Performing Arts category: 25753 books
Globalized Arts
The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Our interactive world can take a creative product, such as a Hollywood film, Bollywood song, or Latin American telenovela, and transform it into a source of cultural anxiety. What does this artwork say about the artist or the world she works in? How will these artworks evolve in the global market?...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Ideal for art students at every level Illuminating words about creating great images Published in association with New York’s School of Visual Arts. What does it mean to become a photographer in the twenty-first century? This thoughtful collection of essays illuminates the spirit of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Unlike collections of essays which focus on a single century or whose authors are drawn from a single discipline, this collection reflects the myriad performance options available to London audiences, offering readers a composite portrait of the music, drama, and dance productions that characterized...
City Stages
Theatre and Urban Space in a Global City
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
In every major city, there exists a complex exchange between urban space and the institution of the theatre. City Stages is an interdisciplinary and materialist analysis of this relationship as it has existed in Toronto since 1967. Locating theatre companies – their sites and practices – in Toronto’s...
by Stephen Michael Shearer
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Surprising Story of Hedy Lamarr, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
As a teenage actress in 1920s Austria, performing on the stage and in film in light comedies and musicals, Hedy Kiesler, with her exotic beauty, was heralded across Europe by her mentor, Max Reinhardt. However,...
My Life as a Furry Red Monster
What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Hello, Everybody!
The furry red monster known as Elmo has charmed his way into hearts and homes throughout the world with his unmistakable laugh, over-the-top enthusiasm, and boundless love. Elmo’s appeal is nothing short of magical. Kids adore him, and parents find him irresistible. What...
The Last Greatest Magician in the World
Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Here is the seminal biography of the magician's magician, Howard Thurston, a man who surpassed Houdini in the eyes of showmen and fans and set the standard fro how stage magic is performed today.
Everyone knows Houdini-but who was Thurston? In this rich, vivid biography of the "greatest...
Theatre and AutoBiography
Writing and Performing Lives in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
In general terms, auto/biographical performances have become hugely popular forms in Europe and North America because we live in a culture of me or I at a time when access to cultural production is easy. This collection brings theatre practitioners together with academics from three continents in a groundbreaking exploration of the interdisciplinary realm of Theatre and AutoBiography.
by John Coast
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
"If you know where to look, you can still discover and recognize what it was that intoxicating John Coast fifty years ago." -Sir David Attenborough
This book is one of the great classics about Bali, now with dozens of illustrations and photographs.
Dancing out of Bali is a...
Stuntwomen
The Untold Hollywood Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
They've traded punches in knockdown brawls, crashed biplanes through barns, and raced to the rescue in fast cars. They add suspense and drama to the story, portraying the swimmer stalked by the menacing shark, the heroine dangling twenty feet below a soaring hot air balloon, or the woman leaping nine...
The Dance Gods
A New York Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
When Kenny Pearl arrived in New York City, determined to succeed as a dancer, he was penniless, friendless and jobless. His memories shine against the backdrop of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, including Vietnam War protests, the military draft and the rampant crime that once plagued the city. From...
Artists in Exile
How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
During the first half of the twentieth century—decades of war and revolution in Europe—an "intellectual migration" relocated thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States, including some of Europe's supreme performing artists, filmmakers, playwrights, and choreographers. For...
by Peter Andre
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
With his easy charm, down-to-earth personality and natural good looks, it's no wonder that Peter Andre has legions of fans across the globe. Whilst once best known for producing chart-topping pop songs, selling millions of records worldwide and performing sell-out venues all over the world, in recent...
Lucille
The Life of Lucille Ball
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Everyone loved Lucy, the scheming, madcap redhead who ruled television for more than twenty years. In life, however, Lucille Ball presented a far more complex and contradictory personality than was ever embodied by the television Lucy. In Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball Kathleen Brady presents the...