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Tremendous DAVID HARE An absorbing necessary book AHAD AKHTAR Fascinating and energising FINANCIAL TIMES From the Winner of Winners of the Baillie Gifford Prize a timely and dramatic story of a utopian American experiment and the self serving politicians that engineered its downfall In 1935 the American public was presented with a radical opportunity Established under President Franklin D Roosevelt s New Deal the Federal Theatre Project would employ 12 000 artists writers and actors stage more than 1 000 productions and reach over 30 million people Its output included Orson Welles directorial debut a landmark modern dance programme and shows that sought to shed light on the reality of racism inequality and the dangers of fascism But within three years an opportunistic Texas congressman had embarked on a campaign to destroy it inventing a playbook that echoes into the culture wars of today From one of the world s great storytellers The Playbook is an illuminating account of a terrifyingly prescient moment in twentieth century American cultural history

Celebrated eurythmist Werner Barfod details the seven planetary gestures in eurythmy and outlines how each expresses a different relationship of the human being to the world An insightful book which will help eurythmists bring creativity into their art

A guide to dance improvisation.

Judith BennahumTHE LURE OF PERFECTION: FASHION AND BALLET, 1780-1830 offers a unique look at how ballet influenced contemporary fashion and women's body image, and how street fashions in turn were reflected by the costumes worn by ballet dancers. Through years of research, the author has traced the interplay between fashion, social trends, and the development of dance. During the 18th century, women literally took up twice as much space as men; their billowing dresses ballooned out from their figures, sometimes a full 55 inches, to display costly jewelry and fine brocade work; similar costumes appeared on stage. But clothing also limited her movement; it literally disabled them, making the dances themselves little more than tableaux. Movement was further inhibited by high shoes and tight corsets; thus the image of the rigidly straight, long-lined dancer is as much a product of clothing as aesthetics. However, with changing times came new trends. An increased interest in natural movement and the common folk led to less-restrictive clothing. As viewers demanded more virtuosic dancers, women literally danced their way to freedom. THE LURE OF PERFECTION will interest students of dance and cultural history, and women's studies. It is a fascinating, well-researched look at the interplay of fashion, dance, and culture-still very much a part of our world today.

Arte, exilio y escándalo. En The Living Theatre, Arte, Exilio y Escándalo, John Tytell además de ofrecernos una trepidante crónica de unos años convulsos y apasionados nos narra la increible odisea del revolucionario grupo teatral que intento llevar la libertad artistica y personal a su maxima expresion y en cuya estela se cruzaron entre otros los poetas W. H. Auden, Jean Cocteau, A. Ginsberg, E. E. Cummings, W. C. Williams y E. Pound; los escritores J. Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Ken Kesey, A. Moravia, Gunter Grass y Jean Paul Sartre; los hombres de teatro Piscator, J.L. Barrault, Lenny Bruce, Jean Genet, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook y Tennesse Williams; los pintores Jackson Pollock, Jaspers Johns, Mark Rothko, W. de Kooning, Yoko Ono, De Chirico y Dali; los artistas Al Pacino y Martin Sheen; los directores de cine J. Huston, F.F. Coppola, Pier Paolo Passolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Louis Malle y Jean-Luc Godard; los pensadores H. Marcuse, Paul Goodman, Fritz Pearls, T. Leary, Ronald Laing y Michael Foucault; y los musicos J. Cage, Grateful Dead, Jim Morrison, John Lennon y Bob Dylan. Actualmente existe un intento de borrar la memoria historica de una epoca que, contra lo que algunos piensan, no solo no desemboco en una derrota, como se nos ha pretendido hacer creer, sino que dio forma e impulso a los espacios mas creativos de nuestro tiempo.

MatteoThis publication on Spanish dance includes: photographs and art reproductions that effectively illustrate points that are made in the text, a bibliography of more than 250 works, the basic rhythms and melodic lines for fifteen flamenco dances, and an index.

Clear, thoughtfully written text describes the theater''s development in the context of Japanese history, with detailed analyses of actors'' techniques, music and dance, plays and playwrights, playhouse''s design evolution, and six representative Kabuki plays. Glossary of Japanese terms.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul comes his most revealing to date a brutally honest and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black poor and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance and self acceptance

The Guerilla Guide Perfomarnce Art is the ultimate guide for artists at all stages of their careers engaged in creating original performance and multimedia work, including hybrids of theater, visual art, installation, physical theater, dance, CD-ROM and web design. It covers all aspects of artist support including starting up a company, funding, multimedia tools, and documentation and marketing, and incorporates a useful Yellow Pages section with contact information for production, funding, venues, galleries, publications, festivals, printers, equipment hire, technical support, artists organizations, performance archives, copyright offices and software support. The book is lavishly illustrated and interviews from major artists and directors of some of the leading artist support groups in the UK and US along with illuminating case studies address practical questions and offer indispensable insights into how to succeed in the performance arts.