A guide to the appreciation and practice of the varied forms of live performance and entertainment. Includes theatre, opera, ballet, mime, and magic among others.
A guide to the competitive art of slam poetry by Geof Hewitt, with tools for utilizing slam in the classroom or neighborhood, with writing prompts, a two-week repeating curriculum for generating, coaching, and performing original work, and more, with a DVD.
When their mother can no longer care for them, eleven-year-old Deirdre and her brothers board the Orphans' Train for placement with families out West, but Deirdre, a talented singer, finds a different type of family when she joins a traveling vaudeville troupe. Includes a note on the Children's Aid Society which operated the orphan trains from 1854 to 1930.
Allegra takes refuge from her parents' separation in her music theory class with the hopes she'll become a better dancer, but she soon develops feelings for her young teacher, Mr. Rocchelli, and sets in motion events that changes both of their lives.
Self-conscious about her knobby knees but confident in her acting ability, fourteen-year-old Tallulah spends the summer at a Yorkshire performing arts camp that, she is surprised to learn, is for girls only.
Presents descriptions of various careers in theater, dance, music, opera, theatrical design, performing arts teaching, and arts writing and publicity, providing information about salaries, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement.
