Performing Arts

Jan Brett's take on this Christmas classic is a visual masterpiece The quintessential holiday poem tells the tale of Christmas's most anticipated visitor, complete with dashing reindeer and gleaming presents. Jan Brett expands on the magical spirit of the classic poem in her beautiful...

With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and completely updated, here from David Thomson--"The greatest living writer on the movies" (John Banville, New Statesman); "Our most argumentative and...

Since the early days of motion picture production, film scores have helped define our emotional and aesthetic perception of stories on screen--particularly with space movies and television. The music from The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Star Trek,...

Come walk the mist-draped hills of Cornwall, come walk the ancient standing stones. Listen to the fiddles, and the wind, and the sea. Come step with Janey Little into the pages of...The Little Country. When folk musician Janey Little finds a mysterious manuscript in...

On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Within days it had become legend. Moviegoers braved hours-long lines in winter weather to see it. Some audience members famously fainted or vomited. Half a century later, the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern...

Like other filmmakers in post-WWII Hollywood, John Ford (already a three-time Best Directing Oscar winner), longed for the freedom and independence to make his own films, away from the dictates of studio executives. Then, in 1946, Ford and producer Merian C. Cooper (King Kong)...

We often know performance when we see it - but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical...

The Boy Who Loved Ballet is a heartwarming tale about a young boy named Henri who has discovered his love of dance. He faces difficult classmate opinions, but with the help of his friends and family he learns to follow his dreams no matter...

Teacup loves ballet.But when it's finally time to go to her first class, she's nervous and scared. The studio is beautiful, but she's not so sure about this new experience...Instead of having nervous butterflies, will Teacup find her own wings to twirl and whirl?Author:...

Step into the vibrant world of Taylor Swift with Taylor's Rainbow Adventure: The Ultimate Taylor Coloring Book and Activity Collection. This exciting book is your all-access pass to the colorful life of one of the most iconic pop stars of our time. Exclusive Taylor...

Grab a scarf and join the fun! Kids will love dancing along with Tammy, Ballerina Konora, and their new friends in this sweet adventure that's perfect for preschool and kindergarten kids and classrooms. Readers are invited to stretch, spin, jump and more as they...

Joan Crawford: the name has an enduring fascination. Forty-five years after her death, Crawford remains a familiar icon in pop culture and the entertainment world. Certainly the camp bathos of Mommie Dearest has played a part in her continued relevance. But it is ultimately...

Rock and roller JD McPherson's comical salute to Christmas curmudgeons hops from stage to page, making for the stocking stuffer of the season. This is the worst gift I ever got! It doesn't beep or buzz or bop or rattle in the box! Why'd...

This book provides aspiring screenwriters with a practical and informed way to learn how to think and write like a "creative". It stands apart from, yet complements, other screenwriting "how to" books by connecting the transdisciplinary academic fields of screenwriting, film studies and cognitive...

The final book in the Queer Film Classics series is R.L. Cagle's take on Scorpio Rising (1963), Kenneth Anger's avant-garde short film that about gay Nazi bikers preparing for a race. The film marked Anger's spectacular return to the US underground cinema scene after...

Director Sam Peckinpah was just starting out when MGM released Ride the High Country in 1962. He was a new kind of director: young, brash, and in a hurry to help the Western "grow up" by treating it with adult themes. Ride the High...

The story of one of the most controversial films in history How did a movie by one of the most famous filmmakers in the world end up banned, censored, and shelved? Made by "the English Federico Fellini," Ken Russell, The Devils is so contentious...

The dynamic history of theinnovative, beloved, and critically acclaimed dance theater company, withrevelatory behind-the-scenes details of its creators and significant works The ingeniously innovative and enduringly popularAmerican dance theatre company Pilobolus has helped redefine, remix, andrejuvenate the essence of dance with its eclectic sensibility...

Popular Culture Association Ray and Pat Browne Award for the Best Reference/Primary Source Work in Popular and American Culture, First Runner-Up, 2019 Combining a cineaste's encyclopedic knowledge of film with a child's sense of wonder, Jim Ridley wrote about movies in a way few...

As a visionary and distinctive filmmaker, M. Night Shyamalan (b. 1970) has consistently garnered mixed reception of his work by critics and audiences alike. After the release of The Sixth Sense, one of the most successful films from the turn of the millennium, Shyamalan...