Dance & Performing arts books

Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian...

A comprehensive overview of public relations principles, concepts and methods is presented in this introductory text. Case studies are featured, such as the debate over Clinton's health-care plan. Issues covered include ethics and...

A collection of interviews made with director James Ivory (b 1928), producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005), and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (b 1927). It traces their career, while offering insights into their creative...

Provides a record of what was once America's pre-eminent form of popular entertainment from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. This title includes entries not only on the entertainers themselves, but also on those who worked...

This volume analyzes the representation of disabled and disfigured bodies in contemporary art and its various contexts, from art history to photography to medical displays to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century freak show.

A quarterly DVD magazine that is encoded with the best short movies, documentaries and uncategorizable films - from Spike Jonze documentaries to Alexander Payne's first short feature. It is filled with films designed to make you...

By 1912 the large-scale cowboy ranches of the Old West had been disappearing for years and the Calgary Stampede - along with other exhibitions was set-up to commemorate a fading way of life for younger generations. This title...