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  • The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance

    While there are books about folk dances from individual countries or regions, there isn’t a single comprehensive book on folk dances across the globe. This illustrated compendium offers the student, teacher, choreographer, historian, media critic, ethnographer, and general reader an overview of the evolution and social and religious significance of folk dance.The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance ... Read more

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  • A Simple Story

    The Last Malambo

    Translated by Frances Riddle ...
    Obsession and mastery in their purest states: the story of one dancer’s attempt to win the biggest contest of his life.Every year, at the height of summer, the remote Argentine village of Laborde holds the national malambo contest. Centuries-old, this shatteringly demanding traditional gaucho dance is governed by the most rigid rules. And this festival has one stipulation that makes it unique: the ... Read more

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  • In-Between Worlds

    Performing [as] Bauls in an Age of Extremism

    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book examines the performance of Bauls, ‘folk’ performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses.Recognizing their scope beyond the musical and cultural realm, Sukanya Chakrabarti engages in discussing the subversive and transformational potency of Bauls and their performances. In-Between Worlds argues ... Read more

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  • Dancing Motherhood

    by Ali Duffy ...
    Series series Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
    Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact pregnant women and mothers working in it.Ali Duffy introduces the book by laying a foundation of social and cultural histories and systemic structures and power that shape the issues mothers in dance negotiate today. This book then reveals perspectives from mothers in dance working in areas such as performance, ... Read more

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  • 中国古典舞蹈的“和”品格

    by 罗斌 ...
    本书分为五章,以“品格”作为基石,多元性、多角度对中国古典舞文化传承中的形态和意识层面进行了深刻论述,尤其重视审美分析背后的哲学研究,为中国古典舞风韵奠定科学性的理论根基,是一部适用于舞蹈专业学生和研究学者参考的理论书籍。 ... Read more

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  • Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa

    Series series Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
    This book offers a compelling intersectional exploration of how disability is understood in relation to citizenship and global critical disability studies across diverse African cultures.It delves into the transformative power of integrated dance as a medium to challenge and reshape dominant social attitudes toward disability. Through detailed case studies of Dance into Space (Kenya), FLATFOOT and ... Read more

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  • Dancing Out of Bali

    by John Coast ...
    Series series Periplus Classics Series
    "If you know where to look, you can still discover and recognize what it was that intoxicating John Coast fifty years ago." -Sir David AttenboroughThis book is one of the great classics about Bali, now with dozens of illustrations and photographs.Dancing out of Bali is a fascinating personal account of a young Englishman who settled in a small house in Bali in the midst of the political turmoil ... Read more

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  • Le Divinità THEYYAM del Paese di Dio

    Confessioni di un figliol prodigo intrappolato come una scimmia

    Le divinità del Paese di Dio attesta il ricordo di una cultura dimenticata e delle comunità che la circondano. Il Theyyam è una forma d'arte rituale dravidica del Kerala, in India, il Paese di Dio. Questo libro fornisce informazioni dettagliate sul Theyyam, bellissime immagini e centinaia di storie. Dedichiamo questo libro agli artisti che eseguono il Theyyam, veri e propri dei "del popolo, dal ... Read more

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  • Kinetic Atmospheres

    Performance and Immersion

    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

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  • How To Dance With a Partner

    The Gentle Method of Unambiguously Communicating Every Step in Every Social Dance

    The solution to a 1,000-year-old problem. This book solves the biggest problem in social dancing that affects millions of people. The problem is how to communicate unambiguously. Dance teachers have an enormous wealth of knowledge. However, when explaining how to communicate, they are surprisingly vague. This vagueness is not the fault of dance teachers. Men and women have been social dancing ... Read more

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  • Free Up Yuhself

    Transgressive Bodies and Contestations in the Carnivalesque

    Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
    Free Up Yuhself explores and theorizes what it means to embody and be empowered by the chaos of transgression, evaluating the implications for people who destabilize the Caribbean region’s dominant gender and sexuality politics within the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora. This book examines how people actively utilize the *carnivalesque—*spaces of festivity and places of excitement, the ... Read more

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  • Creating Our Own

    Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru

    In Creating Our Own, anthropologist Zoila S. Mendoza explores the early-twentieth-century development of the “folkloric arts”—particularly music, dance, and drama—in Cuzco, Peru, revealing the central role that these expressive practices played in shaping ethnic and regional identities. Mendoza argues that the folkloric productions emerging in Cuzco in the early twentieth century were integral to, ... Read more

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  • 嘉绒跳锅庄:墨尔多神山下的舞蹈、仪式与族群表述

    by 李菲著 ...
    墨尔多神山脚下,大小金川蜿蜒流淌于嘉绒藏地。在这片古老的土地上,有甲居神秘的“玛尼”,梭坡、中路欢舞的“卓”和巴底、太平桥神圣庄严的“达勒嘎”……这些鲜活的地方性族群传统与世所熟知的汉语名词“跳锅庄”,不仅是民俗学“我称”与“他称”的区别,也不能被轻率地理解为“类比性总称”与“个别专名”的类属关系,它们之间的不同是根本性的,是一个名为“嘉绒”的共同体在神圣与世俗之间践行的一套族群文化表述模式:在以“歌”与“舞”为表征的身体实践系统中,可以联结起嘉绒的历史记忆与当下现实,分辨出“我”与“他”的异与同、远与近。对于嘉绒人来说,“跳锅庄”不是游客“凝视”下的文化展演品,而是关乎其如何理解、表达传统与自我,如何在社会进程的实践情境中调整认同,从过去走向未来的根本方式之一。 ... Read more

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  • Die Götter von Gottes eigenem Land

    THEYYAM

    Die Götter von Gottes eigenem Land ist eine Erweckung vergessener Mysterien und ihrer lebendigen Gemeinschaften: Theyyam, die dravidische Ritualkunst Keralas - des Gotteslandes - offenbart sich als heiliger Tanz zwischen Himmel und Erde. Dieses Werk enthüllt die verborgenen Tiefen des Theyyam durch zeitlose Bilder und hundertfache Überlieferungen. Diese Chronik ist den Theyyam-Künstlern, den ... Read more

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  • الرقص خطيئة في الشرق، قداسة في الغرب

    by Sara Sami ...
    مر الرقص الشرقي، عبر العصور، بكثير من التقلبات الجذرية سواء تقديساً لحرمته أو تحقيراً منه بواسطة الكثيرين، أما حالياً فيعيش الرقص الشرقي نقطة فاصلة في وجوده أو عدمه، أصبح الشرق يسميه بالدعارة و أصبح الغرب يسميه بالمقدس بل و أضاف عليه الجديد ليصبح بالشكل الحالي غير شرقي.في هذا الكتاب نتحدث عن منشأة، أصله، الرقصات المؤثرة فيه أو من أثر فيها، نتحدث عن وضع الرقص الشرقي داخل الشرق الأوسط، نتحدث عن ... Read more

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  • Balinese Dance, Drama & Music

    A Guide to the Performing Arts of Bali

    Bali has long been known for its deep spirituality and extraordinary artistic heritage.The dances, dramas, puppetry and music of Bali are more than icons for the island; they are part and parcel of life—as expressions of devotion to the gods, as entertainment, and as a way of instilling cultural values on each generation. Balinese Dance, Drama & Music is a lavishly illustrated introduction to Bali ... Read more

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  • Creativity: Success! Finish Line Ahead.

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #4

    Series Book 4 - Creativity: Power of Commitment
    This is the fourth 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

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  • Creativity: Find Your Stride POWER OF COMMITMENT 2

    Series series 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 Elementary 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. Lot's of business ideas too. Take your business to its fullest and let your passion for the dance shine. ... Read more

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  • The Burlesque Handbook

    by Jo Weldon ...
    “Jo Weldon is the gold-standard for New Burlesque. I am proud to call her my friend, and unashamed to admit she’s my idol.” — Lily Burana, author of Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across AmericaFrom one of the stars of the New Burlesque scene, Jo Weldon, comes a definitive, easy-to-use, and indispensable guide to the art form, with a foreword by superstar comedian and burlesque ... Read more

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  • Creativity: Establish Visibility

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #3

    Series Book 3 - Creativity: Power of Commitment
    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 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

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  • Le danze di coppia in Occidente

    Tutto quello che c’è da sapere, dai primi passi alle gare

    Series series Iride
    Dalla storia delle danze occidentali all’iscrizione a una scuola di ballo, dall’alimentazione corretta, alla respirazione, dai primi passi da muovere in pista fino alla partecipazione alle gare, questo prezioso manualetto è un compendio fondamentale che spiega con semplicità e approfondimento tutto quel che c’è da sapere su danze standard, danze latine, liscio unificato e ballo da sala, combinata ... Read more

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  • De las danzas y andanzas de Enrique el Cojo

    Series Book 5 - Flamenco y cultura popular
    Lo más sorprendente de Enrique el Cojo es su talento para superar las dificultades, lo que le permitió convertirse en maestro del baile flamenco a pesar de su cojera, secuela de una enfermedad infantil. Artista por medio mundo y pícaro, dirigió una academia durante años a la que acudían turistas, personajes relevantes de la sociedad sevillana y profesionales, que ejerció una importante influencia ... Read more

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  • Los personajes femeninos en el cine español de animación contemporáneo

    Series Book 5 - Ibero-American Screens / Pantallas Iberoamericanas
    La animación española contemporánea se ha ganado el apoyo del público y ha recibido reconocimiento internacional. ¿Cómo se ha reflejado este proceso en los personajes femeninos? Este libro analiza cómo estos han evolucionado desde 1985 hasta la actualidad. Los cambios sociales, políticos y económicos que ha atravesado el país han tenido un impacto en los cuerpos de las mujeres animadas. Esta ... Read more

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  • Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits

    A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of its Artistic Characteristics

    This book is a study of Salpuri-Chum, a traditional Korean dance for expelling evil spirits. The authors explore the origins and practice of Salpuri-Chum. The ancient Korean people viewed their misfortunes as coming from evil spirits; therefore, they wanted to expel the evil spirits to recover their happiness. The music for Salpuri-Chum is called Sinawi rhythm. It has no sheet music and lacks the ... Read more

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