A Ghost Light – a single lamp that illuminates the stage when rehearsals or performances are finished – is part of a long theatrical tradition. Legend says that originally, the night light was for the ghosts of former artists so that they may cavort throughout the night and not disturb or disrupt current performances! At this very moment, because of the pandemic, countless stages, particularly in America, are illuminated by ghost lights.The Hamburg...

Watch the world's best b-boy crews battle for the ultimate breaking title and $10,000! See the legendary final battles in Seoul, Korea's Olympic Gymnasium!

How did twenty retired men and women from Marseille find themselves in Paris' most prestigious contemporary dance theater? Nurses, housewives, teachers and doctors—aged between 60 and 87 years old and without any dance experience—perform Stravinsky's masterpiece, The Rite of Spring. The fruit of a collaboration over seven years with the ground-breaking choreographer, Thierry Thieû Niang, the show has been acclaimed throughout France.

Cold Nights Hot Salsa takes you inside the international dance world of Victor and Katia, aspiring young salsa dancers from Montreal, who seek to win a World Salsa Championship. During their three-year quest Victor and Katia draw upon the talents of Eddie Torres, Tito & Tamara, Billy Fajardo, and Katie Marlow. Victor and Katia’s story is a love story. It’s not only a story of their love of dance but how being a couple enhances and sometimes complicates...

Famous toy actor Sock Monkey finds it almost impossible to kiss his costar while filming the singing cowboy movie "Hubbub at the Happy Canyon Hoedown."

This documentary focuses on the figure and the work of the dancer, choreographer, and dance theoretician Rudolf Laban. Shooting was carried out during the Laban Event held at Monte Verità in Ascona. This event featured two of Laban’s re-creations, which had never been seen before. The director, Roberta Pedrini, followed the entire project from rehearsals at the Trinity Laban Center in London to the final performance at Monte Verità.

How Hollywood Does It is a look at the history, techniques, movements and people who create the magic of motion pictures. Mise-en-scene looks at how filmmakers make decisions about what is put before the camera. It includes costumes, props, set design, positioning of actors and much more. Mise en scène is a term that refers to all visual elements that appear within each frame of a motion picture. Without various features of mise en scène, a moving...

"Fred, a stray dog who became the star of the show Dog Squad, is working on a new show called Cat Crew-but when he notices the felines acting strange, he wonders if the cat crew is being electronically controlled"--

This program looks at educational theater through the theater program at Hamden (CT) High School, interspersing production segments in rehearsal and performance with teacher, student, and audience interviews. Recommended by the NEA, the program demonstrates the value of educational theater and how this value can be maximized.

Lorrie Hull, who studied and worked with Leo Strasberg, explains and demonstrates the different techniques of relaxation and four basic sensory and concentration exercises. The video also includes scenework critiqued by Academy Award-winning actors, including Martin Landau, Shelley Winters, and Cloris Leachman, illustrating how Method actors and directors work.