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Hardcover. Women have had a significant presence in the circus since Patty Jones first performed in 1768 with her husband Philip Astley on the banks of the Thames. Drawing upon historical news reports and contemporary interviews, Sawdust Sisterhood explores and celebrates the intriguing lives of female performers across two centuries of circus history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASZW; HBG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555309
ISBN
9781781555309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

paperback. Editor(s): Bode, Steven. Num Pages: 24 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AGB; AS; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 3. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Film & Video Umbrella United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953863419
ISBN
9780953863419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. This practical book explains all the basics of good harmonica playing for both chromatic and diatonic harmonicas. Step-by-step instruction is combined with practice songs and reference information on blues and rock harmonica to give you a well-balanced knowledge of the harmonica. In addition to learning to hold the harmonica and how to read music, information is included on the 12-bar blues, straight harp, and cross harp. Series: HANDY GUIDE. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 279 x 188 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78. Series: HANDY GUIDE. This practical book explains all the basics of good harmonica playing for both chromatic and diatonic harmonicas. Step-by-step instruction is combined with practice songs and reference information on blues and rock harmonica to give you a well-balanced knowledge of the harmonica. In addition to learning to hold the harmonica and how to read music, information is included on the 12-bar blues, straight harp, and cross harp. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 279 x 188 x 5. Weight: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Alfred Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882841571
ISBN
9780882841571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.22

Hardcover. Editor(s): Stewart, Dr. Jon. Num Pages: 546 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; HP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 149 x 39. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763510967
ISBN
9788763510967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.90
€ 53.96

Paperback. Over the last few years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the author has been attempting to understand modern Britain in a weekly newspaper column. Why are there so few right-wing stand-ups? Who was Grant Shapps? What does your Spotify playlist data say about you? Are Jeremy Corbyn and Stewart Lee really the new Christs? And so on. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; DN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571329038
ISBN
9780571329038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. This Guide provides the reader with a chronological survey of contemporary dance. It is studded with references to Internet sources to satisfy readers who may not have access to live performances. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ASDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton Book Company
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871273543
ISBN
9780871273543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.96

Hardback. By far Strindberg's most aggressive work. The Father is a feverish nightmare of the struggle he saw between defiant masculinity and the treacherous weakness of women. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 77 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
77
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587875
ISBN
9780929587875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.10

paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405918558
ISBN
9781405918558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. A showcase of the "golden age" of the circus in America Editor(s): Weber, Susan; Ames, Kenneth L.; Wittmann, Matthew. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 327 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 276 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300185393
ISBN
9780300185393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 55.15

Paperback. A guide to the rich history of western dance in all its incarnations from 16th-century court ballet to the genre-shattering contortions of 21st-century theatrical dance. Part of the "World of Art" series, it is updated for the new millennium to feature various styles, performers and technology. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 149 illustrations, 29 in colour. BIC Classification: ASDL; ASDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204115
ISBN
9780500204115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This work offers diverse theoretical approaches to a range of art and performance practices at the cutting edge of creative and technological experimentation. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362899
ISBN
9781349362899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that enables the public to rehearse democratic practices. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; D; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349305858
ISBN
9781349305858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Paperback. The third book in a trilogy that includes Seeing the Divine and Hearing the Divine, this book articulates the religious sensibility underlying the traditional performing arts and examines the relationships between the arts and religion in India today. Num Pages: 160 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231131452
ISBN
9780231131452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. What world has been constructed for dancing through the use of the term 'world dance'? What kinds of worlds do we as scholars create for a given dance when we undertake to describe and analyze it? This book endeavours to make new epistemological space for the analysis of the world's dance by offering a variety of new analytic approaches. Editor(s): Foster, Susan Leigh. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205949
ISBN
9780230205949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Paperback. Outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance. 224 pages, illustrations. Outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ASDL. Dimension: 232 x 209 x 23. Weight: 584.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063334
ISBN
9780520063334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638024
ISBN
9780816638024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637379
ISBN
9780816637379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Scenic spectacles collapse the borders of graphic and visual arts, multimedia technology, spectatorship and architecture. Drawing upon various systems of commercial, institutional and public spectacle that intersect with scenic stages of the national landscape, Tenneriello examines how spectacle is entrenched in the formation of national identity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471959
ISBN
9781349471959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 46.69

Paperback. One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349465903
ISBN
9781349465903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover. One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343895
ISBN
9781137343895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

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