Category: Performing Arts
Illustrated with images as iconic as they are stunning and including the author's first-hand experiences on set and interviews with the great director, this magnificent book charts the extraordinary journey of Britain's greatest living director. Telling the stories behind Alien and Blade Runner, Gladiat ...Show more
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With its vivid narrative, Valerie Lawson's Dancing Under the Southern Skies goes far beyond what audiences see on stage to reveal what has been behind the red velvet curtain. The lives of the dancers who toured to Australia, among them Anna Pavlova and Margot Fonteyn, and of those who stayed and of thos ...Show more
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For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night " has greeted late night-TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular music. SNL is the variety show that launched the careers of a mass of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy ...Show more
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-A lavishly illustrated volume celebrating the 100-year history of the Royal Academy of Dance, a world-leading dance education institution -Organized into illuminating sections on music, choreography and costume, and on the traditions that many of those who have taken a ballet exam will remember -An ins ...Show more
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An intimate narrative photography book about Ballet Étoile Diana Vishneva's extraordinary dedication to the art of Ballet, made during her recent nostalgic homecoming to beloved Russia."I met Diana Vishneva for the first time at a coffee shop in Shibuya, one of Tokyo's trendy district. At first, ...Show more
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The Globe Guide to Shakespeare is the ultimate guide to the life and work of the world's greatest playwright: William Shakespeare. With full coverage of the 39 Shakespearian plays, including a synopsis, full character list, stage history and a critical essay for each, this comprehensive guide is both a ...Show more
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A selection of the most enduring work of one of this century's best-known French playwrights Jean Anouilh (1910-87) along with Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, was at the forefront of the post-war generation of playwrights in Paris. In England his plays were championed by Peter Brook. Antigone is a re ...Show more
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Henry Lawson's iconic story gets a fresh re-write. Once again the Drover's Wife is confronted by a threat in her yard, but now it's a man. He's bleeding, he's got secrets, and he's black. She knows there's a fugitive wanted for killing whites, and the district is thick with troopers, but something's hol ...Show more
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Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American music and cultural history, lauded by "Time" magazine as one of the hundred most important people of the twentieth century. For nearly fifty years the singer-songwriter has crafted his unique brand of music, from his 1962 self-titled debut album to 2009's number ...Show more
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A richly informed, up-to-date performance guide to more than 140 favorite ballets, from the classical era to the present day This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a core interna ...Show more
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Tons of travel guides will tell you about the Sydney Harbour Bridge or Federation Square, but how many will give you directions to the very spot where the Cronulla race riots began, or the place where Tony Abbott stood proudly in front of a oDitch the Bitcho poster? You've heard of Atlas Obscura. Welco ...Show more
