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Tap Dancing America : A Cultural History

A Cultural History

par Constance Valis Hill ...

Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne ... En savoir plus

$35.99 CAD

Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne
... En savoir plus
Eleanor Powell

Born to Dance

par Paula Broussard, Lisa Royère ...

Collections series Screen Classics
When considering the best dancers in Hollywood's history, some obvious names come to mind—Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Bill Robinson. Yet often overlooked is one of the most gifted and creative dancers of all time, Eleanor Powell. Powell's effervescent style, unmatched technical prowess in tap, and free-flowing musicality led MGM to build top-rate musicals around her unique talents, including ... En savoir plus

$43.49 CAD

When considering the best dancers in Hollywood's history, some obvious names come to mind—Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Bill Robinson. Yet often overlooked is one of the most gifted and creative dancers of all time, Eleanor Powell. Powell's effervescent style, unmatched technical prowess in tap, and free-flowing musicality led MGM to build top-rate musicals around her unique talents, including
... En savoir plus
What the Eye Hears

A History of Tap Dancing

par Brian Seibert ...

The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms—along with jazz and musical comedy—created in America.Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionWinner of Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn Economist Best Book of 2015What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance criti... ... En savoir plus

$17.59 CAD

The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms—along with jazz and musical comedy—created in America.Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionWinner of Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn Economist Best Book of 2015What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance criti...
... En savoir plus
Instruments of Embodiment

Costuming in Contemporary Dance

par Eric Mullis ...

Collections series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Instruments of Embodiment draws on fashion theory and the philosophy of embodiment to investigate costuming in contemporary dance.It weaves together philosophical theory and artistic practice by closely analyzing acclaimed works by contemporary choreographers, considering interviews with costume designers, and engaging in practice-as-research. Topics discussed include the historical evolution of ... En savoir plus

$78.99 CAD

Instruments of Embodiment draws on fashion theory and the philosophy of embodiment to investigate costuming in contemporary dance.It weaves together philosophical theory and artistic practice by closely analyzing acclaimed works by contemporary choreographers, considering interviews with costume designers, and engaging in practice-as-research. Topics discussed include the historical evolution of
... En savoir plus
The Essential Guide to Tap Dance

par Derek Hartley ...

From the propulsive rhythm of the African dancer, to the swinging ragtime of the American jazz age, tap dancing has evolved into a unique blend of cultural expression, improvisation and creativity, open to all ages and abilities. With clear step-by-step instructions, The Essential Guide to Tap Dance covers basic steps such as the shuffle, pick up and paddle, before building these into traditional ... En savoir plus

$22.79 CAD

From the propulsive rhythm of the African dancer, to the swinging ragtime of the American jazz age, tap dancing has evolved into a unique blend of cultural expression, improvisation and creativity, open to all ages and abilities. With clear step-by-step instructions, The Essential Guide to Tap Dance covers basic steps such as the shuffle, pick up and paddle, before building these into traditional
... En savoir plus
Encore Performance

How One Woman's Passion Helped a Town Tap Into Happiness

par Vicki G. Riordan, Brian Riordan ...

The inspiring true story of a woman who learned that it’s never too late to live the life you wantAs a young girl growing up in the 1950s in central Pennsylvania, Vicki Grubic Riordan idolized stars like Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly. She soon found her calling as a dance instructor, but like many baby boomers, she put her passion on hold to focus on starting a family. Only when her marriage ended ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

The inspiring true story of a woman who learned that it’s never too late to live the life you wantAs a young girl growing up in the 1950s in central Pennsylvania, Vicki Grubic Riordan idolized stars like Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly. She soon found her calling as a dance instructor, but like many baby boomers, she put her passion on hold to focus on starting a family. Only when her marriage ended
... En savoir plus
The Dancer's Toolkit

A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career

par Virginie Mécène ...

Collections series The Focal Press Toolkit Series
The Dancer's Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career helps young dancers and dancers at any stage of their career prepare themselves to leap from their initial training to the professional world and begin or continue their journey with a plan and with confidence.Divided into five parts, The Dancer's Toolkit provides the logistics, experience, and encouragement necessary for ... En savoir plus

$66.49 CAD

The Dancer's Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career helps young dancers and dancers at any stage of their career prepare themselves to leap from their initial training to the professional world and begin or continue their journey with a plan and with confidence.Divided into five parts, The Dancer's Toolkit provides the logistics, experience, and encouragement necessary for
... En savoir plus
The Inherent Potential in Art Performance

To Critically Challenge Art Traditions in Scenes of Love and Sexual Desire

par Iris Julian ...

Collections series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This book spotlights artworks and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of artists in the 'woman' category in scenes of love and sexuality. Pursuing the research practice of deep drilling, this study presents various methodologies and research directions to create diverse perspectives on the selected artworks. This book combines historical outlines based ... En savoir plus

$43.42 CAD

This book spotlights artworks and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of artists in the 'woman' category in scenes of love and sexuality. Pursuing the research practice of deep drilling, this study presents various methodologies and research directions to create diverse perspectives on the selected artworks. This book combines historical outlines based
... En savoir plus
Tap Talk, Tidbits, and Tips for Dilettante Tappers: The World's Only Completely Nonessential Guide to Tap Dancing

par Bernard M. Patten ...

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art-not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert. Delve into these real-life tap adventures and let them inspire you to bring the magic of the dance into your own life. This humble chapbook will open ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art-not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert. Delve into these real-life tap adventures and let them inspire you to bring the magic of the dance into your own life. This humble chapbook will open
... En savoir plus
Milestones in Dance History

Modifié par Dana Tai Soon Burgess ...

Collections series Milestones
This introduction to world dance charts the diverse histories and stories of dancers and artists through ten key moments that have shaped the vast spectrum of different forms and genres that we see today.Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest indigenous rituals and the dance crazes of Eastern trade routes, to the social ... En savoir plus

$71.92 CAD

This introduction to world dance charts the diverse histories and stories of dancers and artists through ten key moments that have shaped the vast spectrum of different forms and genres that we see today.Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest indigenous rituals and the dance crazes of Eastern trade routes, to the social
... En savoir plus
Talking Tap

A Discussion

par Terry Dill ...

An introduction to tap dancing through the language of the subject: what it is, why it is, how to use it. Terminology is organized and described by technique categories and listed by increasing difficulty. The common dance notation format used gradually builds the user's ability to read and write performance routines. Discussions include developing tap skills, use of dance notes, and rhythm ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

An introduction to tap dancing through the language of the subject: what it is, why it is, how to use it. Terminology is organized and described by technique categories and listed by increasing difficulty. The common dance notation format used gradually builds the user's ability to read and write performance routines. Discussions include developing tap skills, use of dance notes, and rhythm
... En savoir plus
MICHAEL JACKSON

Early Life, Career, Personal Life & Struggles, Legacy & Impact and All You Need to Know

par Ember Haven ...

Collections series Music Legends
To know more about Michael Jackson, get a duplicate of this book by toggling the BUY BUTTON as soon as possible! ... En savoir plus

$11.10 CAD

To know more about Michael Jackson, get a duplicate of this book by toggling the BUY BUTTON as soon as possible!
... En savoir plus
The Dancer's Handbook

A Practical Guide to Reimagining Dance, Body, and Society by OFEN Co-Arts

par Gala Moody, Michael Carter ...

Collections series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
The Dancer’s Handbook offers a holistic exploration of the dance industry's challenges, authored by dancers intimately familiar with its complexities.This comprehensive resource tackles themes like power dynamics, hierarchical structures, and the pervasive influences of capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy as the “status quo” in the arts. This book delves into dismantling the status quo, ... En savoir plus

$70.56 CAD

The Dancer’s Handbook offers a holistic exploration of the dance industry's challenges, authored by dancers intimately familiar with its complexities.This comprehensive resource tackles themes like power dynamics, hierarchical structures, and the pervasive influences of capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy as the “status quo” in the arts. This book delves into dismantling the status quo,
... En savoir plus
Tap Dancing at a Glance

par Jimmy Ormonde ...

You can learn tap dancing easily! This fantastic book's thirty-nine lessons will guide you to mastering the steps you've seen on stage. Each lesson is illustrated through the use of posed photographs and includes rhythm notation to aid your practice. Will the help of these lessons and some determined practice you'll be tap dancing within a month or two. Originally published in 1930, we are ... En savoir plus

$8.09 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

You can learn tap dancing easily! This fantastic book's thirty-nine lessons will guide you to mastering the steps you've seen on stage. Each lesson is illustrated through the use of posed photographs and includes rhythm notation to aid your practice. Will the help of these lessons and some determined practice you'll be tap dancing within a month or two. Originally published in 1930, we are
... En savoir plus
Floating Bones

A Dancer's Tensegretic Body as Teacher

par Cynthia Roses-Thema ...

Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of tensegretic ... En savoir plus

$43.42 CAD

Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of tensegretic
... En savoir plus
Le regine della Belle Époque

par Mariangela Camocardi ...

Varia - saggio (117 pagine) - Donne, seduttrici e sciantose di fin de siecle. Una galleria delle spregiudicate protagoniste della Belle Époque che hanno lasciato una incisiva impronta nel periodo che dalla fin de siecle termina nel 1915, con la prima guerra mondiale.La Belle Époque: un lasso di tempo frizzante, mondano, modaiolo, in cui le donne manifestano in tutto il mondo reclamando la parità ... En savoir plus

$8.99 CAD

Varia - saggio (117 pagine) - Donne, seduttrici e sciantose di fin de siecle. Una galleria delle spregiudicate protagoniste della Belle Époque che hanno lasciato una incisiva impronta nel periodo che dalla fin de siecle termina nel 1915, con la prima guerra mondiale.La Belle Époque: un lasso di tempo frizzante, mondano, modaiolo, in cui le donne manifestano in tutto il mondo reclamando la parità
... En savoir plus
Le bal

Édition intégrale

par Irène Némirovsky ...

Le Bal décrit les tourments d'une adolescente de quatorze ans, Antoinette, qui entretient des rapports difficiles avec ses parents, parvenus de fraîche date, et spécialement avec sa mère. Celle-ci ayant refusé de la laisser assister au premier bal mondain qu'elle et son mari veulent donner, la jeune fille trouve à se venger cruellement. Aussi terrible qu'inattendue, la vengence d'Antoinette ... En savoir plus

$4.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Le Bal décrit les tourments d'une adolescente de quatorze ans, Antoinette, qui entretient des rapports difficiles avec ses parents, parvenus de fraîche date, et spécialement avec sa mère. Celle-ci ayant refusé de la laisser assister au premier bal mondain qu'elle et son mari veulent donner, la jeune fille trouve à se venger cruellement. Aussi terrible qu'inattendue, la vengence d'Antoinette
... En savoir plus
Tap Talk, Tidbits, and Tips for Dilettante Tappers

The World's Only Completely Nonessential Guide to Tap Dancing

par Bernard Patten ...

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art—not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert. Delve into these real-life tap adventures and let them inspire you to bring the magic of the dance into your own life. This humble chapbook will open ... En savoir plus

$10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art—not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert. Delve into these real-life tap adventures and let them inspire you to bring the magic of the dance into your own life. This humble chapbook will open
... En savoir plus
Tap Dance for All

Adapting Instruction for Disability and Mobility Impairment

par Victoria Moore, Joan Gerrard ...

The first of its kind, this book focuses on the value of inclusivity in the tap dance studio, instructing on how to bring the rhythmic world of tap dance into the lives of individuals living with disabilities or mobility issues. No longer should those with mobility challenges be denied the opportunity to enjoy the unique delight, challenge and excitement of tap dancing.Based on the author's ... En savoir plus

$28.29 CAD

The first of its kind, this book focuses on the value of inclusivity in the tap dance studio, instructing on how to bring the rhythmic world of tap dance into the lives of individuals living with disabilities or mobility issues. No longer should those with mobility challenges be denied the opportunity to enjoy the unique delight, challenge and excitement of tap dancing.Based on the author's
... En savoir plus
Tap Talk, Tidbits, and Tips for Dilettante Tappers

The World's Only Completely Nonessential Guide to Tap Dancing

par Bernard M. Patten ...

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art-not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert. Delve into these real-life tap adventures and let them inspire you to bring the magic of the dance into your own life. This humble chapbook will open ... En savoir plus

$0.99 CAD

If you're looking for an old-fashioned honest chapbook about the experience of being an amateur tap dancer, look no further. Welcome to the world's first and only tap book written by a student of the art-not a teacher, a studio owner, or an expert. Delve into these real-life tap adventures and let them inspire you to bring the magic of the dance into your own life. This humble chapbook will open
... En savoir plus
The Art of TapTease

par Tammy Taps ...

This little ebook chronicles some of my time in a community of Tap Shoe Fetishists. For many years I produced amateur tap dance and shoe play videos for a fun community of admirers. If you want to know what TapTease is and how I started it, read on! ... En savoir plus

$7.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

This little ebook chronicles some of my time in a community of Tap Shoe Fetishists. For many years I produced amateur tap dance and shoe play videos for a fun community of admirers. If you want to know what TapTease is and how I started it, read on!
... En savoir plus
Encore Performance (with embedded videos)

How One Woman's Passion Helped a Town Tap Into Happiness

par Vicki G. Riordan, Brian Riordan ...

To enhance your reading experience, this edition of Encore Performance contains embedded videos of the Tap Pups performing.The inspiring true story of a woman who learned that it’s never too late to live the life you wantAs a young girl growing up in the 1950s in central Pennsylvania, Vicki Grubic Riordan idolized stars like Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly. She soon found her calling as a dance ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

To enhance your reading experience, this edition of Encore Performance contains embedded videos of the Tap Pups performing.The inspiring true story of a woman who learned that it’s never too late to live the life you wantAs a young girl growing up in the 1950s in central Pennsylvania, Vicki Grubic Riordan idolized stars like Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly. She soon found her calling as a dance
... En savoir plus
Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers

par Cheryl M. Willis ...

While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were appreciated in their time, Black female tap dancers seldom achieved similar recognition. Who were these women? The author sought them out, interviewed them, and documented their stories for this book. ... En savoir plus

$28.29 CAD

While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were appreciated in their time, Black female tap dancers seldom achieved similar recognition. Who were these women? The author sought them out, interviewed them, and documented their stories for this book.
... En savoir plus
The “Shim Sham”

National Anthem of Tap

par Russell P. Foreman Jr. ...

The authors objective is to capture these steps and unusual musical counts in written Dance Notes format, going to great lengths to break down the steps and insure the dancer has WEIGHT on the correct foot, etc, to accomplish a faithful execution of some tricky foot work complicated by some unusual musical dance counts. A corollary objective is to set the record straight, dispelling ALL variations ... En savoir plus

$11.19 CAD

The authors objective is to capture these steps and unusual musical counts in written Dance Notes format, going to great lengths to break down the steps and insure the dancer has WEIGHT on the correct foot, etc, to accomplish a faithful execution of some tricky foot work complicated by some unusual musical dance counts. A corollary objective is to set the record straight, dispelling ALL variations
... En savoir plus

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