Other performing arts Books
Scarecrow Press Too Bold for the Box Office
Book SynopsisAlthough considered a relatively new genre, the mockumentary has existed nearly as long as filmmaking itself and has become one of the most common forms of film and television comedy today. In order to better understand the larger cultural truths artfully woven into their deception, these works demonstrate just how tenuous and problematic our collective understandings of our social worlds can be. In Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big Screen to Small, Cynthia J. Miller has assembled essays by scholars and filmmakers who examine this unique cinematic form. Individually, each of these essays looks at a given instance of mockumentary parody and subversion, examining the ways in which each calls into question our assumptions, pleasures, beliefs, and even our senses. Writing about national film, television, and new media traditions as diverse as their backgrounds, this volume's contributors explore and theorize the workings of mockumentaries, as well as the strategies and motivations of the writers and filmmakers who brought them into being. Reflections by filmmakers Kevin Brownlow (It Happened Here), Christopher Hansen (The Proper Care and Feeding of An American Messiah), and Spencer Schaffner (The Urban Literacy Manifesto) add valued perspective and significantly deepen the discussions found in the volume's other contributions. This collection of essays on films, television programming, and new media illustrates common threads running across cultures and eras and attempts to answer sweeping existential questions about the nature of social life and the human condition.Trade ReviewIn his prologue to this volume, Jerome Kuehl introduces the Office Cat, his clever trope to suggest the role of film researcher in exposing faked, misused, or dishonestly employed footage masquerading as factual film (e.g., the BBC's Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, 1957). This historical overview provides a platform for Miller's motley crew of scholars and filmmakers to launch their brilliant, insightful, and utterly enjoyable essays on the mockumentary, that subgenre of media that parodies and subverts the often-solemn form of the documentary. The collection explores how the mockumentary functions as social commentary, offering cultural critiques with humor and transgression. Among the contributors are cinema pioneer Kevin Brownlow, who discovered that his It Happened Here had been used as actual archival footage; historian John Tibbetts, who maps out the counterfactual rewriting of history with Brownlow's dramatization of the Nazis invading London; and Linda Kornasky, who treats The Schmenges: The Last Polka, a mockumentary with its own panache. Of particular delight is filmmaker Chris Hansen's discussion of the inspiration and making of his satiric narrative American Messiah. This excellent compilation interrogates the "truthiness" of mock histories and cultural commentaries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. * CHOICE *Taking BBC Panorama’s classic Spaghetti Harvest of 1957 as a starting point, Cynthia Miller has collected a number of essays that examine the ‘mockumentary’, broadly-speaking the art of spoof documentaries. Perhaps the ones that most of us are familiar with are the ones associated with Christopher Guest, like This Is Spinal Tap & Best in Show or even The Office, but a joy of this book is that it introduces us to other titles not so familiar. * Archive Zones *The volume is a valuable compilation of writing on a genre that will only become more important as new technologies enable non-Hollywood filmmakers to make their own distinctive cinematic statements. * Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PROLOGUE: Nothing New under the Sun – Or on Film (Jerome Kuehl) LOST HISTORIES Chapter 1: Making up Mammy: Re-enacting Historical Erasure and Recasting Authenticity in Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman (Eve Allegra Raimon) Chapter 2: Peter Delpeut’s The Forbidden Quest: Truth in Fiction (Robert Weiner) Chapter 3: Mercury’s on the Launch Pad, but Cadillac’s on the Moon: The Old Negro Space Program (Cynthia J. Miller & A. Bowdoin Van Riper) POPULAR CULTURE AS COMMENTARY Chapter 4: Polka Settles the Score in The Schmenges: The Last Polka (Linda Kornasky) Chapter 5: Experiments in Parody and Satire: Short-Form Mockumentary Series (Craig Hight) Chapter 6: Commando Raids on the Nature of Reality (Gary D. Rhodes) DARING TO BELIEVE Chapter 7: Aching to Believe: Forgotten Silver and National Identity (Scott Wilson Chapter 8: ‘That’s Not Zen!’: Mocking Ethnographic Film in Doris Dörrie’s Enlightenment Guaranteed (Heather Merle Benbow Chapter 9: The Proper Care and Feeding of An American Messiah (Christopher Hansen) THE WAR THAT WASN’T Chapter 10: It Might Have Happened Here: How Nazi Germany Won the War (C. Tibbetts) Chapter 11: Between What Is and What If: Kevin Willmott’s CSA (Thomas Prasch) Chapter 12: The “Serious” Mockumentary: The Trivialization of Disaster? The Case of Peter Watkins (James M. Welsh) Chapter 13: The Making of It Happened Here (Kevin Brownlow) EPILOGUE: Mockumentaries Meet New Media (Spencer Schaffner) Filmography Index About the Contributors About the Editor
£75.05
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd The Calling of Katie Makanya
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£13.25
Eakins Press,N.Y. CIRCUS The Photographs of Frederik W. Glasier
Book SynopsisExtraordinary images of the circus in its heyday, from the rediscovered great American photographerThis elegant new volume showcases the rediscovered work of the great American photographer Frederick W. Glasier (18661950), who made extraordinary photographs of the American circus during its heyday, 18901925. A contemporary of such recognized masters as Eugene Atget in Paris, August Sander in Cologne and Ernest J. Bellocq in New Orleans, Glasier is arguably in that class of the greatest practitioners of the medium. With 73 gloriously reproduced images from the 1,700 existing glass plate negatives from the collections of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida State University, informative anecdotal captions by the circus historian (and co-editor of this volume) Deborah W. Walk and a fascinating essay by Luc Sante, this book will establish Glasier in the canon of the great American photographer.
£999.99
August House Publishers Stories to Play with
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£16.50
Christian Publishers LLC Mime Time
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£19.79
California College of Arts Joan Jonas is on Our Mind
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£15.20
Atlas Press LLC How to Make Your Sock Talk
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£16.14
Macmillan Education Australia Big Dramas 2e
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£17.52
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Acting Face to Face The Actors Guide to
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£14.91
Hal Leonard Corporation John Hughes FAQ
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to the films of the legendary director, screenwriter, and producer.
£999.99
Harbour Publishing Free Magic Secrets Revealed
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£7.99
Feminist Press at The City University of New York Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero
Book SynopsisAn inspiring memoir and self-help guide to greatness by the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov calls “fearlessness and intelligence combined . . . potent and beautiful.”Called “the Evel Knievel of Dance,” Elizabeth Streb has been pushing boundaries and testing the potential of the human body since childhood. Can she fly? Can she run up walls? Can she break through glass? How fast can she go?With clarity and humor—and with her internationally-renowned dance troupe STREB—she continues to investigate what movement truly is and has come to these conclusions: It’s off the ground! It creates impact! And it hurts trying to stop!Here, Streb combines memoir and analysis to convey how she became an extreme action dancer and choreographer, developing a form of movement that’s more NASCAR than modern dance, more boxing than ballet, and more than most people can handle “in this dizzying, inspirational self-help” books (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
£13.29
Dalkey Archive Press Man + Table
Book SynopsisFollowing his anthologies Man + Dog (2009) and Man + Doctor (2012), Nick Wadley has, with our encouragement, compiled this collection of drawings around the theme of Man + Table. Tracing origins in the childhood world of “under the table,” he enjoys an habitual freedom to follow his nose, exploring predictable and unpredictable aspects of the subject, from the commonplace to the surreal and absurd.
£11.99
Christian Publishers LLC Art of Mime DVD
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Christian Publishers LLC Mastery of Mimodrame
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£38.62
Christian Publishers LLC Mastery of Mimodrame II DVD: A Masterclass in
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£32.35
Christian Publishers LLC Mastery of Mimodrame III DVD: A Masterclass in
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£32.35
Ivan R Dee, Inc The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life
Book SynopsisAt age twenty-eight, Charlie Chaplin was a millionaire and one of the world's most famous personalities. He had grown rich playing the poorest of men. He was to go on playing unforgettable characters in timeless films, but now the psychology of celebrity began both to drive and to damage his creativity. Richard Schickel, the distinguished film critic, has called Chaplin the first victim of modern celebrity culture, “driven by his relentless ego, by his helpless need for an audience to dominate, to lead. All the tragedies of his life stemmed from those drives and needs.” Mr. Schickel is the rarest of Chaplin enthusiasts, an unabashed fan who can celebrate the object of his affection without looking away when his subject deserves a poking. In this indispensable collection of some thirty essays, he has selected the most provocative and insightful criticisms of Chaplin's life and work, from the great comedian's beginnings through his early features, his mid-life crisis, and his late films. The contributors include Andrew Sarris, David Thomson, Andre Bazin, Gilbert Seldes, Alistair Cooke, Frances Hackett, Robert E. Sherwood, Stark Young, Penelope Gilliatt, Edmund Wilson, Stanley Kauffmann, Alexander Woollcott, George Jean Nathan, Winston Churchill, Max Eastman, Graham Greene, Otis Ferguson, James Agee, Dwight Macdonald, Robert Warshow, Walter Kerr, J. Hoberman, and others. Mr. Schickel, the last critic to study Chaplin intensively (for his award-winning documentary of a year ago), offers a long Introduction.Trade ReviewThe Essential Chaplin stresses the significance of Charlie’s oeuvre and directs the audience to its most hilarious films. * The Wall Street Journal *A wonderfully put-together overview of Chaplin's life and art. -- Ina Hughes * News-Sentinel *[An] intrinsically valuable new anthology. -- Scott Eyman * The New York Observer *A fascinating compilation...For fans, this book is a must; it is also valuable as a study of expository and critical writing. -- Dana Cobern-Kullman * Library Journal *Collectively...insightful and thorough....this volume is a must * CHOICE *The best pieces in this collection...are the ones that leaven admiration with healthy cynicism. -- Marc Weingarten * Los Angeles Times *One of the finest English-language pieces on Chaplin ever written....The seminal text on the comedian. -- Jim Hempill * American Society of Cinematographers *The book's best feature is its organized cacophony, its trace of this astonishingly long and rich body of work and personal travail....There is much to savor in these essays. -- Robert Jackson, Professor of Political Science, Florida State University * Virginia Quarterly Review *"[These] essays...deserve ongoing recommendation and mention for any Chaplin fan, whether newcomer or seasoned." * Midwest Book Review *"Nearly thirty essays from film critic Richard Schickel deserve ongoing recommendation and mention for any Chaplin fan, whether newcomer or seasoned...an analysis of genius and methods rather than films alone, and one which holds up well against movie reviewer surveys or biographies alone." * California Bookwatch *
£11.69
Trinity University Press,U.S. Worth Repeating: True San Antonio Stories
Book Synopsis"This soulful collection is perfect for fans of The Moth or Humans of New York." — Publishers WeeklyPeople in San Antonio love to tell stories. Worth Repeating: San Antonio Stories is a collection of forty true tales, epic adventures, and intimate revelations from the heart of one of America’s fastest growing and most culturally diverse cities.There is the hilarious chronicle of being crowned Turkey Queen of Cuero, as well as stories of finding one’s place as an immigrant or refugee, the heartbreak of being on the AIDS epidemic’s front lines, and the redemption in writing My Little Pony fan fiction. From the birth of a Freedom Rider to the origins of a literary legend, from the search for a murdered mother’s memories to passing our abilities and disabilities along to our children, the pieces here are as varied and nuanced as the city its authors have called home at one time or another.They might not all take place in Texas, but every story has roots in its streets, suburbs, and history. Whether it’s an account of being stranded in Uganda, growing up in a Mexican border barrio, catching swine flu in Thailand, being among Harvard University’s first Black architecture students, growing up in Iran, or leaving India for a new life in Texas, each story has a soul that is puro San Antonio. From last chances to first tries, all of these personal narratives were originally performed in front of an audience at Worth Repeating, Texas Public Radio’s live storytelling series.Writers include Heather Armstrong, Tanveer Arora, Jennie Badger, Kiran Kaur Bains, Marion Barth, Sheila Black, Barbara Bowie, Norma Elia Cantú, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Cary Clack, Jess Elizarraras, Georgia Erck, Tiffany Farias-Sokoloski, Elizabeth Fauerso, Everett L. Fly, Larry Garza, Lorenzo Gomez III, Mike Knoop, David W. Lesch, Rey Lopez, Vanessa Martinez, Collin McGrath, Joaquin Muerte, Sanford Nowlin, Tori Pool, Wendy Rigby, Alex Rubio, Jonathan Ryan, Yara Samman, John Phillip Santos, Burgin Streetman, Whitley Strieber, Barbara S. Taylor, Michael Taylor, Kirsten Thompson, Clay Utley, Cristina Van Dusen, Eddie Vega, Ayon Wen-Waldron, and Bria Woods.Trade Review"This soulful collection is perfect for fans of The Moth or Humans of New York." — Publishers Weekly
£13.29
Rowman & Littlefield Knack Magic Tricks: A Step-By-Step Guide To
Book SynopsisFrom simple to advanced, and using household and inexpensive props, Knack Magic Tricks includes tricks using cards, coins, handkerchiefs, and fruit, as well as mental tricks, anytime tricks, standup tricks, and tricks especially for kids (to be performed both for them and by them).Table of ContentsKnack Magic Tricks Contents Foreword by David Copperfield Introduction Chapter 1: Self Working Card Tricks Four Kings Found Nine Cards (Jim Steinmeyer) (Part One) Nine Cards (Part Two) Numerology (Larry Jennings) (Part One) Numerology (Part Two) Numerology (Part Three) Chapter 2: More Self Working Card Tricks Mix It Up! (Paul Curry) (Part One) Mix It Up! (Part Two) Don’t Touch the Cards (Jack Miller) (Part One) Don’t Touch the Cards (Part Two) My Uncle Cheated at Cards (Marlo-Gardner-Lorayne) (Part One) My Uncle Cheated at Cards (Part Two) Chapter 3: Simple Card Tricks Do As I Do (Part One) Do As I Do (Part Two) X Force (Max Holden) Hindu Shuffle Force Color-Changing Deck (Wayne Dobson) (Part One) Color-Changing Deck (Part Two) Chapter 4: Intermediate Card Tricks The Double Lift The Changing Card The Trick that Fooled Houdini (Dai Vernon) Chicago Opener (Frank Everhart, Frank Garcia) (Part One) Chicago Opener (Part Two) Chicago Opener (Part Three) Chapter 5: Advanced Card Tricks Four Ace Reverso (Shigeo Takagi) (Part One) Four Ace Reverso (Part Two) Quadruple Coincidence (Mike Shelley) (Part One) Quadruple Coincidence (Part Two) Quadruple Coincidence (Part Three) Quadruple Coincidence (Part Four) Chapter 6: Simple Coin Tricks Five Little Piggies (Part One) Five Little Piggies (Part Two) A Coin Vanish Quarter to Tea (Part One) Quarter to Tea (Part Two) Quarter to Tea (Part Three) Chapter 7: Advanced Coin Tricks Matrix (Al Schneider) (Part One) Matrix (Part Two) Matrix (Part Two) Atomic Coins (Part One) Atomic Coins (Part Two) Atomic Coins (Part Three) Chapter 8: Simple Anytime Tricks There’s Money in Baked Goods! Meet Uri Geller (Part One) Meet Uri Geller (Part Two) Jumping Rubber Band (Stanley Collins) Voodoo Burn (Jack Kent Tillar) Let’s Float! (Edmund Balducci) Chapter 9: String Tricks Fantastic String Trick (Part One) Fantastic String Trick (Part Two) Ring, String, Zing! (Stewart James) (Part One) Ring, String, Zing! (Part Two) Straw ’N String (Part One) Straw ’N String (Part Two) Chapter 10: Simple Mental Mysteries Impromptu Mindreading (Roy Baker) (Part One) Impromptu Mindreading (Part Two) 51 Faces North (P. Howard Lyons) (Part One) 51 Faces North (Part Two) Thought Speller (Max Maven) (Part One) Thought Speller (Part Two) Chapter 11: Intermediate Mental Mysteries When Planets Align (Part One) When Planets Align (Part Two) Cellphone Divination (John Northern Hilliard) (Part One) Cellphone Divination (Part Two) Precursor to Destiny (Albert Spackman) (Part One) Precursor to Destiny (Part Two) Chapter 12: Advanced Mental Mysteries Professional Spoon Bending 1 Professional Spoon Bending 2 Telekinetic Disintegration (Dr. Hiroshi Sawa) (Part One) Telekinetic Disintegration (Part Two) Glorpy (Bill Madden and Bernie Trueblood) (Part One) Glorpy (Part Two) Chapter 13: Rope Tricks Vanishing Rope Knot Snip ‘n Restore (Part One) Snip ‘n Restore (Part Two) Hypnotic Ropes (Bob Carver) (Part One) Hypnotic Ropes (Part Two) Hypnotic Ropes (Part Three) Chapter 14: Bill Tricks Old Abe Was a Moody Man (Bob Read) (Part One) Old Abe Was a Moody Man (Part Two) Buddha Bills (Part One) Buddha Bills (Part Two) Mr. Jackson Takes A Powder (Nicholas Night) (Part One) Mr. Jackson Takes A Powder (Part Two) Chapter 15: Handkerchief and Napkin Tricks The Iron Toothpick (Part One) The Iron Toothpick (Part Two) Through the Table (Part One) Through the Table (Part Two) Cut and Restored Napkin (Part One) Cut and Restored Napkin (Part Two) Chapter 16: Fruit Tricks In the Bermuda Triangle (Jim Steinmeyer) (Part One) In the Bermuda Triangle (Jim Steinmeyer) (Part Two) Banana Mystery (Part One) Banana Mystery (Part Two) Card in Orange (Part One) Card in Orange (Part Two) Chapter 17: Glass and Cup Tricks Master Coin Penetration (Lubor Fiedler) (Part One) Master Coin Penetration (Part Two) Cups and Balls (Richard Kaufman) (Part One) Cups and Balls (Part Two) Cups and Balls (Part Three) Cups and Balls (Part Four) Chapter 18: Kids Perform Magic Rubber Pencil The Cannibal’s Finger (Part One) The Cannibal’s Finger (Part Two) Crying Lincoln Phantom Tube (Part One) Phantom Tube (Part Two) Chapter 19: Performing Magic for Kids Removing your Finger (Part One) Removing your Finger (Part Two) The Magic Book (Part One) The Magic Book (Part Two) Magic Production Tubes (Part One) Magic Production Tubes (Part Two) Chapter 20: Resource Directory Acknowledgments/CreditsIndex
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Linden Publishing Co Inc Comedy Writing Self-Taught: The Professional
Book SynopsisComedy writing is an acquired skill. No one is born a comedy writer. The desire may be there from an early age, but the techniques must be learned, developed, and honed. Fortunately, the best teachers are readily available. They are the comics of the past and present, the television shows you see daily, both current versions and reruns. They provide your Ph.D. course in humor writing. In "Comedy Writing Self-Taught", Gene Perret, a three-time Emmy Award-winner and former head writer for Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller, teaches you how to teach yourself comedy writing techniques by observing, analyzing, and replicating those who have already mastered the skills. This book not only guides you in selecting the appropriate mentors for your writing and helps you decide what to look for in your studies, it also offers drills and exercises that will develop your creativity. A companion volume, "Comedy Writing Self-Taught Workbook" provides even more exercises and writing workouts. Whether you''re writing stand-up routines, TV sketches, or sitcoms, this book clues you in to the fastest, most convenient way to teach yourself the skills you''ll need. You''ll do the watching, studying, and learning. You''ll do the work -- and it will require work -- but you will also reap the generous rewards, and have fun while teaching yourself to write comedy."
£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Dance of the Avatar: Embodying Gender & Culture
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive work and includes cultural studies and anthropology of revival movements from a historical perspective; it is focused on the Dance House phenomenon, which includes gender and ethnic aspects from a cultural and medical anthropological context. This book deals with the theory of tradition and cultural transfer of heritage through pedagogy and counterculture movements, with an emphasis on the the Wundtian contribution and its Hungarian counterparts. The Dance House phenomenon is presented through an auto-anthropological perspective, including the author''s field work results. This book is recommended to those interested in the cultural studies of dance, subcultures and heritage, sociology of culture, ethnochoreology, cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, gender studies, religious studies and human ecology.
£999.99
Intellect Books Performing Institutions
Book SynopsisRooted in the social and cultural histories of education, self-organization, activist practices, performance, design, and artistic research. Case studies and critical reflections from Denmark, Ireland, Finland, the UK, Canada, the USA, Chile, Asia and Australasia challenge the concept of the institution, and how we engage with it. 51 b&w illus.
£33.20
Troubador Publishing The Vision of Storytelling
Book SynopsisThe Vision of Storytelling is a visual interpretation of the author's written journals dating 2021-2023. It is a highly illustrative book that follows the artist's journey through mental health, comedy, burlesque and observational life. From his whimsical anecdotes through to his captivating drawings, he takes the reader on an exploration to self-discovery.
£26.34
Spinifex Press Women's Circus
Book SynopsisHave you ever wanted to join the circus? Wondered what goes on behind the scenes? What trapeze artists think about as they swing through the air? How fit you have to be to be a performer? Reading this book lets you become an armchair acrobat. Established in 1991 as a community theatre project to work with survivors of sexual assault, the Women’s Circus has gone on to create innovative shows, toured to China in 1995 and has maintained a training program for women of all shapes and sizes, backgrounds, ages and abilities for fifteen years.Trade Review"A big, rowdy, colorful, three-ring circus of a book, packed with death-defying feats and acts that will thrill and amaze--not the least of which is their breathtaking commitment to feminist process." --Carolyn Gage, "Lesbian Review of Books"
£17.95
Medieval Institute Publications Fools and Folly
Book SynopsisThe Fool in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period was either a person who capitalized on his natural deficiencies, which were then considered amusing, or a professional entertainer the artificial Fool who specialized in clowning. His distinctive clothing and bauble are known to us through numerous Psalter illustrations where he is shown in connection with Psalm 52, which asserts that The fool has said in his heart there is no God. Attitudes toward the Fool varied, but his place was to become assured on stage, where his role is best known to us through the plays of Shakespeare. The articles in the present volume provide indispensable analyses of the Fool from a number of different perspectives.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction by Clifford Davidson The Cheval fol of Lyon and Other Asses by Sandra Billington The King His Own Fool: Robert of Cicyle by Martin W. Walsh Forgotten Fools: Alexander Barclay's Ship of Fools by Robert C. Evans Staging Folly in the Early Sixteenth Century: Heywood, Lindsay, and Others by Peter Happe The Fool as Social Critic: The Case of the Dutch Rhetoricians' Drama by W. N. M. Husken Sienese Fools, Comic Captains, and Every Fop in His Humor by Robert W. Leslie Index
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Film & Video Umbrella Marion Coutts
Book SynopsisProduced to accompany a survey exhibition of British artist Marion Coutts' work in 2003, and focusing on her newly commissioned installation Everglade', this substantial monographic publication captures the distinctiveness, and the diversity, of Coutts' practice.Featuring essays by Sally O'Reilly and Vincent Deary, alongside an in conversation with the artist by Katherine Wood, the book explores Coutts' engaging and inventive practice whose subtle use of the moving image is allied to a wider object-based aesthetic.
£999.99
Just Press Plays for Troublemakers
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£7.39
Monash University Publishing Embodying Transformation: Transcultural
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£30.59
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Horses, Hounds and Other Critters: Humorous Tales
Book SynopsisWhat do you do when there are goldfish in the horse''s water tank, a baby magpie in the bedroom, a cow in the kitchen and a half-dozen small dogs rolling in the dirt to get rid of the smell of skunk? It''s all in a day''s work on Gayle Bunney''s farm near Bonnyville, Alberta. Bunney''s hilarious and heartwarming stories are filled with down-to-earth observations on country life and the animals she loves. There''s Old Pete, the cow that uses the kitchen sink as a water trough; Tramp, the fearless little dog who takes on coyotes and muskrats and climbs on a roof in pursuit of a cat; and Studley, the diminutive but raging black stallion. From encounters with eccentric neighbours and a curious herd of buffalo to the perils of working in a country bar and Internet dating, cowgirl style, Bunney conveys the frustrations and joys of rural Alberta life with wit and compassion.
£10.44
Daylight Books Kicking Sawdust: Running Away with the Circus and
Book SynopsisKicking Sawdust is a series of photos taken from 1988-1992 while on the road with the circus, carnival, sideshows. It is a personal documentation of friends and people Clayton Anderson encountered in his daily life while working and traveling in his family's food business. Shot on black and white film and developed by author while on the road, after hours.Trade Review"There is a warmth and humanity to everyone documented within the pages of this beautiful world printed in stunning black and white." - Analog Forever Magazine, January 17, 2021"Kicking Sawdust: Running Away with the Circus and Carnival, doesn't glamorize, it humanizes. While not the everyday experience for most, the collection of images normalizes the day to day existence of life on the road." - Art Daily"When daily life is shared-with anyone, in any context—this intimate kind of knowing facilitates the forming of a kind of family. Perhaps existing in just that one dimension, perhaps for only that specific time and space in one's life; but seeing people first thing in the morning, trading chores, witnessing the range of emotions humans navigate in daily life, familiarizes and connects."- All-About-Photo
£28.79
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Eine Theaterlandschaft für Belgrad:
Book SynopsisIn the 19th century, Belgrade developed from an Ottoman-influenced provincial town to the capital of a nation-state. In this cultural history of the Belgrade theater landscape of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Marija Đokić shows that Serbian and European theater practices entered into a productive exchange and contributed to the formation of a national identity, the Europeanization of the Western Balkans and the emergence of the Yugoslav idea. The innovative study is based on a broad concept of theater, which not only focuses on the Serbian national theater, but also on music theater, variety shows or the circus. Đokić also explores the transnational interdependencies of the Belgrade theater world and the importance of the microcosm of theater for the cultural history of the young Balkan state. In this way, she manages to paint a fundamentally new picture of the Belgrade theater landscape and Serbian society between 1841 and 1914.
£999.99
Lit Verlag Critical Voicings of Black Liberation: Resistance
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£18.99
Transcript Verlag Inheriting Dance: An Invitation from Pina
Book Synopsis"Inheriting Dance. An Invitation from Pina" sets out at the historical moment we found ourselves in after the passing of Pina Bausch. The Pina Bausch Foundation started their work of carrying the artistic heritage of dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch into the future. This book reflects discussions and questions aroused by her work: How to archive dance? How to deal with the performative heritage at the outset of the 21st century? How to describe the performativity of remembering? And finally, what is the task of an archive for tomorrow, an archive to serve as a workshop for the future? Furthermore, "Inheriting Dance" provides profound insight into the practical work of the Pina Bausch Foundation, on a local, national and global level, aiming at an archive as a place of transformation, exchange, creative production, and artistic practice, similar to an abundantly growing garden. A place for future generations of dancers, artists, non-professionals, and scholars. Contributions by Salomon Bausch, Stephan Brinkmann, Royd Climenhaga, Katharina Kelter, Gabriele Klein, Sharon Lehner, Keziah Claudine Nanevie, Linda Seljimi, Bernhard Thull, Michelle Urban and Marc Wagenbach.
£30.59
Transcript Verlag Expanded Choreographies—Choreographic Histories:
Book SynopsisFrom objects to sounds, choreography is expanding beyond dance and human bodies in motion. This book offers one of the rare systematic investigations of expanded choreography as it develops in contemporaneity, and is the first to consider expanded choreography from a trans-historical perspective. Through case studies on different periods of European dance history - ranging from Renaissance dance to William Forsythe's choreographic objects and from Baroque court ballets to digital choreographies - it traces a journey of choreography as a practice transcending its sole association with dancing, moving, human bodies.
£46.74
Transcript Verlag Glocal Bodies: Dancers in Exile and Politics of
Book SynopsisThis book is a critical study of Iranian dance and the works of Iranian-American female dancers in exile. Focusing on the study of contemporary Iranian dance through analysis of the choreographies of three female dancers in diaspora (namely Aisan Hoss, Shahrzad Khorsandi, and Banafsheh Sayyad), this research is among the first of its kind. Elaheh Hatami investigates the transformation of professional Iranian dance and discusses the role of relocation and displacement in its performance. She argues that Iranian dance and Iranian female dancers have always been in exile - not only in a physical sense, but also in the metaphorical sense of "exile" implying foreignness, exclusion, and marginalization.
£40.00
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Alan Ayckbourn in Chekhov's Footsteps. A Study of
Book SynopsisMustafa Kirca explores the dark sides of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy by comparing the playwright's characters with those of Chekhov's drama and drawing a parallelism in the character portrayal of both artists. The significance of Ayckbourn's plays, following Chekhov's footsteps, particularly lies in his vivid portrayal of characters from everyday life with psychological depth. Kirca shows that the fine mix of comedy and tragedy in Ayckbourn's drama is conveyed through his realistic characterization contrary to the farcical style of his plays. This kind of character portrayal in Ayckbourn's plays brings him very close to Chekhov and establishes the known equilibrium between comedy and tragedy in his theatre. The study covers Ayckbourn's Absent Friends, Just Between Ourselves, Joking Apart, Season's Greetings, Woman in Mind, A Small Family Business, and Henceforward. From Chekhov's drama, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard are included to define the general Chekhovian character traits. The book is especially interesting for teachers, students, and for general readers who are interested in modern 'human comedies'.
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Lit Verlag Lieder in Erzahlunen Der Bulsa
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£20.85
AVEdition On Stage: New Stage Photography
Book SynopsisOn Stage is a breathtaking pictorial volume with photographs that convey the passion, ambience and energy of the performances and allow the viewer to take part in the unique atmosphere of the live concert. The images in this book show artists on stage between 2010 and 2015. It's an exclusive selection of spectacular rock images from over 500 concerts. Liberated from rehearsed poses, the performers are portrayed in moments, in which they left their on-stage role and returned to that which they undeniably are: a human being. With photos of the Rolling Stones, Blur, Alice Cooper, Monarchy, Public Enemy, Little Dragon, St. Vincent, Alabama Shakes, Beady Eye, New Model Army, Lou Reed, Arctic Monkeys, Deep Purple, Hawkwind, James, Editors, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, Sam Smith, Patti Smith, Nine Inch Nails, Peter Gabriel, and many, many others. Text in English and German.
£21.25
Archive Books Body Luggage: Migration of Gestures. Migration
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£19.00
Sandeep Prakashan Documentation of Performing Arts
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£999.99
Shubhi Publications Performing Arts of India: Development and Spread
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£999.99
Museum Tusculanum Press Visions and Revisions: Performance, Memory,
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£36.54
Five Continents Editions Multiverse: Art, Dance, Design, Technology.
Book SynopsisFeaturing visionary creators from various fields, from art and contemporary dance to architecture and robotics, this lavishly illustrated book reports from the forefront of the crossdisciplinary synthesis that creates new forms of art. The project was initiated by Diana Vishneva, principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater in New York (2005-2017) and the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, and a tireless experimenter known for collaborations that have redefined the future of dance. The book presents interviews with choreographers William Forsythe and Carolyn Carlson; photographer Nick Knight; artists Bill Viola and Olafur Eliasson; architects Toyo Ito and Santiago Calatrava; robotics inventor Raffaello d'Andrea, and other creators who actively stretch the conventional limits of their fields. Included in the volume is a DVD of a film created for this project using state-of-the-art technologies to translate the language of dance into that of cinema.
£37.50
Niyogi Books K.n. Panikkar: The Theatre Of Rasa
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£14.99
Roli Books Motherland: Pushpamala N.'s Woman and Nation
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary scholarly catalogue examines Motherland, an important series of photo-performances by the acclaimed artist Pushpamala N. on the Indian nation personified as woman, mother, and goddess. The series shows Pushpamala taking on Mother India's myriad personifications: nubile beauty and saintly renunciant; militant goddess wearing a garland of skulls or receiving the ultimate sacrifice of a warrior's head; the mother-surgeon activating the birth of model citizens; and destitute widow, bent from years of abject labour. As she does so, she reveals that nations are invented, as are national embodiments. The artist's burden is to reveal the ingredients of such inventions.
£999.99
Blue Moon Publishing Joys of Parenting
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£10.44
The American University in Cairo Press Alif 39: Transnational Drama: Theater and
Book SynopsisThis issue of Alif explores drama in its many manifestations-—textual plays, performances, folk drama, choreographed story-telling, staged poetry recitals, and protest songs—as well as presenting modes of directing and production, comparative dramaturgy, specialized theater journals, experimental and independent troupes, testimonies and interviews. The issue covers dramatic works from eighteenth-century France to twenty-first century Britain and covers geographically Senegal to Lebanon, the US to China, while highlighting major dramatists from Egypt, Syria, and Morocco. The translations in this issue cover manifestos towards a new Arab Theater and an introduction to the recently published plays of Frantz Fanon.
£67.50
