Performing Arts

With Idiots, Heathers, and Squips, Scott Miller continues his acclaimed and well-loved series of books digging into some of the most original, most interesting musicals ever written. In this volume, Miller takes you on a short but fantastic journey through the first decade and...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.Theater and performance have played vital political and pedagogical roles in the history of HIV/AIDS advocacy and activism in the Global North. From the shoestring dissident work of the 1980s and...

Best friends compete for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become pop stars in this funny, feel-good manga series perfect for fans of K-On!, The Tryout, and The Baby-Sitters Club.Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino is known as the songbird of her family's bathhouse in Tokyo. Her beautiful...

Harun Farocki was one of the world's most celebrated experimental filmmakers at the time of his death in 2014. In a career spanning over fifty years, the German artist produced more than one hundred works, including political cinema, nonfiction film and video, and art...

Wrap your gifts with a bit of Wizarding World(TM) enchantment with this deluxe Dark Arts Gift Wrap Stationery Set that includes everything you need to perfectly package your presents. This all-in-one gift wrap set includes five different gift wrap paper sheets, three coordinating gift...

Unlock the World of Ham Radio Today! Ace Your Technician Exam and Get Licensed!You're eyeing the Technician Class license and ready to dive into amateur radio. Here's the deal: The exam is tough.It's a comprehensive test that covers everything from regulations to technical operations,...

Improvisational comedy has exploded over the last several decades. But the short, game-based version of improv--as seen on shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway?--is of little help when it comes to successfully pulling off long-form improvisation. Long-form provides exciting new challenges and opportunities...

Return to Westeros with this deluxe book that explores the creation of season two of HBO's hit series House of the Dragon. Following the huge international success of House of the Dragon season one, HBO's acclaimed series returns for a second season. Author Gina...

Fucked and Jolly is a reflective compendium of artist-to-artist interviews commemorating a boffo decade of The Exponential Festival. Squinny at the banters between playwrights, choreographers, and clowns as they encounter one another's work and discuss prevailing trends of performance in the new millennium, the...

As a fitness brand, Zumba Fitness has cultivated a devoted fan base of fifteen million participants spread across 180 countries. In Fitness Fiesta! Petra R. Rivera-Rideau analyzes how Zumba uses Latin music and dance to create and sell a vision of Latinness that's tropical,...

Filmmakers Thinking begins from a simple premise: that we do not take the ongoing reflections of filmmakers about their medium, their art and their craft, seriously enough. Every day, everywhere, filmmakers are asked to talk mainly about themselves and their own works. Yet their...

El conde Partinupl?s (1653) fue la comedia m?s c?lebre de Ana Caro Mallen de Soto. Es una comedia de enredo caballeresca sobre las leyendas art?ricas y carolingias, con grandes efectos especiales, donde la escritora demuestra su dominio de la escenograf?a.Se trata de una comedia,...

Dance along with lovable Disney duos - including Mickey and Minnie, Anna and Olaf, and Mrs. Potts and Chip - while you sing a sweet song about love. A special arrangement of "Skidamarink-a-Doo, I Love You" plays at the touch of a button, complete...

Yvonne Wright attended a ballroom dancing class with her friend at the age of 11, where she became captivated with dance. Learning to dance led her to become a competitor where she later qualified as a ballroom dancing teacher which allowed her self-worth, self-confidence...

A behind-the-scenes look at religious radio broadcasting during World War II in which such revered figures as C.S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers came into the public eye. This fascinating book explores the tensions behind the greatest era in BBC radio broadcasting - the Home...

(Berklee Guide). Learn the business, process, and procedures of writing music for film, television, and other forms of media. This book goes step-by-step through the Berklee approach to the art of film scoring. In tracing the evolution of film music from its early silent...

The quirky Clarice Bean is in for a spell of trouble--and shares a lesson about kindness--in this hilarious follow-up to Utterly Me, Clarice Bean. Clarice Bean seems to be in nonstop trouble these days, almost as much as Karl Wrenbury, who is the naughtiest...

In the period since 2001, cinema has witnessed a notable influx in fantasy film. Many constitute adaptations from British fantasy literature, often created and produced in the UK, and showcase domestic talent both in front and behind the screen. This includes massive box office...

Praise for The Unofficial Batman: The Animated Interviews"He's done it again! What a delight for any Batman fan, or indeed, lovers of the evolution of pop culture. From the very start you're taken on a journey of discovery. Just like the caped crusader himself,...

Praise for The Unofficial Batman: The Animated Interviews"These interviews are like a debriefing ... and offer great insight into what we were thinking and doing in our combined effort to create something new from something existing ... something comic book fans had very strong...