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  • La Danza

    by Anna Harsh ...
    Imagine an assignment in college as a dance major opening a door and leading you to a life-long mission after just one performance.Anna Harsh made a vision board in 6th grade about dancing professionally, traveling to Italy, and meeting the Pope. Fast forward to her senior thesis project that catapulted her journey fulfilling that vision and so much more.Her quest to find traditional Italian ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Gods of God's Own Country - Theyyam

    Confessions of a Monkey-Trapped Prodigal Son of The God's Own Country

    by Tiger Rider, Saji Madapat ...
    Series Book 1 - The Gods of The God's Own Country
    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

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gods of God's Own Country - Theyyam Stories

    Confessions of a Monkey-Trapped Prodigal Son of The God's Own Country

    by Tiger Rider, Saji Madapat, EPM Mavericks ...
    Series Book 2 - The Gods of The God's Own Country
    This storybook is the second part of the book: "The Gods of The God's Own Country: THEYYAM Publishing published it as volume II because of Amazon's file size limit (650MB). The royalties from this book will be donated to those destitute Gods of the God’s Own Country for a Greater Purpose.The Gods of God's Own Country is a reminder of a forgotten culture and the communities surrounding it. Theyyam ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • തെയ്യം

    ദൈവത്തിന്റെ സ്വന്തം നാടിന്റെ ദൈവങ്ങൾ

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    ദൈവത്തിന്റെ സ്വന്തം നാടിന്റെ "ദൈവങ്ങൾ" എന്ന പുസ്തകം കാലം മറന്ന് പോകുന്ന ഒരു സംസ്കാരത്തേയും അതിനെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി ജീവിക്കുന്ന സമുദായങ്ങളേയും പറ്റിയുള്ള ഒരു ഓർമ്മിപ്പിക്കലാണ്. കേരളത്തിൽ നിലനിൽക്കുന്ന ഒരു ദ്രാവിഡകലാരൂപമാണ് തെയ്യം. മിഴിവാർന്ന ചിത്രങ്ങളും നൂറോളം കഥകളും മാത്രമല്ല, തെയ്യത്തെപ്പറ്റിയുള്ള വിശദവിവരങ്ങളും ഇതിൽ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. ജനങ്ങൾക്ക് വേണ്ടി ജനങ്ങളാൽ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട ജനങ്ങളുടെ സ ... Read more

    5,29 €

  • World Dance Cultures

    From Ritual to Spectacle

    by Patricia Leigh Beaman ...
    From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world.This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts ... Read more

    59,83 €

  • Step Dancing in Ireland

    Culture and History

    by Catherine E. Foley ...
    For many people step dancing is associated mainly with the Irish step-dance stage shows, Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, which assisted both in promoting the dance form and in placing Ireland globally. But, in this book, Catherine Foley illustrates that the practice and contexts of step dancing are much more complicated and fluid. Tracing the trajectory of step dancing in Ireland, she tells its ... Read more

    76,93 €

  • Dance Education around the World

    Perspectives on dance, young people and change

    Edited by Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, Stephanie Burridge ...
    Dance has the power to change the lives of young people. It is a force in shaping identity, affirming culture and exploring heritage in an increasingly borderless world. Creative and empowering pedagogies are driving curriculum development worldwide where the movement of peoples and cultures generates new challenges and possibilities for dance education in multiple contexts. In Dance Education ... Read more

    67,16 €

  • Handbook of Dance Terminology

    Dictionary of Vocabulary for Middle Eastern Studies

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Middle Eastern Dance is also known as Belly Dance in the USA. It is a misunderstood dance form that deserves respect and recognition equal to that of of other etnic dance forms like Flamenco, Indian and Polynesian. This book helps "raise the barre" by educatingMiddle Eastern dancers and students in general dance theory and terminology.  Terms used in all dance forms that pertain to Belly Dance. ... Read more

    5,45 €

  • 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

    2,72 €

  • The Greatest Maestros of All Time: Top 100

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

    3,00 €

  • Dance History

    An Introduction

    Edited by Janet Adshead-Lansdale, June Layson ...
    Originally published in 1983 the first edition rapidly established itself as a core student text. Now fully revised and up-dated it remains the only book to address the rationale, process, techniques and methodologies specific to the study of dance history. For the main body of the text which covers historical studies of dance in its traditional and performance contexts, the editors have brought ... Read more

    50,06 €

  • Feeling Impact

    A Timedancer's Guide to Impact-Driven Dance

    by Russell Patrick Brown ...
    What does it mean to feel impact in dance?In Feeling Impact: A Timedancer's Study of Irish Step Dance, Dr Russell Patrick Brown reimagines Irish step dance through the felt intelligence of the body. Moving beyond the dazzling speed of footwork and the familiar sound of hard shoes striking the floor, this groundbreaking study explores how dancers experience impact as vibration, resonance, pressure ... Read more

    8,47 €

  • देवाच्या देशाचे देव

    त्तेय्यम

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    देवाच्या स्वतःच्या देशाचे देव हे विसरलेल्या संस्कृतीचे आणि त्याच्या सभोवतालच्या समुदायांचे स्मरण आहे. थेय्यम हे केरळ (भारत) - देवाचा स्वतःचा देश - द्रविडीयन विधी कला प्रकार आहे. या पुस्तकात थेय्यमबद्दल तपशीलवार माहिती, सुंदर प्रतिमा आणि अनेक कथा आहेत. आम्ही हे पुस्तक थेय्यम कलाकारांना समर्पित करतो, जे 'लोकांचे, लोकांद्वारे, आणि लोकांसाठी' देव आहेत. लेखकावर त्याच्या व्यवस्थापन सल्लामसलत दरम्यान त्य ... Read more

    5,29 €

  • Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi

    Volume Two: From Storytelling to Story-acting

    by Xiaohuan Zhao ...
    Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi is the first book in any language entirely devoted to a historical inquiry into Chinese theatre through Nuoxi and Mulianxi, the two most representative and predominant forms of Chinese temple theatre.Volume Two is a continuation of the historical inquiry into Chinese theatre with focus shifted from Mulian storytelling to Mulian ... Read more

    53,73 €

  • Rhythm Nation

    West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora

    by Jasmine E. Johnson ...
    At the intersection of diaspora theory, dance studies, performance studies, and critical ethnography, Rhythm Nation: West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora explores the relationship between West African dance, race, gender, and sexuality in the United States and Guinea. In this book, Jasmine E. Johnson reveals the power of dance in shaping participants' individual and collective ... Read more

    19,71 €

  • Mujeres danzantes en la fiesta de La Tirana

    by Bernardo Guerrero, Francisca Basaure ...
    Diez historias de vida de mujeres que le danzan y cantan a la virgen del Carmen en el pueblo de La Tirana. Continuidades y transformaciones de una práctica religiosa mariana que se vive desde los cuerpos y experiencias de estas mujeres de diversos bailes, diferentes edades y variados contextos. ... Read more

    Free

  • Shiny Beads and Shimmies

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Shiny Beads & Shimmies: Do you love to dance? Interested in Belly-Dance? Do you not know where to turn ? Are you unsure as to what is acceptable and what is not? How do you know if a teacher is good or not? This book will answer these questions and more, then guide you in the right direction. It will tell you what you need to know and more before you make a mistake and waste money. Badly ... Read more

    2,76 €

  • Dancing the New World

    Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest

    by Paul A. Scolieri ...
    Series series Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
    Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014Honorable Mention, Sally Banes Publication Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2014de la Torre Bueno® Special Citation, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2013From Christopher Columbus to “first anthropologist” Friar Bernardino de Sahagún, fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers, conquistadors, clerics, scientists, and ... Read more

    49,92 €

  • 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

    18,86 €

  • In Search of Legitimacy

    How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition

    by Lauren Miller Griffith ...
    Series Book 7 - Dance and Performance Studies
    Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why “first world” men and women leave behind their jobs, families, and friends to pursue a strenuous training regimen in a historically disparaged and ... Read more

    20,45 €

  • Milestones in Dance History

    Edited by Dana Tai Soon Burgess ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    47,62 €

  • The Dancer's Handbook

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

    by Gala Moody, Michael Carter ...
    Series 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, ... Read more

    48,84 €

  • Instruments of Embodiment

    Costuming in Contemporary Dance

    by Eric Mullis ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    53,73 €

  • கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசத்தின் கடவுள்கள்

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    'கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசத்தின் கடவுள்கள்' மறக்கப்பட்ட கலாச்சாரத்தையும் அதைச் சுற்றியுள்ள சமூகங்களையும் நினைவூட்டுகிறது. தெய்யம் என்பது இந்திய மாநிலமான, கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசம் எனப்போற்றப்படும் கேரளாவின் திராவிட சடங்குடன் இணைந்த கலை வடிவம். அழகிய படங்களோடும் , நூற்றுக்கணக்கான கதைகளோடும் தெய்யம் பற்றிய விரிவான தகவல்களை இந்நூல் வழங்குகிறது. "மக்களின், மக்களால், மக்களுக்காக" என்பதற்கேற்ப, உண்மையான கடவுள்களான ... Read more

    5,29 €