This collection presents a selection of essays written from a point of view that has dance, movement, or performance at its centre, and examines the intellectual and material relationship to the art form from which they are conceived.
Kaum jemand in der deutschen Literatur der letzten Jahre hat solche Höhen und Tiefen erlebt, ist so oft »abgeschrieben«, so oft in den Himmel gehoben worden wie Peter Wawerzinek.
American Society for Aesthetics Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance AestheticsBefore Columbus Foundation American Book AwardDancing in Blackness is a professional dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and 23 countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America.
-- Alicia Keys ist eine der bedeutendsten Musikerinnen unserer Zeit und eine Ikone der internationalen Natürlichkeitsbewegung-- Sie erzählt erstmals von ihrem Werdegang, ihren Erfolgen und Niederlagen-- Selbstbestimmung, Selbstwert, eine individuelle Definition von Weiblichkeit: Die Sängerin ist ein generationenübergreifendes Vorbild für starke FrauenIn ihrer Autobiografie gibt die Ausnahme-Musikerin und Ikone für weibliche Selbstbestimmung Alicia Keys einen Mut machenden Einblick in ihre Entwicklung zu einer der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten unserer Zeit.
This book explores how productions of Shakespearean plays create meaning in specific communities, with special attention to issues of access, adaptation, and activism.
A dazzling celebration of theatre, its workings and its most compelling playwrights by the New York's senior drama critic emeritus and the author of Tennessee Williams'By far the best thing about my stuff I've ever read' Arthur Miller'Luminous with insight and love for every aspect of the act of dramatic creation' Daily Mail'A wonderful celebration of theatre, filled with insights' Guardian'John Lahr manages to write better about the theatre than anybody in the English language,' says Richard Eyre.
Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.
This volume focuses on three artists who embrace media and technology as essential elements of their theatrical expression: Elizabeth LeCompte, Ping Chong, and Robert Lepage.
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious and inspiring book about an unconventional journey to Hollywood success and self-celebration.
_______________'Such a companionable writer you just don't want to let him go' - The Times_______________First published in 1998, For the Time Being brings together Dirk Bogarde's published work outside of his novels and autobiographies.
A cinematic and vibrant coming-of-age memoir, Chasing the Panther captures the thrilling and, at times, heartbreaking early years of Carolyn Pfeiffer, a pioneering film producer and one of Hollywood's first female executivesa ';mini-mogul' in the words of the Wall Street Journal.
In this one-of-a-kind book, novelist and academic Nicholas Royle brings together two remarkably different creative figures: Enid Blyton and David Bowie.
From famed celebrity biographer Darwin Porter, this is the most honest and journalistically important biography of Michael Jackson ever published, with a roster of literary reviews that outnumber and outclass any other MJ bio on the market.
A magnificent collection of essays, opinions, and reflections on life, culture, art, love, and music—always lyrical, witty, and brazenly provocative—from one of the most acclaimed contemporary American composersTime magazine has called Ned Rorem “the world’s best composer of art songs.
Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy.
The deluxe eBook edition of Waging Heavy Peace includes excerpts of more than fifteen Neil Young songs (personally selected by Young himself) such as "e;After the Gold Rush,"e; "e;Like a Hurricane,"e; and "e;The Needle and the Damage Done,"e; providing a soundtrack to his stories.
Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood, along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again.
Shine is your chance to sit down with Samantha Armytage, co-host of Channel Seven's top-rating Sunrise, where she takes you inside her world and the lessons she's learned (and is still learning!
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: a hilarious and heartfelt new autobiography from the national treasure Sir David Jason'There are British telly icons and then there is Sir David Jason.
Things My Son Needs To Know About The World is a tender and funny series of letters from a new father to his son about one of life's most daunting experiences: parenthood From the 18 million copy internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove________ 'You can be whatever you want to be, but that's nowhere near as important as knowing that you can be exactly who you are' In between the sleep-obsessed lows and oxytocin-fuelled highs, Backman takes a step back to share his own experience of fatherhood and how he navigates such unchartered territory.
Analysing Gender in Performance brings together the fields of Gender Studies and Performance Analysis to explore how contemporary performance represents and interrogates gender.
Whereas Humphrey Bogart is always at the top of any list of the Entertainment Industry's most famous actors, very little is known about how he clawed his way to stardom from Broadway to Hollywood.
