Dance: General
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Gospel in Greasepaint
Piccadilly Books Ltd (US)£15.99| /This books is packed with 42 entertaining clown skits based on biblical themes. Children love clowns and clowns love children -- so what better way...
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Hand-Carved Marionettes of Gustave Baumann
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£20.99| /Famous color woodcut printmaker Gustave Baumann was a superb wood-carver who was captivated by puppet theater. In the 1930s Baumann carved a collec...
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Heartland of Divinity
Wisdom Tree (IND)£19.99| /Madhya Pradesh is a region brimming with diversity, visibly prominent in its culture and customs. Home to people from different communities, religi...
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Horses, Hounds and Other Critters
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /What do you do when there are goldfish in the horse's water tank, a baby magpie in the bedroom, a cow in the kitchen and a half-dozen small dogs ro...
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How to Pick Pockets for Fun & Profit
Piccadilly Books Ltd (US)£8.99| /In this book you will discover the secrets of picking pockets for entertainment purposes. Written by a professional magician, the techniques are ba...
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Hula Dancers & Tiki Gods
Schiffer£36.99| /The dream of pure freedom in the South Pacific islands has never died on the mainland; sometimes it’s more of an ache than a dream. Over time and t...
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Improvisation for Actors & Writers
Meriwether Publishing (US)£18.99| /Far more than simply an overview of improv comedy, this book helps actors, writers and comedians learn the basics as taught in all the major comedy...
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Improvise
Meriwether Publishing (US)£20.99| /Renowned improvisation instructor and award-winning director Mick Napier has been at the heart of the professional improvisation community for over...
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Incredible India -- Classical Dance
Wisdom Tree (IND)£19.95| /Dance in India has been deemed sacred because of its innate capacity to visualise and actualise the deepest philosophical concepts through gestures...
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It's All That Glitters
Schiffer£31.99| /What is burlesque? Who better to ask than burlesque performers themselves? With this question in mind, the author traveled over 14,000 miles across...
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Kathak
Wisdom Tree (IND)£9.95| /Kathak, northern India's most popular dance form, originated in the Indo-Gangetic plains. The text on Kathak provides an excellent overview of the ...
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Kathakali
Wisdom Tree (IND)£9.95| /Kathakali from the southern-most tip of India, Kerala, is characterised by its exaggerated and extravagant style that delves into mythology for its...
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Kinship and the Drum Dance in a Northern Dene Community
CCI Press£15.99| /Features important information about Dene community life in the 1960s during the crucial period immediately following the move from bush to town. D...
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Kuchipudi
Wisdom Tree (IND)£9.95| /Khuchipudi, from Andhra Pradesh, was originally a dance-drama form. This is the first attempt to demystify the nuances of a form that has always be...
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Manipuri
Wisdom Tree (IND)£9.95| /Manipuri, the classical dance from the eastern-most end of India, is marked by a delicacy that is steeped in tradition. The book takes one through ...
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Mastery of Mimodrame
Meriwether Publishing (US)£8.99| /An in-depth study of mime technique. These international mime artists, trained in Paris by Marcel Marceau, have taught mime workshops around the wo...
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Midget Exhibit
Schiffer£13.99| /In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little ...
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Mime Time
Meriwether Publishing (US)£18.99| /Covers props, staging, make-up, rehearsal, performance-tested mime routines and sketches for two or more mimes.
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Mohiniyattam
Wisdom Tree (IND)£9.95| /One of the seven Indian classical dance forms, Mohiniyattam or the dance of the enchantress traces its origins to Kerala, the role of Mohini is exc...
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Movie Money
Silman-James Press (US)£29.99| /These authors knowledge of the nuances of movie and television accounting shines through the pages of this book, which is sure to become a standar...
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Musiké 3
Semar Publishers SRL (NL)£18.00| /Features: Islands, Networks & Webs: Current Issues in Today's Debate; A Synergy of Contradictions: The Genesis of a World Music & Dance Cen...
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New Comedy Writing Step by Step
Quill Driver Books (US)£17.99| /Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's Comedy Writing Step by Step has been the manual for humour writers for 25 years. In this new book, his f...
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Odissi
Wisdom Tree (IND)£9.95| /The repertoire, training and technique of today's Odissi is explained with a clarity that students of dance and aficionados of Indian performing ar...
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Of Another World
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£39.99| /An international anthology about dance as a world of dreams, ideals or paradises lost, a place where identity and reality are put at stake. Through...
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On Stage! Short Plays for Acting Students
Meriwether Publishing (US)£17.99| /24 one-act monologues; dialogues; comedy sketches; light drama and serious drama. Prop and costume suggestions, provide the mood and setting.
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Paris Nights
Primedia Elaunch LLC£17.99| /Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge opens with a bored twenty-seven-year old Cliff Simon staring out at the ocean from his beachfront house, ...
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Pickled Punks and Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midways of America
Schiffer£22.99| /Step down a little closer; you don't want to miss a thing. Join fifty-year sideshow veteran, Rick West, on a strange and wonderful trip through beh...
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Pueblo Dancing
Schiffer£36.99| /A look at traditional Pueblo dance, illustrated with striking black and white photographs of dancers in traditional dress from the Pueblos of San I...
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Scored to Death
Silman-James Press (US)£20.99| /Scored to Death collects 14 info-packed, terrifyingly entertaining interviews with renowned film composers who have provided music for some of the ...
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Scored to Death 2
Silman-James Press (US)£25.99| /Following in the spirit and style of Scored to Death (2016), his popular first book of interviews with horror music greats, J. Blake Ficheras Scor...
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Seize the Day
Monash University Publishing£36.99| /Australians have always loved a good show, as this new collection of essays demonstrates. The significance of exhibitions goes beyond mere entertai...
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Seven Big Australians
Monash University Publishing£19.99| /Comic actors have made a particularly strong contribution to cultural life in Australia over the past sixty years. They have brought a range of mem...
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So You Think You're Funny?
Meriwether Publishing (US)£18.99| /Every year, tens of thousands of acting students dip their toes into the world of improv comedy. From Harvard University, the Immediate Gratificati...
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Spirit of Flamenco
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£40.99| /This beautiful book explores the origins, influences, development and appreciation of flamenco as a highly respected art form on the world stage. T...
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Spirit of Powwow
Hancock House Publishers (CA)£30.99| /Spirit of Powwow has evolved as we have talked with dancers and drummers until we feel we now have a powwow book that goes beyond the usual mere de...
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State of Emergence
Original Falcon Press (US)£20.99| /State of Emergence is a compendium of methods drawn from physical theatre, dance, vocalization and ritual practices to gain access to the internal ...
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Strutter's Complete Guide to Clown Makeup
Piccadilly Books Ltd (US)£25.99| /It takes know-how to create a professional looking clown face. Contrary to popular belief a proper clown face is not worn as a mask. It should be d...
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The Biz
Silman-James Press (US)£30.99| /Todays film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that all independent filmmakers must learn to master. The most comprehensive guide t...
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The body in question(s) / Le corps en question(s)
The University of Alberta Press£26.99| /The Body in Question(s) was produced in conjunction with creative research project that brought together contemporary dance, visual art and academi...
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The Colorful Sogo Bò Puppets of Mali
Schiffer£36.99| /Presenting more than 100 traditional, colorful puppets and masks used in Malian puppet theater, this book documents a collection that has been wide...
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The Creation of iGiselle
University of Alberta Press (CA)£29.99| /The unusual marriage of Romantic ballet and artificial intelligence is an intriguing idea that led a team of interdisciplinary researchers to desig...
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The Evolving Feminine Ballet Body
University of Alberta Press (CA)£21.99| /Dance has become increasingly visible within contemporary culture: just think of reality TV shows featuring this art form. This shift brings the ba...
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£19.99| /Verity Sweeny Purdy at the age of eleven was sent to England to live with an aunt and train as a classical dancer. This memoir tells of her experie...
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The Queens of Burlesque
Schiffer£18.99| /For the first time, stunning images of the women of the burlesque stage are gathered together in one great volume. In period photographs the timele...
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The Ten Commandments of Comedy
Linden Publishing (US)£15.99| /Beginning comedy writers and performers may think funny can't be taught, but legendary comedy writer Gene Perret, winner of three Emmy Awards, tell...
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Theatre Management
Silman-James Press (US)£43.99| /A comprehensive text and indispensable reference for all arts managers. Theatre Management, delivers a broad, comprehensive wide-angle view of thea...
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Two Voices
Meriwether Publishing (US)£18.99| /Finally -- a collection of duologues from the best-selling author of Winning Monologs for Young Actors and her granddaughter. These humorous and th...
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Ultimate Improv Book
Meriwether Publishing (US)£18.99| /A complete improvisation curriculum in twenty-four class-length units. This comprehensive resource who shows the who, what, when, why and how of co...
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