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Hardcover. The Dancer's World 1920-1945 focuses on modern dancers as they saw themselves. Five chapters describe a narrative arc that encompasses Europe and the USA with a focus between 1920 and 1945. A final chapter considers contemporary relevance for dancers, dance artists, choreographers, dance students and scholars alike. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439208
- ISBN
- 9781137439208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. Examining performers from the ancient Mediterranean world to the modern Islamic Middle East, including India and Pakistan, Shay explores the careers, artistic performances, and legacies of these individuals who were forced to produce entertainment and art for, and have sex with, any and all patrons. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433602
- ISBN
- 9781137433602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Hardcover. This book brings together experts across disciplines to examine the connection between digital technologies and human movement, and to consider the creative and artistic possibilities of technologized human motion. Editor(s): Salazar Sutil, Nicolas; Popat, Sita. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 338 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430403
- ISBN
- 9781137430403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZB; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415134
- ISBN
- 9781137415134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Tracing the historical figure of Vaslav Nijinsky in contemporary documents and later reminiscences, Dancing Genius opens up questions about authorship in dance, about critical evaluation of performance practice, and the manner in which past events are turned into history. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; ASDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407726
- ISBN
- 9781137407726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Akram Khan's 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16. BIC Classification: ASDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393654
- ISBN
- 9781137393654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.58
€ 160.58
Hardcover. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZX; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384430
- ISBN
- 9781137384430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardcover. Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner have been partners in life and work for more than 40 years. Over those years they have been comedic pioneers in television, sound recording, film, theater, and animation. This book explores the ways they have used and expanded notions of queer to make their unique impact on American culture. Num Pages: 202 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; JFCA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358233
- ISBN
- 9781137358233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Hardcover. By tracing the effects of unprecedented immigration, the advent of the new woman, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, DesRochers examines the relation between comedic vaudeville acts and progressive reformers as they fought over the new definition of "Americanness." Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357427
- ISBN
- 9781137357427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
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
€ 66.70
Hardcover. This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANH; AS; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137319661
- ISBN
- 9781137319661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZG; DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298911
- ISBN
- 9781137298911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC; JFSR; JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312174538
- ISBN
- 9780312174538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604766
- ISBN
- 9780230604766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. If directing dramatic productions interests you, this book is a basic guide to show you know to apply the principles of directing to any dramatic medium - stage, television, or film. The authors, who have worked in all three media, illustrated how the principles of one medium relate to the other two. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601376
- ISBN
- 9780230601376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 35.20
€ 43.99
€ 35.20
Paperback. This is the essential guide for all new and established writers for the screen. Including useful, easy-to-search contact detail entries from courses, societies and grants to representation and production companies, along with provocative articles and invaluable advice from top UK and US representatives and practitioners of the trade. Editor(s): Turner, Barry. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; CBVS; GBCY. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573277
- ISBN
- 9780230573277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.96
€ 45.96
Hardcover. Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AP; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364134
- ISBN
- 9780230364134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardback. Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, while cutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278554
- ISBN
- 9780230278554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
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
€ 127.40
Hardcover. Presents the performance art 'butoh' as an evolving artistic bodily response to the Japanese society of the 1960s-1980s - a society characterized by conflict and proliferating information. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120402
- ISBN
- 9780230120402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.86€ 89.11
€ 105.86
€ 89.11
Hardcover. Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and professional histories reflect the hardships as well as the advances of African-Americans in the artistic and social developments of the second half of the twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114081
- ISBN
- 9780230114081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.24€ 82.67
€ 96.24
€ 82.67
hardcover. This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MB; AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003408
- ISBN
- 9780230003408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption, but also as vernaculars connecting individuals who may have little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities the book suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work productively together. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000032
- ISBN
- 9780230000032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Inside the Minstrel Mask: Readings in Nineteenth-Century Blackface Min...
. Ed(S): Bean, Annemarie; Hatch, James V.; Mc...
paperback. A sourcebook of contemporary and historical commentary on America's first popular mass entertainment. Editor(s): Bean, Annemarie; Hatch, James V.; McNamara, Brooks. Num Pages: 324 pages, 25 illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: ASZP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wesleyan United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819563002
- ISBN
- 9780819563002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.33
€ 30.33