Theatre & Performing Arts
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Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict: Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka [Hardback]
Ahalya Satkunaratnam (Author)
£55.50ISBN: 9780819578891
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983–2009). It is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originatin... .... Learn More -
Revealing the Inner Contours of Human Emotion: Preserving the Ballets of Anthony Tudor [Paperback]
Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110353
Published by : Vita Histria
Anthony Tudor stands as one of the pillars of twentieth century ballet choreography. An English born choreographer who found a home in the United States, Tudor gained renown as the most innovative choreographer of his day. He explored the inner co... .... Learn More -
Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict: Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka [Paperback]
Ahalya Satkunaratnam (Author)
£16.95ISBN: 9780819578907
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983–2009). It is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originatin... .... Learn More -
Using the Sky: A Dance [Paperback]
Deborah Hay (Author)
£16.95ISBN: 9780819579119
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Deborah Hay is an internationally renowned dance artist whose unique approach to bodily practice has had lasting impact on American choreography. Her commitment to dance as a process is as exquisite as it is provoking. Rooted in NYC’s 1960s experi... .... Learn More -
Drawing the Surface of Dance: A Biography in Charts [Paperback]
Annie-B Parson (Author)
£19.50ISBN: 9780819579065
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Soloing on the page, choreographer Annie-B Parson rethinks choreography as dance on paper. Parson draws her dances into new graphic structures calling attention to the visual facts of the materiality of each dance work she has made. These drawings... .... Learn More -
Revealing the Inner Contours of Human Emotion: Preserving the Ballets of Anthony Tudor [Hardback]
Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9781592110230
Published by : Vita Histria
Anthony Tudor stands as one of the pillars of twentieth century ballet choreography. An English born choreographer who found a home in the United States, Tudor gained renown as the most innovative choreographer of his day. He explored the inner co... .... Learn More -
Nation, Community, Self: Female Voices in Scottish Theatre from the Seventies to the Present [Paperback]
Gioia Angeletti (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9788869771347
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
From the late 1960s until the present day, a significant number of women playwrights have emerged in Scottish theatre who have made a pioneering contribution to dramatic innovation and experimentation. Despite the critical reassessment of some of ... .... Learn More -
Jarmila Novotná: My Life in Song [Hardback]
Jarmila Novotná (Author); William V. Madison (Editor); Brian Kellow (Author)
£30.50ISBN: 9780813176116
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
A legendary beauty, hailed as one of the greatest singing actors of her time, Jarmila Novotná (1907--1994) was an internationally known opera soprano from the former Czechoslovakia. Best known for her performances in Der Rosenkavalier, The Marria... .... Learn More -
Trisha Brown: Choreography as Visual Art (1962–1987) [Paperback]
Susan Rosenberg (Author)
£25.95ISBN: 9780819576620
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Trisha Brown re-shaped the landscape of modern dance with her game-changing and boundary-defying choreography and visual art. Art historian Susan Rosenberg draws on Brown’s archives, as well as interviews with Brown and her colleagues, to track Br... .... Learn More -
Trisha Brown: Choreography as Visual Art (1962–1987) [Hardback]
Susan Rosenberg (Author)
£81.50ISBN: 9780819576613
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Trisha Brown re-shaped the landscape of modern dance with her game-changing and boundary-defying choreography and visual art. Art historian Susan Rosenberg draws on Brown’s archives, as well as interviews with Brown and her colleagues, to track Br... .... Learn More
