Arts / Performing arts

BAM! Boys Advocacy and Mentoring

by Stephen Grant & Howard Hiton

The BAM! Boys Advocacy and Mentoring program provides the first guidebook for group facilitators who want to lead preventative boys groups designed to foster communication skills and emotional connections. Based...

Favorite Counseling and Therapy Homework Assignments

by Howard Rosenthal

This companion to Favorite Counseling and Therapy Techniques contains more than fifty handouts and homework assignments used by some of the finest and most renowned therapists in the world

Stanislavski in Practice

by Nick O'Brien

A step-by-step guide to Stanislavski's System that allows teachers and students to explore each element in a practical and accessible way. This book integrates syllabi from Edexcel and AQA to BTEC.

Notes From An Odin Actress

by Julia Varley

'As an actress I sit, speak, run, sweat and, simultaneously, I represent someone who sits, speaks, runs and sweats. As an actress, I am both myself and the character I am playing. I exist in the concreteness...

The Actor's Survival Kit

by Miriam Newhouse & Peter Messaline

This new edition of required reading in Canadian theatre schools addresses a range of new issues such as performer websites, video self-production, and networking on the Internet, while also looking at timeless...

The Canadian Kings of Repertoire

by Michael V. Taylor

A phenomenal success on the vaudeville circuit, the Marks Brothers of Christie Lake, Ontario, performed throughout the late nineteenth century and into the 1920s.

How to Run a Successful House Show Venue

by Roy Silverstein

Have you ever thought about hosting a concert at your house? If it's something you plan on making a habit of, How to Run a Successful House Show Venue is the book for you. Filled with the do's and dont's, hints,...

Len Jenkin's Theatre: Wonder and Heart

by Robert J. Andreach

Early in his career, Len Jenkin identified two qualities that theatre should have: wonder and heart. Imagination creates wonder by transforming nature to suggest more than nature. Love engages the heart on the...

Writing Dancing in the Age of Postmodernism

by Sally Banes

A leading critic traces three decades of contemporary dance from Balanchine to breakdancing

Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance

by Sally Banes

A dance critic's essays on post-modern dance.

Ballroom Dancing

by Alex Moore

Originally published in 1939.Contents Include Suggested Method of Approach By the Novice, the Compitition Dancer and Keen Amatueur, the Student The Hold The Poise, Balance and General Outline of the Walk Contrary...

Historical Dictionary of American Cinema

by M. Keith Booker

The Historical Dictionary of American Cinema provides broad coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and genres that have made American cinema such a vital part of world cinema. This is...

Expressive Voice Culture

by Jessie Eldridge Southwick

The Emerson System treats the voice as a natural reporter of the individual, constantly emphasizing the tendency of the voice to express appropriately any mental concept or state of feeling.

This treatise is...

Danse Macabre

by Stephen King

From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three decades of horror as experienced through...

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance

by Adam Bertocci

What if . . .  William Shakespeare had written The Big Lebowski?

The Dude has met the Bard—and he doth abide.

Join “The Knave” and Sir Walter on a wild tale of mistaken identity, kidnapping, bowling,...

The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen

by Nick Clooney

Nick Clooney, one of America's most respected film critics and historians, presents a distinctive catalog of movies that have influenced and altered not only the world of cinema, but also the world in which...

Advance Your Swagger: How to Use Manners, Confidence, and Style to Get Ahead

by Fonzworth Bentley

“My manners were the first ingredient that set me apart from my peers,” notes the suave and stylish Fonzworth Bentley, Sean “Diddy” Combs’s former personal assistant and a celebrity in his own right....

The Movie Business Book, Third Edition

by Jason E. Squire

Drawing from a variety of experts in an industry that has seen major technological advances since the second edition, The Movie Business Book, Third Edition, offers the most comprehensive, authoritative overview...

The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together

by Twyla Tharp & Jesse Kornbluth

In a career that has spanned four decades, choreographer Twyla Tharp has collaborated with great musicians, designers, thousands of dancers, and almost a hundred companies. She's experienced the thrill of shared...

The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet

by Eliza Gaynor Minden

A New Classic for Today's Dancer

The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin...