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  • Movements of Interweaving

    Dance and Corporeality in Times of Travel and Migration

    Edited by Gabriele Brandstetter, Gerko Egert, Holger Hartung ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    Movements of Interweaving is a rich collection of essays exploring the concept of interweaving performance cultures in the realms of movement, dance, and corporeality. Focusing on dance performances as well as on scenarios of cultural movements on a global scale, it not only challenges the concept of intercultural dance performances, but through its innovative approach also calls attention to the ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    The Experience of Theater for Middle Eastern Dance Studies

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Have you always wanted to do or be involved in a theater production? Want to know the ins and outs? Want to know what to ask without appearing uninformed. Well! Now you can. This book will answer all the questions that involve the tasks at hand.  Know the terminology being used. Know how to deal with the different aspects of theater. Know how to deal with the different workersin a theater without ... Read more

    5,34 €

  • 定县秧歌：从乡村戏到非遗

    by 谷子瑞 ...
    本书立足田野现实和文献资料，以组织形式和演出模式为主线，梳理定县秧歌百年来的发展脉络，探究其传承演变的历史动因。在这起起伏伏的百年历程里，定县秧歌犹如一叶轻舟，在知识分子、管理组织、现代化等力量交织的历史洪流中演进。然而，看似身不由己的秧歌，始终野性难驯、自有方向。源于乡野的它，深深扎根在这片拥有共同文化基因的土地上、人心上，潜藏着无限的生机与可能。 ... Read more

    14,92 €

  • Shakespeare’s Hobby-Horse and Early Modern Popular Culture

    by Natália Pikli ...
    Series series Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
    This book explores the ways in which the early modern hobby-horse featured in different productions of popular culture between the 1580s and 1630s.Natália Pikli approaches this study with a thorough and interdisciplinary examination of hobby-horse references, with commentary on the polysemous uses of the word, offers an informative background to reconsider well-known texts by Shakespeare and ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Scottish Dance

    A celebration of Scottish dancing

    by The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ...
    Series series Collins Little Books
    A perfect introduction to the world of Scottish dance written by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, including a short history of Scottish dancing. The book takes you through simple ceilidh moves to more complex formations and set dances, illustrated through diagrams and photos.Popular traditional dances are featured, such as ‘Dashing White Sergeant’, ‘Eightsome Reel’, ‘Strip the Willow’ and ... Read more

    4,87 €

  • المسرح النثري

    by محمد مندور ...
    حتى منتصف القرن التاسع عشر, لم تكن الثقافة العربية تعرف فن المسرح, الذي كان سائدًا في أوروبا والذي انطلق من مسرح الأساطير الوثنية في زمن الحضارة اليونانية القديمة, وتطور في المسرح الديني في العهود المسيحية, وشهد تطورًا كبيرًا في عصور النهضة والتنوير الأوروبيين حتى أصبح فنًا ناضجًا. بينما واجه المسرح العربي العديد من المشكلات والتحديات التي أبطأت من مسيرته وتأخره كفن مستقل. اعتبره البعض دخيلًا على ... Read more

    6,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gods of The God's Own Country

    THEYYAM

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    The Gods of God's Own Country is a reminder of a forgotten culture and the communities surrounding it. Theyyam is a Dravidian ritual art form of Kerala, India - God's own country. This book provides detailed information about Theyyam, beautiful images, and hundreds of stories. We dedicate this book to the Theyyam artists, the veritable gods "Of the People, by the People, for the People."The author ... Read more

    5,29 €

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    The Experience of Theater Dance The Experience of Theater Dance for Middle Eastern Dance Studies *Belly Dance*The experience of dance in theaters for Middle Eastern dance studies. Learn the right things to know. A great study for ethnic dancers who want to perform in theaters and small stage productions. ... Read more

    4,74 €

  • Funny Moves

    Dance Humor Politics

    Edited by Marta E. Savigliano, Hannah Schwadron ...
    Funny Moves: Dance Humor Politics explores the intersection of dance and humor and the political stakes that bodies incur when they dare to be both aestheticized and funny. The editors posit that funny moves are dance's Other--the missteps or oversteps that don't fit a particular dance form. Funniness in dance, whether gleeful, surprising, or odd, causes disruptions which may be progressive or ... Read more

    32,96 €

  • Dancing At the Crossroads

    Memory and Mobility in Ireland

    by Helena Wulff ...
    Series Book 1 - Dance and Performance Studies
    Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, "dancing at the crossroads" also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial ... Read more

    18,43 €

  • The Teaching of Kathakali in Australia

    Mirroring the Master

    by Arjun Raina ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book tells the story of teaching Kathakali, a seventeenth century Indian dance-drama, to contemporary performers in Australia.A rigorous analysis and detailed documentation of the teaching of multiple learners in Melbourne, both in the group workshop mode and one-on-one, combined with the author’s ethnographic research in India, leads to a unique insight into what the author argues ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Creativity: Power of Commitment

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    The Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Intermediate level that takes over 12 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get overwhelmed with the belly dance scene. Lots of business ideas are here too. Take your business to its fullest and let your passion for the dance shine.This book is written for dance artists to help them handle ... Read more

    7,90 €

  • Dance Theory

    Source Readings from Two Millennia of Western Dance

    Edited by Tilden Russell ...
    The history of dance theory has never been told. Writers in every age have theorized prescriptively, according to their own needs and ideals, and theorists themselves having continually asserted the lack of any pre-existing dance theory. Dance Theory: Source Readings from Two Millenia of Western Dance revives and reintegrates dance theory as a field of historical dance studies, presenting a ... Read more

    25,75 €

  • Kinetic Atmospheres

    Performance and Immersion

    by Johannes Birringer ...
    This book offers a sustained and deeply experiential pragmatic study of performance environments, here defined at unstable, emerging, and multisensational atmospheres, open to interactions and travels in augmented virtualities. Birringer’s writings challenge common assumptions about embodiment and the digital, exploring and refining artistic research into physical movement behavior, gesture, ... Read more

    48,70 €

  • Die Enkelin

    by Annemarie Nikolaus ...
    Series series Quick, quick, slow - Tanzclub Lietzensee
    Madeline Lagrange, die Enkelin des Vorsitzenden des „Tanzclubs Lietzensee“ sieht Tanzen lediglich als Kulturtechnik, die sie ohne großen Ehrgeiz lernt. Dann trifft sie auf die Square Dance-Gruppe des Vereins. Und sie verliert ihr Herz – nicht nur an den Tanz, sondern auch an den Caller der Gruppe, den Amerikaner Chris Rinehart.Chris ist vom ersten Augenblick an fasziniert von Madeline. Aber er ist ... Read more

    2,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • TOBY KEITH

    A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE - INSPIRING THE HEARTLAND

    by JERRY Y. DUMONT ...
    In "Toby Keith: A Voice of the People, Inspiring the Heartland," readers are taken on an intimate journey into the life and career of one of country music's most legendary individuals. Toby Keith, known for his powerful vocals, patriotic songs, and steadfast loyalty to his heritage, tells his experience with real honesty and riveting detail.From his humble beginnings in Oklahoma to his ... Read more

    6,08 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest Female Drummers of All Time: Top 100

    by alex trostanetskiy ...
    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Female Drummers 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 Female Drummers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look ... Read more

    3,00 €

  • Their Majesty

    Drag Performance and Queer Communities in London

    by Joe Parslow ...
    Series series Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
    This book explores drag performance in London since 2009 via the pubs, bars and clubs that make LGBTQ+ communities thrive.It studies the complex relationship between drag performance, LGBTQ+ venues and queer communities. In exploring drag performance, the book develops a greater understanding of the connection between drag performance and queer communities, in particular exploring how drag might ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Creativity: Find Your Stride

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Series Book 2 - Creativity: Power of Commitment
    This is the second book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Intermediate level that takes 3 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get overwhelmed with the belly dance scene. Lots of business ideas are here too. Take your business to its fullest and let your passion for the dance shine.This book is written ... Read more

    2,37 €

  • Graceful Resistance

    How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement

    by Lauren Miller Griffith ...
    Series series Interp Culture New Millennium
    Capoeira began as a martial art developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Today, the practice incorporates song, dance, acrobatics, and theatrical improvisation—and leads many participants into activism.Lauren Miller Griffith’s extensive participant observation with multiple capoeira groups informs her ethnography of capoeiristas--both individuals and groups--in the United States. Griffith follows ... Read more

    12,82 €

  • Creativity: Get Going

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #1

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Series Book 1 - Creativity: Power of Commitment
    This is the first book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at a Beginner level that takes 3 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get overwhelmed with the belly dance scene. Lots of business ideas are here too. Take your business to its fullest and let your passion for the dance shine.This book is written for ... Read more

    Free

  • Creativity: Establish Visibility

    Power of Commitment

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    A book for anyone who earns a living or wants to earn a living as an artist, especially dance. Written in particular with ethnic dnce in mind and primarlily Arabic dance. This is the third book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Intermediate level that takes 3 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get ... Read more

    2,67 €

  • An Illini Place

    Building the University of Illinois Campus

    by Lex Tate, John Franch ...
    Series series Folklore Studies in Multicultural World
    Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, ... Read more

    10,27 €

  • Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing

    An Historical and Ethnographic Perspective

    by John Gibson ...
    Series Book 43 - McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History
    The step-dancing of the Scotch Gaels in Nova Scotia is the last living example of a form of dance that waned following the great emigrations to Canada that ended in 1845. The Scotch Gael has been reported as loving dance, but step-dancing in Scotland had all but disappeared by 1945. One must look to Gaelic Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Antigonish County, to find this tradition. Gaelic Cape Breton ... Read more

    52,46 €