Performing arts

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women.

Ellis Amburn's magnificent biography of the Academy Award-winning actress and legendary beauty captures the unparalleled Elizabeth in all her tragedy and splendorher tumultuous loves, her doomed affections, her shocking excesses, her courage, and her inimitable style.

This book examines the history of the Freie Volksbuhne (Free People's Theatre), Berlin, from 1890-1914, in the light of the cultural theory and practice of German Social Democracy in Imperial Germany.

Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W.

In 1980, Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas traveled to Lebanon to film a documentary about the country's Palestinian refugee camps, during which time he kept a diary of his impressions.

On paper, Kenny Everett's qualifications did not look promising - with little in the way of education, physique or social skills.

Cet ouvrage ouvre la route vers un mouvement artistique qui a voyagé même avant son développement dans les années 1970 et ensuite un peu partout dans le monde à travers sa commercialisation et ses migrants latino-américains.

Pourquoi Giordano Bruno ?

Can a band comprised of six very talented but very different musicians make a difference with their music?

Un chien, appelé Napoléon, est assigné en justice par son maître, Tadeus, pour avoir trahi sa nature fidèle en rejoignant l'ex-épouse dudit maître chez qui il exerce de nouvelles fonctions.

Quels liens existe-il entre danses et culture hip-hop ?

Éric Vigner, s'il est homme de théâtre, a d'abord une formation de plasticien.

Pas si fort !

La structure de ce volume découle des temps forts du processus collectif engagé par l'équipe des chercheur.

All my life I have been taken captive by birds.

From Muscle Beach to Hollywood superstar to The GovernatorIan Halperin, investigative journalist and # 1 New York Times bestselling author, reveals the untold story about the outsized and often outrageous Arnold Schwarzenegger.

We are all actors on the worlds' stage!

With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute s list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood.

For courses in Introduction to Communication that take a mainstream rather than a survey approach

 

A five-principles approach that helps students build practical communication skills

Communication: Principles for a Lifetime was designed to address the biggest challenge when teaching Introduction to Communication: how to present the variety of fundamental theory and skills without overwhelming learners.

* Coal Mines, Confessions and Dance Halls with Return to the North and The Theatre of Self.

This edited collection brings together an introduction and 13 original scholarly essays on AMC's The Walking Dead.

Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against BiasAfter all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did.

Une jeune danseuse, amoureuse du flamenco, s'envole pour l'Espagne en quête du secret de son art.

This volume of spellbinding essays explores the tense relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, providing new perspectives on their collaboration.

Fantastiques ?

Melvyn Stokes's study of the 1946 classic Gilda describes the film's production and reception history, as well as addressing Rita Hayworth's complex star persona and ethnicity identity; Gilda's status as a 'noir' film; and what the film had to say about relations between men and women in a world transformed by war.

La Joselito débute sa carrière de danseuse de flamenco dès l'enfance, en Andalousie.

Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life.

Lady Gagas old friend and former DJ Brendan Jay Sullivan paints a vivid picture of the downtown scene from which she emerged.

Loin du cliché courant d'une certaine "ringardise" de la danse de société, de nombreux articles et émissions phares de télévision indiquent qu'elle connaît un très net renouveau.

Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America s most successful export.

Comment le confinement a-t-il été vécu à travers le monde par les Arts du spectacle ?

“An excellent study that should interest film buffs, academics, and non-academics alike” (Journal of the West).

A history of American cameramen covering the news of World War I, from the dangerous front line and the risk of execution to red tape and censorship.

I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE PLAYING NERDS.

Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked nostalgia to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc.

This is the story of how a young Xhosa herdboy, growing up among the green hills of the Eastern Cape, became the first black president of South Africa.

Scotland's greatest export.

I Know World Flags is a fun informational picture eBook and introduction for five to twelve year olds to learn about flags from over 56 different countries.