Working Together in Theatre: Collaboration and Leadership

William T. Vollmann

Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater, with Some Thoughts on Muses (Especially Helga Testorf),

Writing with the extraordinary awareness and endless curiosity that has defined his oeuvre, Vollmann takes an in-depth look into the unusual Japanese craft of Noh theater, using the medium as a prism to reveal humanity's conception of beauty itself. b&w photos.

Derek Hartley

Teach Yourself Tap Dancing [With CD]

@lt;p@gt;@lt;b@gt;Dance your way into a new hobby@lt;/b@gt;@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;Derek Hartley, a professional with 20 years of experienceperforming, teaching, and choreographing with his own company, teaches you the basics of rhythm and movement. With the help of a great practice soundtrack (on CD), he introduces you to all the basic steps and moves and then describes a number of fun routines to try. @lt;i@gt;Teach Yourself Tap Dancing@lt;/i@gt; covers the basics of traditional "show" tap as well as the more contemporary "rhythm" tap.@lt;/p@gt;

Paul Schrader

Transcendental Style in Film

'Schrader believes that directors from varied cultural backgrounds have, by their approach to specific films, created a common style of three great director's individual choice of subject and philosophical assumptions and can be recognized through detailed criticism.' -Library Journal