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  • The Stanislavski System

    The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition

    Practical tips, techniques, and exercises to help you become a better actorThis essential guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among acting students and teachers. This updated edition includes a revised section on the subtext of a role, along with detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for decades, including:• Emotional memory ... Read more

    7,20 €

  • Star Wars 100 Objects

    Illuminating Items From a Galaxy Far, Far Away….

    by Kristin Baver ...
    100 objects that capture the excitement, mystery, and mythology of Star Wars.See how these artefacts, and many more, impacted key characters and events. From revered heirlooms such as Darth Vader's mask and the Skywalker lightsaber to a Tusken gaderffii stick and a clone trooper's helmet, each carefully chosen object has its own compelling story to tell.Presented chronologically, full-colour ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • The Films of Fay Wray

    Widely acclaimed as a horror movie actress, Fay Wray is best remembered for her performances in King Kong and four other classic 1930s film thrillers, Doctor X, The Most Dangerous Game, Mystery of the Wax Museum and The Vampire Bat. Yet Wray appeared in 77 feature films between 1925 and 1958, playing leading roles in 67. Many of her films, including her entire silent film output, have been lost or ... Read more

    14,94 €

  • Le Grand Dictionnaire des Métiers Techniques du Spectacle Vivant

    Un guide complet : 650 définitions, étymologies et traductions

    by Moha ZAMI ...
    Dans l'ombre des projecteurs, des métiers invisibles s'activent pour donner vie au spectacle. Certains existants depuis des siècles, façonnés par la tradition et le savoir-faire des générations passées. D'autres ont évolué au fil des innovations techniques, s'adaptant aux nouvelles exigences de la scène et de l'événementiel. Quelques-uns ont même disparu, emportant avec eux des outils et un savoir ... Read more

    7,90 €

  • The Unofficial BTS Bible

    All of the Facts You Need on K-Pop's Biggest Sensations!

    Join BTS’s ARMY and learn the history of the international K-POP sensation!BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan) has become one of K-POP’s most well-known singing groups. The seven-member Korean boy band formed in 2013 and has slowly grown to worldwide fame through their music. Despite slow beginnings, the K-POP group now has millions of listeners around the world. They led the Korean Wave of music into ... Read more

    11,45 €

  • Orpheline numéro 27

    " J'ai parfois l'impression d'être encore l'orpheline d'hier, la pikin sale et affamée qui, dans sa terreur, se raccrochait de toutes ses forces à un unique espoir, celui de devenir un jour danseuse. À l'époque, je m'appelais Mabinty Bangura, et je dansais pieds nus dans la boue à la saison des pluies. "Mabinty Bangura est née en Sierra Leone en 1995, alors que la guerre civile fait rage. Quand ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Radical Reality

    Documentary Storytelling and the Global Fight for Social Justice

    Radical Reality reveals how independent documentary makers around the world produce cinematic stories that speak truth to power-and why nonfiction storytelling matters for social justice. Pushing against increasingly difficult political and economic constraints, these tenacious filmmakers produce artistic nonfiction stories that stand up for freedom of expression, serve as witnesses to conflict ... Read more

    26,28 €

  • Apprendre 13 : Epitre aux jeunes acteurs pour que soit

    by Olivier Py ...
    Le texte de la conférence qu'Olivier Py a présenté au Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique au mois de mars 2000. ... Read more

    6,49 €

  • Launching Your Acting Career in Film & TV: A Comprehensive 12-Phase Strategy for Aspiring Actors Starting from Ground Zero

    by James W. Reed ...
    Are you dreaming of a career in film and television but don't know where to start?You have no acting experience. No agent. No professional headshots. No resume. No industry connections. You're starting from absolute zero—and you're wondering if it's even possible to break into this competitive industry.The answer is YES—and this book shows you exactly how.Written by a working actor with 15 years ... Read more

    1,99 €

  • The Columbia Comedy Shorts

    Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933-1958

    Columbia produced over 500 two-reel shorts from 1933 through 1958, with Hollywood's finest comics (the Three Stooges, Andy Clyde, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, others). Fully illustrated with never-before-published photographs, the book chronicles the history of all, including interviews with the veterans. The filmography covers all of the 526 two-reelers: credits, date, synopsis. ... Read more

    14,94 €

  • Phèdre

    by Jean Racine ...
    Phèdre est un drame passionnant écrit par Jean Racine en 1677. Il met en scène la reine Phèdre, qui tombe amoureuse de son beau-fils Hippolyte, mais qui doit lutter contre ses propres émotions et les conventions sociales. Cette histoire épique explore les thèmes universels de l'amour, la culpabilité et la trahison, tout en étant écrite dans une poésie magnifique. Si vous appréciez la littérature ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La stirpe di Topolino

    "La stirpe di Topolino" si propone come uno strumento per orientarsi nel modo più completo possibile, senza riassunti, in oltre novant'anni di animazione Disney. Come in un libro di storia, ognuno dei venti capitoli è dedicato a un periodo i cui lavori sono accomunati da realtà artistiche e produttive. L'opera è completata da: veloci schemi di ricapitolazione al termine di ogni sezione; ... Read more

    8,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater

    Edited by Claude Summers ...
    Aficionados of music, dance, opera, and musical theater will relish this volume featuring over 200 articles showcasing composers, singers, musicians, dancers, and choreographers across eras and styles.Read about Hildegard of Bingen, whose Symphonia expressed both spiritual and physical desire for the Virgin Mary, and George Frideric Handel, who not only created roles for castrati but was behind ... Read more

    11,45 €

  • Do It Yourself Dramaturgy

    1,001 Questions to Ask Myself Before I Submit my New Play (plus 80 bonus questions on how to have a career as a playwright)

    “The secret of life may be found in the questions you ask, and the same goes for the secrets of playwriting. In Do It Yourself Dramaturgy, Caroline Russell-King asks just the right questions or, rather, she exhorts playwrights to ask them before launching their work into the world. Comprehensive and concise, this eminently usable guide offers lesson after lesson in dramaturgical inquiry—craft ... Read more

    11,65 €

  • The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals

    by Dan Dietz ...
    While the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in musical theatre history. Shows produced on Broadway during this time include such classics as Bye, Bye Birdie; Cabaret; Camelot; Hello Dolly!; Fiddler on the Roof; How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying; Oliver!; and Man of La Mancha. Performers such as Dick Van Dyke, ... Read more

    142,67 €

  • Theater - Zettel - Sammlungen

    Erschließung, Digitalisierung, Forschung

    Series Book 1 - Bibliographica
    Theaterzettel sind, sofern es sich um Ankündigungen berühmter Opern- und Theateraufführungen handelt, beliebte Ausstellungsstücke, und für die Spielplanforschung seit jeher eine bedeutende Quelle. In den letzten Jahren hat das Interesse an Theaterzetteln in auffälliger Weise zugenommen: Die Theaterwissenschaft nimmt sich nun verstärkt dieses Mediums an, was eine deutliche Erweiterung des ... Read more

    19,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Road to Oz

    The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece

    The Road to Oz is a complete retelling of how The Wizard of Oz was influenced and created, and attained its iconic status. The new volume by Jay Scarfone and William Stillman will reflect recent research and much more through newly discovered period interviews, media resources of the era, transcriptions and unique contemporary interviews with those who were there. Additionally, never-before ... Read more

    20,62 €

  • The Wizard of Oz as American Myth

    A Critical Study of Six Versions of the Story, 1900-2007

    by Alissa Burger ...
    Since the publication of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, authors, filmmakers, and theatrical producers have been retelling and reinventing this uniquely American fairy tale. This volume examines six especially significant incarnations of the story: Baum's original novel, the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), Sidney Lumet's African American film musical The Wiz (1978), ... Read more

    14,94 €

  • Otherness and the Media

    The Ethnography of the Imagined and the Imaged

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Cultural Studies
    This anthology on otherness and the media, first published in 1993, was prompted by the proliferation of writings centring on issues of ‘difference’, ‘diversity’, ‘multiculturalism’, ‘representation’ and ‘postcolonial’ discourses. Such issues and discourses question existing canons of criticism, theory and cultural practice but also because they suggest a new sense of direction in theorisation of ... Read more

    35,41 €

  • Behind the Illusion

    Unlocking the 9 Types of Magic

    by Darcy Oake ...
    Darcy, a thrilling Canadian illusionist, won the coveted People's Choice Award in Seattle and performed at the Magic Castle in Hollywood before he was legally of age. Aged 26, he dazzled the nation as a finalist on ITV's Britain's Got Talent and on ITV special Edge of Reality.In Behind the Illusion, magician Darcy Oake takes you through the nine traditionally accepted forms of magic. He reveals ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Moi, vieille et jolie

    Mannequin par hasard et sur le tard.Je vais être diorisée ! Oui, habillée de Dior. Chignon, make-up, talons. Je tiendrai en laisse un caniche royal et me promènerai au rayon beauté, l'air pimbêche à mort. Mon rêve d'enfant se concrétise : rester enfermée dans un grand magasin. Deux nuits de répétition. Les models , cinq ladies d'âge mûr – comme on dit au rayon fruits et légumes – dont moi, ont ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • Anuario AC/E de Cultura Digital 2014

    Focus 2014: Uso des las nuevas tecnologías en las artes escénicas

    Series Book 1 - Anuario ACE
    El Anuario AC/E tiene objetivo convertirse en un documento anual de referencia que analice la evolución de las tendencias digitales en el mundo de la cultura y cada año pondrá el foco en un sector determinado. El anuario está estructurado en dos partes principales: Un estudio de casos de buenas prácticas, nacionales e internacionales, que detecte y exponga el impacto que están teniendo las nuevas ... Read more

    Free

  • Sherlock Holmes on the Stage

    A Chronological Encyclopedia of Plays Featuring the Great Detective

    One of the world's most well known fictional characters, Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887. The detective was featured in four novels and 56 short stories written by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Within a decade of his creation Sherlock Holmes made his theatrical debut, first in a couple of obscure productions and soon in the celebrated play adapted by and starring William ... Read more

    106,52 €