a complicated journey. In this coming-of-age memoir, Erica Espejo will take you back to the turn of the millennium where anime fandom in the United States was growing from niche to mainstream. Sailor Moon was broadcast in...

Grab your shoes, tie up your laces, Tap Class will be one of your favorite Places! Join the class as they meet their teacher, count to 8, and learn their first tap step! Readers will feel involved and inspired every step of the way....

Delve deeper into Star Wars: The Acolyte with the definitive visual guide.Decades before the birth of Darth Vader, explore the glorious High Republic era in the Star Wars galaxy. During this exciting time, the noble Jedi are protectors of peace and justice. This visual...

A definitive guide to the Star Wars' galaxy's most unusual inhabitants, with revealing features and interviews. Including material from A New Hope to Solo: A Star Wars Story, this title includes profiles the otherworldly characters from a galaxy far far away, including iconic droids...

This study offers a historicization of the 2010s in British theatre with a focus on the representation of systemic violence, exploring productions that engage with concerns of protest, climate crisis, neoliberalism, racism and gender-based violence. It offers a range of case studies from established...

Shirley Clarke: Thinking Through Movement is the first film-philosophy book on "radical, pioneer, visionary' (Dargis 2013) filmmaker Shirley Clarke and the films she edited and directed. The book draws on film analysis, archival research, dance and film theory, and creative practice expertise, to think...

"Obscene cinema, what a marvel! It's exhilarating; a discovery. The incredible life of enormous and magnificent organs on the screen. The sperm that leaps. And the life of loving flesh, all the contortions. It's glorious."This is how, in 1929, Surrealist poet Paul Eluard described...

Jane Bell's life was built on music-until tragedy fractures her world. A piano prodigy with a promising future, Jane abandons her career and Manhattan. Seeking refuge, she retreats to a ramshackle cottage in a quiet beach town in North Carolina, hoping to escape the...

Rewriting Television suggests that it is time for a radical overhaul of television studies. If we don't want to merely recycle the same old methods, approaches, and tropes for another twenty years, we need to consider major changes in why and how we do...

Like his fellow filmmakers Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, and Sofia Coppola, Wong Kar-wai crafts the soundtracks of his films by jettisoning original scores in favor of commercial recordings. In Remixing Wong Kar-wai, Giorgio Biancorosso examines the combinatorial practice at the heart of Wong's cinema...