Performance art books

This book examines the French theatricalization of India from 1770 to 1865 and how a range of plays not only represented...  Read More >>

This book offers a broad overview of the contemporary state of the Gardzienice theatrical company and its evolution....  Read More >>

An inspiring speaker and artist asked 20,000 people around the world to share the regrets they wanted him to burn...  Read More >>

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Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century....  Read More >>

Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi is the first book in any language entirely devoted...  Read More >>

This comprehensive book lays out the conceptual approaches, tools and techniques for performing electronic music,...  Read More >>

This comprehensive book lays out the conceptual approaches, tools and techniques for performing electronic music,...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the 2023 TaPRA Edited Collection Prize This book considers arousal as a mode of theoretical and...  Read More >>

Digital workshops and meetings have established a firm foothold in our everyday lives and will continue to be part...  Read More >>

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Digital workshops and meetings have established a firm foothold in our everyday lives and will continue to be part...  Read More >>

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Staging Voice is a unique approach to the aesthetics of voice and its staging in performance. This book will be...  Read More >>

Minstrel Traditions: Mediated Blackface in the Jazz Age offers a series of interlocking case studies which surveys...  Read More >>

For whom does the actor perform? Addressing this question, Acting after Grotowski focuses on an actor’s work as...  Read More >>

Theatrical Speech Acts explores the significance and impact of words in performance, probing how language functions...  Read More >>

The creation of this work is an invitation to step into the world of the dancer and vicariously experience the passion...  Read More >>

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Educated in metalcraft and goldsmithing at the Ortweinschule in Graz, Rahs alternates in his works between jewellery,...  Read More >>

A rowdy, relentless two-hander about good times gone bad for a betrayed generation.  Read More >>

The Theatre of Luis Valdez focuses on the life and work of American playwright and director Luis Valdez, probably...  Read More >>

Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and bestselling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed,...  Read More >>

This guide provides educators, professionals, and parents with an easy-to-follow and comprehensive approach to utilizing...  Read More >>

Performing Truth answers the most pressing questions facing any theatre makers who are wrestling with how to present...  Read More >>