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Hailed as 'British dance's true iconoclast', Michael Clark is a defining cultural figure in the contemporary dance world. Since emerging in the early 1980s as a prodigy at London's Royal Ballet School, Clark has remained at the forefront of innovation in dance, working in...

Everyone with an interest in dance will have felt the need for a guide to the art's rich history and complex present. Susan Au's text covers the whole subject, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the dance world of...

Fourth Edition The essential guide the history of theatre, updated and extended to cover the key themes and shows of early twenty-first century drama. Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature – here is an all-embracing and richly...

Christian Tagliavini uniquely combines craft, photography and stage design. Circesque is a celebration of an idea he had in 2008 and resulted in this photographic series produced in 2019. Exploring the world of the circus, this book is a unique invitation for the reader...

Includes DVD This is the ultimate book on the extraordinary life and work of Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019). In an unparalleled career spanning more than sixty years, Franco Zeffirelli has carved his name in history as one of the world's most gifted, original and flamboyant...

All across the Americas, from the 16th century onwards, enslaved Africans escaped their captors and struck out on their own. These runaways, having found their freedom, established their own communities or joined with indigenous peoples to forge new identities. Cimarron, borrowing a Spanish-American term...

Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary Wilson tells the complete story of the band, both on- and off-stage, from their beginnings as The Primettes...

From June 1992 to March 1995, in the midst of the AIDS crisis in NYC, an extraordinary theatrical collective emerged from the queer underground. Blacklips Performance Cult, initiated by ANOHNI and joined by a cabal of fellow artists, drag queens, punks, nightlife veterans and...

In Fandomania, photographer Elena Dorfman examines the pop culture phenomenon of "cosplay," in which participants dress up in costumes and live part of their lives as characters from video games, animated films, and Japanese graphic novels. This exploding subculture flourishes at convention centres, college...

describes himself first and foremost as a sculptor and his trademark is a celebration of colour, in whatever medium he is working in, with the primary aim to create beauty or bring joy. Told in his own words, in response to questions from the writer and art critic...

Manchester International Festival (MIF) has invited some of the world's greatest living artists to delight and often challenge crowds in spaces of all shapes and sizes; from disused railway stations to atmospheric concert halls. It’s crossed boundaries and artistic disciplines, leapt over them, determinedly...

Astonish Me! is an adrenaline-charged rollercoaster through history's seismic first nights, exploring how individual artists can change and shape the story of culture - and allow us to see ourselves in new ways. It tells of times when 'the air between people seems to alter'...