PDF Books in Performing Arts
Hand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall
by Henry BursillHand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall is a book on Shadowgraphy by Henry Bursill. Shadowgraphy often called as ombromanie is a performance art in which a story or images are narrated using hands to produce shadows. This art once popular had started to decline with the invention of cinema and television to become a major entertainment for..
The Dance (by An Antiquary)
by AnonymousThe dance is a book which explores the historical evolution of dance from its birth to the development in various kingdoms and culture. Exclusive chapters describes this art form in many antique cultures with illustrative pictures including Egyptian dancing, Greek Dancing, South Italian and Roman Dancing, Early English and Mediaeval Dancing t..
Modern dancing and dancers
by J. E. Crawford FlitchIt is not unlikely that when the art historian of the future comes to treat of the artistic activity of the first decade of the twentieth century, he will remark as one of its most notable accomplishments a renaissance of the art of the Dance.That this renaissance is an accomplished fact, is a matter of common knowledge. Within a relatively short p..