E-raamat: Inside Story of Movement Theatre International's Mime and Clown Festivals

'Read this book and marvel at how Mr. Pedretti changed the face of theater and got clowns and mimes more recognition and appreciation.'Judy Finelli, Artistic Director of Notoriety Variety.'It's moving, funny, exciting [ ...] the book is magical. I could not put it down.'Anne D'Arbeloff Guerrieri, Co-founder and Co-Director of Il Theatro Club, Rome'This is a fascinating read and an important contribution to the historical library of performance arts.'Emily-Jane Hills Orford, Award-winning author, for Readers' Favorite 'This is the only book about the "arts" I have ever read that brought tears to my eyes. This is a remarkable book, recounting a truly remarkable time. I would require it for every artist and arts administrator in the world.'Richard Linzer, Author of It's Simple and The Cash Flow Solution'I found the work utterly fascinating, right from the powerful ethos of its grassroots beginnings through the journey to bring mime, clowning, and circus arts onto a prominent stage.' K.C. Finn, Amazon best-seller, for Readers' Favorite'It will inspire others to dare to dream and make something in line with your beautiful dream. Your passion and love resonates in and between the lines.'Fred Curchack, Award-winning performance artist'To read about the marvelous work that you have done from the inside, is fabulous! A truly great book that is bound to make a contribution to a part of performance art that is seldom found recorded anywhere.'Harry Bartron, Poet and mime extraordinaire'Michael Pedretti has accomplished the impossible. With the eye of a surgeon and the heart of your favorite grandmother, he has painstakingly documented one of the most creative periods in the history of modern American theater. Through the lens of his creation, Movement Theatre International, and the many festivals he produced in the latter years of the 20th century, we see a stunning array of clowns and mimes from around the world who made taboo busting a way of life in order to create innovative work that brought madness, mayhem and magic to the delight of the numerous audiences. Not only this, but Pedretti writes about the mechanics of producing these festivals, a Herculean task in itself not reserved for many mortals. This book is a must read.'Leonard Pitt,Co-founder of Life on the Water'The author's reflections on the constant financial concerns of those performing art outside of the mainstream are instructive even beyond the history of MTI. The work sheds a strong light on a branch of performance that seems to rarely receive it.This work delivers essential reading about the movement theater world.'Kirkus Reviews