Entertainment Performing Arts category: 25367 books
Performing Endurance
Art and Politics since 1960
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
In Performing Endurance, Lara Shalson offers a new way of understanding acts of endurance in art and political contexts. Examining a range of performances from the 1960s to the present, including influential performance art works by Marina Abramović, Chris Burden, Tehching Hsieh, Linda Montano, Yoko...
by Michael DeMarco, Kirstin Pauka, Chris Parker
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Many Indo-Malay martial arts are kept private, taught in secluded areas away from the public. These are arts of the older tradition, developed when combative knowledge was valued for its use in protecting the sanctity of life. This two-volume anthology brings together a great...
Stages of Struggle and Celebration
A Production History of Black Theatre in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
From plantation performances to minstrel shows of the late nineteenth century, the roots of black theatre in Texas reflect the history of a state where black Texans have continually created powerful cultural emblems that defy the clichés of horses, cattle, and bravado. Drawing on troves of archival...
by Tom Schroeppel, Chuck DeLaney
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
A timeless classic with more than 165,000 copies sold, The Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Video has been chosen by over 700 colleges to teach basic film and video techniques. Written by a working professional, The Bare Bones Camera Course is the most user-friendly book available on the subject...
by Lawrence Grobel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
For more than a quarter century, Al Pacino has spoken freely and deeply with acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Lawrence Grobel on subjects as diverse as childhood, acting, and fatherhood. Here, for the first time, are the complete conversations and shared observations between the actor and...
by Vincent LoBrutto
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Learn to turn a simple screenplay into a visual masterpiece! Top production designers share their real-life experiences to explain the aesthetic, narrative, and technical aspects of the craft. Step by step, aspiring filmmakers will discover sound instruction on the tools of the trade, and established...
VO
Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
One of the country’s top voice-over talents shares his secrets of success in an insider’s guide to the industry. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone who has longed to earn a living by speaking into a microphone will cherish this insightful and often hilarious glimpse at the business. Coverage includes:
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Performing Animality
Animals in Performance Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Performing Animality provides theoretical and creative interventions into the presence of the animal and ideas of animality in performance. Animals have always played a part in human performance practices. Maintaining a crucial role in many communities' cultural traditions, animal-human encounters...
by Elizabeth Etienne
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Now aspiring wedding photographers have a comprehensive guide to building a profitable wedding business! Drawing from her twenty-three years of experience in the wedding photography industry, author Elizabeth Etienne helps readers reduce the growing pains both in shooting a wedding and in dealing...
Starting Your Career in Broadcasting
Working On and Off the Air in Radio and Television
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Starting Your Career in Broadcasting is the complete guide to breaking into this competitive field--and staying there. It’s packed with advice from top personalities including Bob Costas, Chris Berman, Larry King, Jim Lampley, Bob Kingsley, Rene Syler, Troy Aikman, plus station managers and other...
Running Theaters
Best Practices for Leaders and Managers
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Advice culled from interviews with more than 100 experts in the field
The best practices that consistently lead to successful theater operation are now revealed in this comprehensive resource. Culled from surveys and interviews with theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas,...
by Mike Lawler
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Want to make it big on Broadway-as a techie? Or how about working in smaller regional theater? Careers in Technical Theater explains more than twenty different careers from the perspective of successful theater artists. Included are specialties that have been around for decades, as well as those still...
Acting Is a Job
Real Life Lessons about the Acting Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
How to cope with the realities of life as an actor-if you don’t laugh, you'll cry In-depth interviews with actors, agents, casting directors. In this hip, warts-and-all look at acting, author Jason Pugatch shares his insights as a working "day player" to give an unvarnished look at theater,...
Voiceovers
Techniques and Tactics for Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Ever been told you have a great voice? Put it to use with a career as a voice-over actor! In Voice-Overs, a veteran voice-over actor, writer, producer, and voice-over teacher provides the inside scoop on the industry and gives all the tools needed for personal training. A treasure trove of exercises,...