Theatre studies

Originally published in 1982, this book explores concepts such as 'traditional performance' and African theatre'.

Originally published in 1982, this book explores concepts such as 'traditional performance' and African theatre'.

This book takes choreographer William Forsythe's choreographic and scenographic processes as a holistic lens through which to view dance as a fundamentally visuo-sonic art form and choreography as a form of perceptual experimentation.

This book explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.

This book explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.

This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies.

This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies.

This volume presents cutting-edge research and practice on Creative Arts Therapies or Arts Therapies for individuals on the autism spectrum of all ages, outlining the development of effective and accessible approaches to support the diverse needs of this client group.

From Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's 1879 musical Peculiar Sam to Lynn Nottage's 2021 musical MJ, the 'Black musical' does not get the credit it deserves for sustaining the genre we know and love.

From Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's 1879 musical Peculiar Sam to Lynn Nottage's 2021 musical MJ, the 'Black musical' does not get the credit it deserves for sustaining the genre we know and love.

This volume presents cutting-edge research and practice on Creative Arts Therapies or Arts Therapies for individuals on the autism spectrum of all ages, outlining the development of effective and accessible approaches to support the diverse needs of this client group.

This book introduces readers to the widespread phenomenon of how social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok become an extension of long-standing aspects of musical theatre engagement.

This structural account of independent performing arts in Europe is complimented by an analysis of the challenging social situation within the field.

This structural account of independent performing arts in Europe is complimented by an analysis of the challenging social situation within the field.

With its groundbreaking score, unabashed romanticism, and scrappy sensibility, Rent was like a firecracker thrown into a hushed theater, turning heads and upending conventions.

One of the earliest domestic tragedies, Arden of Faversham is a powerful Elizabethan drama based on the real-life murder of Thomas Arden.

Ghosts haunt the stages of world theatre, appearing in classical Greek drama through to the plays of 21st-century dramatists.

Ghosts haunt the stages of world theatre, appearing in classical Greek drama through to the plays of 21st-century dramatists.

This book explores young Cambodians' perceptions of their place in today's society and how they interact with the country's arts and culture scene.

In this book, Chloe Rae Edmonson analyzes performance sites from throughout U.

Performance in Popular Culture reveals the intricate relationship between performance and popular culture by exploring how theatrical conventions and dramaturgical tropes have informed the way the social is constructed for popular consumption.

Performance in Popular Culture reveals the intricate relationship between performance and popular culture by exploring how theatrical conventions and dramaturgical tropes have informed the way the social is constructed for popular consumption.

In this book, Chloe Rae Edmonson analyzes performance sites from throughout U.

This book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence on the Early Modern stage and in the Early Modern world.

This book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence on the Early Modern stage and in the Early Modern world.

This book explores young Cambodians' perceptions of their place in today's society and how they interact with the country's arts and culture scene.

Rice''s practice as theatre-maker, her ethics of affirmation and contribution to queer worldmaking, is theorised as feminist acts of love.

Lee provides a comprehensive insight into important topics within modern Korean theatre and conducts an in-depth evaluation of the major discourses that shaped Korean theatre during the 20th century.

In this collection of essays Mary Cyr explores some of the written and unwritten performance conventions that applied to French and English music of the 17th and early 18th centuries.

This is a comprehensive overview of contemporary European theatre and performance as it enters the third decade of the twenty-first century.

One of the earliest domestic tragedies, Arden of Faversham is a powerful Elizabethan drama based on the real-life murder of Thomas Arden.

How is the individual and the 'nation' constructed and promoted in American theatre?

This is a comprehensive overview of contemporary European theatre and performance as it enters the third decade of the twenty-first century.

This text aims to introduce students to culture around the world through simple art activities, while building creativity and critical-thinking skills.

Born in 1916 in La Jolla, California, Gregory Peck took up acting in college on a lark that would lead to a career.

Nomai dance drama, an artistic expression combining sacred, communal, economic, and cultural spheres of community life in the district of Higashidorimura, is a performing tradition that provides an identity to agriculturally based villages.

This book is a comprehensive, historical bible on the subject of urban street dance and its influence on modern dance, hip hop, and pop culture.

Regardless of your profession as a teacher, doctor, writer, or business associate, every presentation is a performance.

Step into a world where the brightest creative minds of contemporary musical theatre share their insights and inspirations.

In the early 1890s, black performer Bob Cole turned blackface minstrelsy on its head with his nationally recognized whiteface creation, a character he called Willie Wayside.

From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world.

From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world.

Originado en el corazón mismo de nuestro país, Inconsciente Colectivo es un libro imprescindible para quienes se aventuran en la compleja tarea de gestionar y producir culturas desde la periferia.

Performing Contemporary Childhoods: Being and Becoming a Viral Child examines the changing nature of contemporary childhoods by exploring how children's and young people's digital media create new ideas about youth agency.

Performing Contemporary Childhoods: Being and Becoming a Viral Child examines the changing nature of contemporary childhoods by exploring how children's and young people's digital media create new ideas about youth agency.

Curating material from Applauses Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two by John Russell Brown, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends by Neil Freeman, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, weve created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays.

Step into a world where the brightest creative minds of contemporary musical theatre share their insights and inspirations.