Performing Arts

The first in a series that introduces three major dance families: ballet, hip-hop, and jazz, from a world-renowned early childhood educator and performer. This first introduction to classical dance begins with a simple explanation of what defines a classical dancer. Young readers are then...

Today's film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives--they're just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist Andr Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating, but...

"They do not love that do not show their love."--Two Gentlemen of Verona Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of the classic comedy of courtship and delicious rivalry. THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES...

The brilliant screenplay of the Academy Award-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Academy and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin. Sorkin's film dramatizes the 1969 trial of seven prominent anti-Vietnam War activists in Chicago. Originally there were eight defendants, but...

Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View (1974) is a renowned example of the paranoid conspiracy thriller, a genre that was a marker of the 1970s. The period was haunted by the murders of John F Kennedy (1963), Malcolm X (1965), Martin Luther King (1968),...

The anthology brings together various approaches and contexts to Twin Peaks, addressing the show's unique production and reception aesthetics. The range of contributions covers diverse topics: genre mixing, transactuality, complex narrative structures, dream and dreamlike qualities, gender and identity concepts, extreme fan culture, visual...

Disclaimer This book is an independent publication and is not authorized, endorsed, or sponsored by any studio, production company, or individuals associated with the intellectual properties discussed. All names, characters, logos, and other proprietary material related to the works mentioned in this book are...

The great director John Ford (1894-1973) is best known for classic westerns, but his body of work encompasses much more than this single genre. Jeffrey Richards develops and broadens our understanding of Ford's film-making oeuvre by studying his non-Western films through the lens of...

A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.Author: Ebon MoorePublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 01/26/2024Pages: 110Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.23dISBN: 9798877519787This title...

Barnaby is a poor juggler who goes from town to town performing tricks to earn his daily bread. But when winter comes, the crowd disappears and so does his work. Cold, hungry, and alone, Barnaby is taken in by the friendly prior of a...

This book offers a methodological framework for developing research-based Theatre and Dance for the Very Young (TDVY) performances in which artists collaborate with children ages 0-6 and their caregivers and/or educators as creative partners in the process. It provides a detailed investigation of all...

Take a deep dive into the making of Ultraman: Rising with this official comprehensive, lavishly illustrated coffee-table book, featuring exclusive imagery and commentary from the director and co-director. When Tokyo is threatened by rising monster attacks, an all-star athlete reluctantly returns home to take...

The Antitheatrical Prejudice is essential reading today when theatricality, antitheatricality, and performativity are once again provocative issues playing out across contemporary culture and the arts. The original edition was published in 1981. The new edition includes a Foreword by Joseph Roach, the distinguished theatre...

Visiting the Australian outback can be a wonderful experience, but it isn't all about boomerangs and koalas, kangaroos and didgeridoos. It can be a wild and dangerous place if you're not prepared. Here is the essential travel companion for enduring the toughest stuff this...

The first book to compile all of theater's glorious bloopers--an uproarious homage to the stage Stop the Show! is the first book to assemble humorous, frightening and bizarre anecdotes about the history of all that went wrong during live theatrical productions in the U.S....

The figure of Hamlet haunts our culture like the Ghost haunts him. Arguably, no literary work, not even the Bible, is more familiar to us than Shakespeare's Hamlet. Everyone knows at least six words from the play; often people know many more. Yet the...

This monograph addresses a subject in star studies that is still developing outside of (and even within) Hollywood and cinemas of the West - the film couple. Known as the 'love team' in the Philippines, they are a transmedia phenomenon whose sheer ubiquity and...

A collection of 30 essays written by directors who worked closely with India's most successful superstar, SRK Honest, personal, and at times deeply emotional, this book is indispensable to any SRK fan A vibrantly designed book inspired by hand-painted Bollywood posters Shah Rukh Khan...

This is a reference book on the 1979-80 TV series Sherlock Holms and Dr. Watson. It includes all 24 episodes, along with directorial credits, numerous photographs, complete cast lists, and a story synopsis for each episode. The series, which was filmed on a relatively...

This book brings together two separate fields by combining a study of Shakespeare's original stage conditions with an exploration of his plays in performance across the globe. The book contributes new insights into how early-modern stage conditions shaped the writing, production, and reception of...