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Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts

A short guide to Tango and Cookery

How to Teach a Belly Dance Fitness Class

Body-mind centering

Floating Bones

Dance Cultures Around the World

Looking at Contemporary Dance

Functional Awareness and Yoga

Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology

Ballroom Dancing to Bronze Medal Standard

Lighting Dance

Introducing The Waltz - History-Steps-Etiquette

A Guide to a Somatic Movement Practice

Autograph Collection

Creativity: Power of Commitment

Dance Education around the World

Instruments of Embodiment

The Dance (by An Antiquary). Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D

Periodization

Salsa Dancing For Beginners

Core Teaching Practices for Dance Education

Dancing with Cats

The Art of Making Dances

Mosaic of Music: Mystery of Percussion and Dance