This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside Pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.
This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health, queer-parenting, embodied dramaturgy, cultural practice, and immigration.
Highlighted in this volume is the detective play The Inspector and the Hero by Femi Osofisan, one of Africa's leading playwrights. The play has until now only been published in Nigeria.
This volume provides scholars and non-specialists alike, with a roadmap for effectively conducting culturally aware, historically relevant research on African dance and on any dance style that contains African elements.
In his inspirational new memoir Big Beacon, Alan tells two stunning stories of triumph over mild adversity: somehow managing to rebuild both his TV career and an abandoned lighthouse in Kent.
This book offers an inside view of ballet as the art form we see on stages today, how expressive movement is initiated and controlled, and the importance of embedding creativity and expressivity within ballet technique from the dancer's first lesson to their final performance.
This book offers an inside view of ballet as the art form we see on stages today, how expressive movement is initiated and controlled, and the importance of embedding creativity and expressivity within ballet technique from the dancer's first lesson to their final performance.