Curtain up! : a book for young performers / by Dirk McLean ; illustrated by France Brassard.
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TextPublication details: Toronto : Tundra Books ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, c2010.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cmISBN: - 0887768997
- 9780887768996
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Arts & Creativity | McLean Dir | Available | 33111006467290 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Young Amaya is auditioning for a role in a professional play. Although she longs to perform, she is about to learn how much team effort and hard work is involved.
As the reader follows her progress from a nervous hopeful at an audition through the fittings for costumes, the rehearsals, the memory work, and even stage fright, Dirk McLean introduces the many people and jobs involved in staging a play. A glossary provides descriptions of terms like casting, choreography, and blocking. Written by an author with extensive firsthand theater experience, this is a must-have resource for young children who are performers. And for those who only dream of a career on stage, it is entertaining to share Amaya's journey and to feel the thrill of a peek behind the scenes.
Follows Amaya as she auditions for a role in a professional production of a musical through the audition process to the costume fittings, rehearsals--even the stage fright--and performance, in a book that includes a glossary of theatrical terms.
For ages 6-8.