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“matthew bourne”

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  • Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance

    Conversations with Alastair Macaulay

    by Alastair Macaulay, Matthew Bourne ...
    Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance is an intimate and in-depth conversation between the prize-winning pioneer of ballet and contemporary dance Matthew Bourne and the New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.In 1987, a small, aspirant dance group with a striking name made its debut on the London fringe. In 1996, Adventures in Motion Pictures made history as the first modern dance ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    A History of Ballet

    by Jennifer Homans ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFor more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick

    Edited by Jerold J. Abrams ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    In the course of fifty years, director Stanley Kubrick produced some of the most haunting and indelible images on film. His films touch on a wide range of topics rife with questions about human life, behavior, and emotions: love and sex, war, crime, madness, social conditioning, and technology. Within this great variety of subject matter, Kubrick examines different sides of reality and unifies ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Martha Graham in Love and War

    The Life in the Work

    by Mark Franko ...
    Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context. Graham matured as an artist ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Balanchine & the Lost Muse

    Revolution & the Making of a Choreographer

    by Elizabeth Kendall ...
    Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924, Elizabeth Kendall's Balanchine & the ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Italian Cinema

    by Barry Forshaw ...
    Series series Pocket Essential series
    A comprehensive guide to the captivating world of Italian cinema, from its artistic masterpieces to its thrilling genre films. Explore the rich history and evolution of Italian cinema, guided by expert Barry Forshaw. Discover the key directors who shaped the industry, from Fellini and Visconti to Leone and Argento.Delve into the diverse genres that define Italian film, including neorealism, giallo ... Read more

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  • William Haggar

    Fairground Film Maker

    by Peter Yorke ...
    Biography of William Haggar, a pioneer of the cinema.Written by Haggar's great-grandson, the book draws on oral reminiscences, unpublished family memoirs and contemporary press reports. It tells the rags-to-riches story of a travelling theatrical who became one of Britain's select band of pioneer film-makers. Containing information on Victorian portable theatres, fairground bioscope shows and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Eric Rohmer

    Interviews

    Edited by Fiona Handyside ...
    Series series Conversations with Filmmakers Series
    The 1969 film Ma Nuit chez Maud catapulted its shy academic film director Eric Rohmer (1920-2010) into the limelight, selling over a million tickets in France and earning a nomination for an Academy Award. Ma Nuit chez Maud remains his most famous film, the highlight of an impressive range of films examining the sexual, romantic, and artistic mores of contemporary France, the temptations of desire ... Read more

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  • The Greatest Guitarists of All Time: Top 100

    by alex trostanetskiy ...
    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Guitarists of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Guitarists of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy ... Read more

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  • Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes

    In Search of a Lost Life

    by Judith Chazin-Bennahum ...
    René Blum and the Ballets Russes documents the life of the enigmatic and brilliant writer and producer who resurrected the Ballets Russes after Diaghilev died. Based on a treasure trove of previously undiscovered letters and documents, the book not only tells the poignant story of Blum's life, but also illustrates the central role Blum played in the development of dance in the United States. ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • The Desiring-Image

    Gilles Deleuze and Contemporary Queer Cinema

    by Nick Davis ...
    The Desiring-Image yields new models of queer cinema produced since the late 1980s, based on close formal analysis of diverse films as well as innovative contributions to current film theory. The book defines "queer cinema" less as a specific genre or in terms of gay and lesbian identity, but more broadly as a kind of filmmaking that conveys sexual desire and orientation as potentially fluid ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • D.W. Griffith's 100th Anniversary The Birth of a Nation

    by Ira H. Gallen ...
    A HISTORY OF THE MOST CONTROVERSAL MOTION PICTURE EVERY MADE A hundred years have passed since the masterpiece of David Wark Griffith, The Birth of a Nation, first appeared on the screens of America, in the winter of 1915. It demonstrated that the cinema, no less than literature and no less than the stage, could become a topic of serious critical, esthetic, intellectual, political, social, and ... Read more

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