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Shai and Emmie stories volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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119 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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When Shai Williams, who plans to become a star on Broadway, loses the lead role in the third-grade musical at her performing arts elementary school in Atlanta, she learns an important lesson about adaptability, from her mother, aunt, and grandmother, all actresses.
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Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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145 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Jules is an ordinary seven-year-old girl, concerned with school and friends and other ordinary things--until a chance meeting with a casting director leads to an audition for a television commercial.
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Acting The Australian Way is your complete guide to becoming a working actor.
· Have you always wanted to know why Australian actors do so well around the world?
· Do you struggle with connecting with your lines?
· Are you concerned with what to do with your body?
· Do you know how and why your breath is very important to you as an actor? And do you know how to use it for affect?
· Do you cringe or not like the...
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An actor's script is both a gold mine, and the map to discovering it: if properly read, a script will reveal its riches to you. Unfortunately, most actors never learn to efficiently read the map, or master how to convert what they find in a script into playable gold. Why? Because this aspect of the acting process is seldom taught in a simple and tangible way in the classroom or studio.
Acting can - and should - be more than guesswork and instinct....
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Camera, Speed...ACTION! an insider's secrets to the real world of acting is a fascinating study of and sometimes eye opening learning opportunity concerning the real world of acting. Written in an opinionated, conversational, sitting at the kitchen table tone, the book explains the disappointments, the successes, the reality, as well as the business aspects and a general overview of what to really expect as an actor. Irreverent at times, humorous...
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To The Actor is Michael Chekhov's acting methodology written in clear and practical steps. His technique has been a cornerstone of dramatic teaching for the past 80 years. Chekhov's students included notable actors such as Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Quinn, Clint Eastwood, and Dorothy Dandridge. Actors such as Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, and Anthony Hopkins, have stated his work to be a notable contribution to the success of their acting careers.
Michael...
13) Ballet shoes
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Pub. Date
[c1937]
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294 p. illus. 21 cm.
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Relates the fortunes of three adopted sisters who take dancing and stage training, one to become an actress, the second a ballerina, and the third an aviatrix.
15) The Sisters Club
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In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey tell about their lives, including their line of actor ancestors, creative family dinners, toe marshmallows, swearing in Shakespeare, and the Sisters Club.
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A database for the actor/technician - terms, words and commands the actor/technician will meet in his/her career. This dictionary consists of essential vocabularies of key terms, script abbreviations and common slang used in the film and television industry. This glossary is intended to create a background to the technical vocabulary the actor or technician is sure to meet on set. Useful on its own for all levels of film and television communication....
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Kids of today face a different world – and a different set of challenges – then did the children of even 15 years ago. Playing with a Purpose features a collection of monologues that reflects these new attitudes and circumstances. Highly diversified in its view of the family and the child's place in the world, the monologues have been chosen from several sources: from contemporary playwrights and screenwriters; from Youth Plays, a new company...
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From Full House sweetheart, Jodie Sweetin, to Drake Bell, star of the hit television show, Drake and Josh, Phyllis Henson has launched the careers of some of America's most beloved child stars and thousands of other successful children, from babies to teens. As the mother of three children whose careers included over 150 television commercials, hundreds of print ads, and eight movies, Phyllis decided to help other parents through her consulting agency,...
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Are you doing a play by Tennessee Williams? Or one of David Mamet's plays set in Chicago? Need to learn a Southern or Boston or New York or Caribbean Islands accent quickly, or do you have plenty of time? Then Teach Yourself Accents - North America: A Handbook for Young Actors and Speakers is for you: an easy-to-use manual full of clear, cogent advice and fascinating information. Contemporary monologues and scenes for two are included, and audio tracks...
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