Performing Arts
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Berlioz the BearA Reading Rainbow Feature Title Zum, zum, buzz.... zum, zum, buzz... What's that strange buzz coming from the double bass? Berlioz has no time to investigate, because he and his bear orchestra are due at the gala ball in the village square at eight....
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The StudioIn 1967, John Gregory Dunne asked for unlimited access to the inner workings of Twentieth Century Fox. Miraculously, he got it. For one year Dunne went everywhere there was to go and talked to everyone worth talking to within the studio. He tracked every...
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The Music of LifeFull of joy and discovery, Louis Thomas' The Music of Life is a simple, melodious picture book about finding big inspiration and beauty in the smallest of details. At night when everyone else is asleep, one artist sits awake--pencil in hand, stuck. Lenny is...
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The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character: William Esper Teaches the Meisner TechniqueWilliam Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character. Esper's first book, The Actor's Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the...
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Who the Hell's in It: Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary ActorsPeter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage in his sixth-grade production of Finian's Rainbow); he watched actors work (he went...
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The Cult Film Reader""An invaluable collection for anyone researching or teaching cult cinema ... "The Cult Film Reader" is an authoritative text that should be of value to any student or researcher interested in challenging and transgressive cinema that pushes the boundaries of conventional cinema and film...
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Great Operatic DisastersTo its devotees, opera is the most sublime of arts. It is also one of the most accident prone, and when things go wrong, they tend to do so on a grand scale. Great Operatic Disasters records some of the most memorable calamities from...
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Candace Center StageEvery child who loves to dance will surely get a "kick" out of Candace Center Stage, the heartwarming and hilarious tale of a girl who joyfully embraces the song and dance in her heart ... even when she doesn't quite fit in at ballet...
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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film NoirFoster Hirsch's Dark Side of the Screen is by far the most thorough and entertaining study of the themes, visual motifs, character types, actors, directors, and films in this genre ever published. From Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Robert Aldrich, and Howard Hawkes to Martin...
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Stanley Kubrick: A BiographyStanley Kubrick, director of the acclaimed films Path of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket, is arguably one of the greatest American filmmakers. Yet, despite being hailed as a giant by Orson Welles,...
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Film as Film: Understanding and Judging MoviesWithout fuss, this stimulating book enlarges the ways in which we can look at and listen to the screen.--Foster Hirsch, from his introduction Here at last is an introduction to film theory and its history without the jargon. Noted film scholar V. F. Perkins...
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Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of SiamA brave British widow goes to Siam and--by dint of her principled and indomitable character--inspires that despotic nation to abolish slavery and absolute rule: this appealing legend first took shape after the Civil War when Anna Leonowens came to America from Bangkok and succeeded...
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Theatre & MindAll performance depends upon our abilities to create, perceive, remember, imagine and empathize. This book provides an introduction to the evolutionary and cognitive foundations of theatrical performing and spectating and argues that this scientific perspective challenges some of the major assumptions about what takes...
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Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency"Magisterial. ... A must read for anyone who wants to work in Hollywood or just know how Hollywood works." -- The Hollywood ReporterA New York Times bestseller, now updated with an afterword and exclusive new materialFrom the #1 bestselling author behind acclaimed oral histories...
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From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TVA memoir by the legendary television executive detailing his pioneering work on Saturday Night Live, Sunday Night Football, the Olympics, the NBA, music videos, late night, and more.Think of an important moment in live TV over the last half-century. Dick Ebersol was likely involved....
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Aliens in the MoviesExplore 12 out-of-this-world topics about aliens in movies, from early films like Trip to the Moon to newer favorites like Star Wars. Middle grade students will also learn about symbolism and diversity in science fiction. Statistics and sidebars illuminate the content, while critical thinking...
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Panda BallerinaPanda BallerinaLoves to dance the whole day throughHer story rhymesSo here you'll findYoung readers, it's for youAuthor: Laura ShentonPublisher: Iridescent Toad PublishingPublished: 05/03/2022Pages: 30Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.08dISBN: 9781913779771This title is not returnable
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Death on the Small Screen: The Psychology of Viewing Violent TelevisionMortality remains a taboo topic in much of Western society, but death and violence continue to be staples of popular television. We can better understand the appeal of violence by investigating psychological theories surrounding anxiety about death and the defenses we use to manage...
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This Time It's Personal - A Monster Kid's History of Horror Memories and ExperiencesI was a "Monster Kid" and "The Weird Kid, The Horror Movie Kid." I found out early...horror is always personal. Now I make horror for a living. It shouldn't just be WATCHED.Horror should be ENJOYED. This isn't some stuffy analysis telling you what's good...
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Hear Me Now, Volume Two: Audition Monologues for Actors of ColourHear Me Now, Volume Two is a unique collection of over 80 original audition monologues, expressly created by a range of writers including Vera Chok, Josh-Susan Enright and Bea Webster, brought together by producer Titilola Dawudu and Tamasha Theatre Company. They are ideal for...
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