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“wendy perron”

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  • The Grand Union

    Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance, 1970–1976

    by Wendy Perron ...
    The Grand Union was a leaderless improvisation group in SoHo in the 1970s that included people who became some of the biggest names in postmodern dance: Yvonne Rainer, Trisha Brown, Steve Paxton, Barbara Dilley, David Gordon, and Douglas Dunn. Together they unleashed a range of improvised forms from peaceful movement explorations to wildly imaginative collective fantasies. This book delves into ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Through the Eyes of a Dancer

    Selected Writings

    by Wendy Perron ...
    Through the Eyes of a Dancer compiles the writings of noted dance critic and editor Wendy Perron. In pieces for The SoHo Weekly News, Village Voice, The New York Times, and Dance Magazine, Perron limns the larger aesthetic and theoretical shifts in the dance world since the 1960s. She surveys a wide range of styles and genres, from downtown experimental performance to ballets at the Metropolitan ... Read more

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    Post-Modern Dance

    by Sally Banes ...
    A dance critic's essays on post-modern dance.Drawing on the postmodern perspective and concerns that informed her groundbreaking Terpischore in Sneakers, Sally Bane's Writing Dancing documents the background and development of avant-garde and popular dance, analyzing individual artists, performances, and entire dance movements. With a sure grasp of shifting cultural dynamics, Banes shows how ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, Updated and Expanded Edition

    An Actor's Reference to Over 1,000 Scenes and Monologues from More than 300 Contemporary Plays

    Edited by Ed Hooks ...
    All actors and acting teachers need The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, the invaluable guide to finding just the right piece for every audition. The unique format of the book is ideal for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. This remarkable book describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays. Using these ... Read more

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  • Why We Write

    20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do

    Edited by Meredith Maran ...
    Twenty of America's bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life.Anyone who's ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In Why We Write, twenty well-known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love most—and least—about their vocation ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • A Year of Writing Dangerously

    365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement

    by Barbara Abercrombie ...
    In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombies students who have gone from paralyzed to published. ... Read more

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  • We Wanted to Be Writers

    Life, Love, and Literature at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

    by Eric Olsen, Glenn Schaeffer ...
    We Wanted to be Writers is a rollicking and insightful blend of original interviews, commentary, advice, gossip, anecdotes, analyses, history, and asides with nearly thirty graduates and teachers at the now legendary Iowa Writers' Workshop between 1974 and 1978. Among the talents that emerged in those years-writing, criticizing, drinking, and debating in the classrooms and barrooms of Iowa City ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • To Anyone Who Ever Asks

    The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse

    by Howard Fishman ...
    **Shortlisted for the Plutarch Award for best biographyThe mysterious true story of Connie Converse—a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and composer whose haunting music never found broad recognition—and one writer’s quest to understand her life**This is the mesmerizing story of an enigmatic life. When musician and New Yorker contributor Howard Fishman first heard Connie Converse’s ... Read more

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  • Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out

    Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television

    by Jed Dannenbaum, Carroll Hodge, Doe Mayer ...
    Five keys to creating authentic, distinctive work, whether you are a student, professional or simply love making films on your ownFor Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out, three professors at the renowned University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television interviewed fifteen outstanding filmmakers, then distilled their insights into the "Five I's" of creativity. Learn how to: Uncover ... Read more

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  • The Word Made Flesh

    Literary Tattoos from Bookworms

    by Eva Talmadge, Justin Taylor ...
    A beautifully packaged full-color collection of literary tattoos and short personal essays, The Word Made Flesh is an intimate but anonymous confessional book, in the vein of thought-provoking anthologies like PostSecret and Not Quite What I Was Planning. Gorgeous photographs and candid commentary are collected by authors Eva Talmadge—whose short story “The Cranes” was cited as Notable Nonrequired ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Look Both Ways

    Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design

    by Debbie Millman ...
    In Look Both Ways, respected branding consultant and design community leader Debbie Millman has constructed a series of essays that examine the close relationship between design and everyday life. You'll find inspiration on every page as you meander through illuminating observations that are both personal and universal. Each beautifully illustrated essay reveals the magic - and wonder - of the ... Read more

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  • Tap Dancing America : A Cultural History

    A Cultural History

    by Constance Valis Hill ...
    Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne ... Read more

    $41.39 USD