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  • Milestones in Dance in the USA

    Modifié par Elizabeth McPherson ...
    Collection series Milestones
    Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America.Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, it traces dance in the USA as it broke traditional forms, crossed genres, provoked social and political change, and drove cultural exchange and collision. The ... En savoir plus

    CHF 42.71

  • The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance

    Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic, cultural and social representations within the arts industry, providing an accessible dance platform for dancers, teachers and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 21.33

  • Class Act

    The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins

    Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 24.72

  • The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy ... En savoir plus

    CHF 3.22

  • The Great Depression Wasn't Always Sad! Entertainment and Jazz Music Book for Kids | Children's Arts, Music & Photography Books

    par Baby Professor ...
    Yes, you got it right! The Great Depression Wasn’t Always Sad! There were forms of entertainment that flourished during the era and we still see (and hear) their influence until today! Jazz was invented during those difficult times. If you listen to jazz now, you will notice how light and soothing it is. Maybe that’s the secret for its survival today! ... En savoir plus

    CHF 3.22

  • Jazzed

    Jack Cole and Twentieth-Century American Dance

    par Debra Levine ...
    Collection series Screen Classics
    Renowned dancer and choreographer Jack Cole (1911–1974), whose birth name was John Ewing Richter, was a one-of-a-kind artist who initiated a gripping style of theatrical jazz dance that forever vanquished the vaudeville kickline. Cole's distinctive four-decade career choreographing for stage, screen, and his iconic nightclub act began during the Great Depression. He transformed early modern dance ... En savoir plus

    CHF 26.46

  • Ethical Agility in Dance

    Rethinking Technique in British Contemporary Dance

    Collection series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This edited collection examines the potential of dance training for developing socially engaged individuals capable of forging ethical human relations for an ever-changing world and in turn frames dance as a fundamental part of human experience.This volume draws together a range of critical voices to reflect the inclusive potential of dance. The contributions offer perspectives on contemporary ... En savoir plus

    CHF 45.93

  • Sportin' Life

    John W. Bubbles, An American Classic

    par Brian Harker ...
    Collection series Cultural Biographies
    John W. Bubbles was the ultimate song-and-dance man. A groundbreaking tap dancer, he provided inspiration to Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and the Nicholas Brothers. His vaudeville team Buck and Bubbles captivated theater audiences for more than thirty years. Most memorably, in the role of Sportin' Life he stole the show in the original production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, in the process ... En savoir plus

    CHF 20.71

  • Bob Berg Iconic Jazz Style

    par Olegario Diaz ...
    Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listeners–the qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequently be measured by the behavior of their fellow professionals in the audience. Bob Berg, the lean, flint-featured American saxophonist, often received that kind of attention. Berg's particular skill ... En savoir plus

    CHF 16.12 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Dancer's Toolkit

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

    Collection 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

    CHF 41.90

  • Seven Guitars

    par August Wilson ...
    Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best PlayIt is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there ... En savoir plus

    CHF 4.30

  • Simplified Lindy Hop for Men

    par Gabor Palos ...
    For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader's part of the swing dance known as Lindy Hop. Includes information on swing music and swing dancing, description of basic and intermediate 8-count and 6-count steps, Charleston steps, break steps and footwork variations, dancing to fast and slow music, tips on learning to dance, group classes, practicing ... En savoir plus

    CHF 8.50 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Anti-Music

    Jazz and Racial Blackness in German Thought between the Wars

    Collection series SUNY series, Philosophy and Race
    Examines how African American jazz music was received in Germany both as a racial and cultural threat and as a partner in promoting the rise of Nazi totalitarian cultural politics.Anti-Music examines the critical, literary, and political responses to African American jazz music in interwar Germany. During this time, jazz was the subject of overt political debate between left-wing and right-wing ... En savoir plus

    CHF 26.87

  • The Dancer's Handbook

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

    Collection 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

    CHF 44.32

  • Instruments of Embodiment

    Costuming in Contemporary Dance

    par Eric Mullis ...
    Collection 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

    CHF 49.15

  • Second Skin

    Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface

    Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 31.90

  • Mura Dehn

    Champion of Black Social Dance and the Traditional Jazz Dance Company

    This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United States in the 1930s.For the first time the efforts of Dehn to record, analyse and champion the development of jazz dance in America during the 1930s, 40s and 50s are brought to life. The book ... En savoir plus

    CHF 21.54

  • A lifetime of Jazz

    par Tony Carter ...
    Tony Carter, a retired college professor and project manager, has spent a lifetime immersed in the world of Jazz. His passion for the genre began in his teenage years, sparked by the discovery of Kid Ory's "Muskrat Ramble." This ignited a lifelong love for Traditional Jazz, which expanded as he explored the vibrant Jazz scene in the USA.Even during his time in 1960s Liverpool, amidst the height of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 6.44

  • The Winner: A Ballroom Dance Novel

    par Erin Bomboy ...
    The most prestigious ballroom dance competition in the United States.Two dancers need to win.Only one can.Nina Fortunova wasn't supposed to end up almost thirty, divorced, with her dreams of winning shattered. She teams up with Jorge Gonzalez, a hunky and hard-working Latin dancer, to reinvent the flashy Smooth style.When the Chairman of the Judges offers to throw the competition in their favor, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 5.50

  • Dance Appreciation

    Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This new edition has been revised and updated to include contemporary considerations of the art of dance along with enhanced discussion questions and prompts for the dance student.This book unfolds a brief history of dance with engaging insight into the social, cultural, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 49.15

  • Josephine Baker

    Josephine Baker was the epitome of the American emigre who found her niche in Paris during the years after the First World War. She arrived in France in 1925 following a stint as a bit player in Shuffle Along, the first all-Negro Broadway play. She performed her trademark black bottom dance to the delight of French audiences, dancing entirely nude on some occasions. When she toured central Europe ... En savoir plus

    CHF 3.50 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul

    Collection series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of social Argentine tango dancing among Muslim actors in Turkey, pioneered in Istanbul despite the conservative rule of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) and Tayyip Erdoğan.In this book, Melin Levent Yuna questions why a dance that appears to publicly represent an erotic relationship finds space to expand and increase dramatically ... En savoir plus

    CHF 49.15

  • Dance Pedagogy

    par Amanda Clark ...
    Dance Pedagogy is a comprehensive resource designed for dance students and teaching artists to develop skills and strategies in the multifaceted practice of teaching dance.This invaluable resource features essential components and considerations necessary for the dance teacher in any setting, including the private and community sector, university setting, and professional venues. Five distinct ... En savoir plus

    CHF 44.32

  • Twigg Redemption

    By Ty Branch

    par Allen Smith ...
    Twigg Redemption by Ty Branch is a smooth jazz tenor saxophone track from the EP, "Twigg Redemption". ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.91