British pantomime, a blend of commedia dell’arte and vaudeville-style performance, uses cross-dressing, familiar children’s stories such as Cinderella, and shouts from the audience as the basis for its matchless theatrical spectacle. Millie Taylor’s British Pantomime Performance explores how pantomime creates an interactive relationship with—and potentially transformative experience for—its audiences.
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The Theatre in Education (TIE) movement emerged in 1960s Britain as a unique hybrid of performance and child-centered learning. Roger Wooster’s Contemporary Theatre in Education tells the story of the creation of this dramatic form and its adaptation in a rapidly changing political, economic, and educational environment.
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Universal Passion: Dance and music from many cultures by Monica Connell
Twenty musicians and dancers from cultures spanning four continents talk about their lives and art. Each conversation – recorded, transcribed and sympathetically reworked by Monica Connell – is accompanied by a colour photograph of the artist performing.
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