Performing Arts

Author: Meredith KecskemetyPublisher: Dark Horse BooksPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781506747590

Staging Buenos Aires centers theater as a source of historical inquiry to understand how nonelites experienced and shaped a city undergoing dramatic transformations. Commercial theater constituted the core of the city's public sphere, one in which middle-class playwrights and audiences assumed the leading role....

Pickford, Lloyd, Keaton, Garbo. You're familiar with these icons of silent film, of course - and they are here within these pages. But are you familiar with Francelia Billington? No? How about Harold Lockwood, Edna Flugrath, Marion Byron, Virginia Brown Faire? Still, no? Well,...

Because silent cinema is widely perceived as having been exactly that-silent-no one has fully examined how sound was used to accompany the films of this era. Silent Film Sound reconsiders all aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. Based on extensive...

Two stories unspool in Sideways Uncorked: the story behind Alexander Payne's modern movie classic adapted from a most unlikely source--an unpublished novel by a burnt-out ex-filmmaker and wine connoisseur Rex Pickett--and the world of Pinot Noir (and Merlot) winemaking before and after Sideways was...

The inside of a bomb shelter is all that Hannah has ever known. For fourteen years, she has been raised by her fellow residents, who taught her about the nuclear winter that led them down below the surface. But when the possibility of leaving...

In the vein of works by Gary Janetti and Danny Pellegrino, an honest, funny, and heartfelt memoir-in-essays about chasing your dreams, making big messes, and finding yourself along the way.In in his debut book for adults, Jeffery Self invites readers into his world, taking...

Encounters, transformations, and reflections from in-prison and post-release theater workshops See Me is a collection of intimate dialogues about collective experiences in the context of prison theater workshops. Each essay is a collaboration between two or three people who connected profoundly in the temporary...

Our most brilliant, fearless and creative women directors open the door on their craft, discussing their work in the theatre in intimate and illuminating detail.Through a series of fascinating conversations with many of the leading talents working on British stages, Running the Room explores...

Local thrill-seekers at the turn of the century knew that all the action was at the Driving Park. But few today know the drama buried beneath a West End subdivision. At the height of the horse racing craze after the Civil War, prominent Rockford...

Little ones can find adventure with Moana in the 5 pop-up surprises inside! Welcome to Motunui, the island where Moana lives. She's looking for an adventure, could she be hiding under the flaps inside? Featuring the most-loved characters from the film, such as Maui,...

A fun, heartwarming and inspiring book with extraordinary tales of magic, hope and wondrous possibilities.John Kippen is the CEO of a successful I.T. company, a professional magician, motivational speaker and life coach. His life story of triumph over tragedy is the subject of the...

What future challenges are we facing already today, what room for action needs to be secured and which impulses result from this for professional future action? Against the backdrop of social transformation processes that pose these questions, the contributors to this volume highlight current...

Olaf thought monkeys were the coolest animals in the world. He loved to mimic all of their actions. He pretended to scratch like they did, laugh how they laughed, and walk like they walked. Monkeys were the best!Author: Tracilyn GeorgePublisher: Clydesdale BooksPublished: 09/11/2024Pages: 20Binding...

One man's dream of the NHS. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan is often referred to as the politician with the greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death,...

From the internationally bestselling series, this board book with 6 sounds is the perfect introduction for babies and toddlers to classical music. The My First Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for little children through illustrated retellings of classic ballets, operas, and...

For many, costumes represent only one day a year-Halloween. But not for anyone born into the Malabar family! Being a Malabar meant you were an active participant in forming the history of Canada's premier theatrical supplier, one costume at a time. From its humble...

From top hats to top secrets, this book is a celebration of illusion technology and mechanisms of trickery through a genre-crossing selection of films. Heroes, villains, spies, con-men, and madmen, magicians all, have utilized complex constructs and trickery in thrilling cinematic adventures from the...

An upbeat production exec is tasked with reining in the cynical director who was her forbidden college heartbreak in this sparkling, sexy contemporary romance. The best love stories happen off-screen... It's a perfect beginning: upbeat screenwriting student is mentored by genius-but-grumpy indie filmmaker, they...

Narrative strategies, immersion, interaction, participation, identification, multimodality, characters and the connection between physical and fictional or virtual worlds: the fields of inquiry into the complex relationship between live performance and video games are numerous and diverse. For the first time, this collection brings together...