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  • Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery

    by Eric Franklin ...
    Eric Franklin’s classic reference is back in a new full-color edition, complete with new material and exercises for instructors to use with their dancers, other performing artists, athletes, and classes.In Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, Third Edition, Franklin—an internationally renowned teacher, dancer, and choreographer who has been sharing his imagery techniques for more than 35 years ... Read more

    S$ 53.29 SGD

  • Dance Lexicon in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

    A Corpus Based Approach

    Series series Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
    This book provides a thorough analysis of terpsichorean lexis in Renaissance drama. Besides considering not only the Shakespearean canon but also the Bard’s contemporaries (e.g., dramatists as John Marston and Ben Jonson among the most refined Renaissance dance aficionados), the originality of this volume is highlighted in both its methodology and structure.As far as methods of analysis are ... Read more

    S$ 35.75 SGD

  • Ballroom Dancing

    by Alex Moore ...
    This early work on dancing is a fascinating read for any dance enthusiast. Extensively illustrated with 72 diagrams and photographs to complement comprehensive step-by-step guides to a variety of dance steps. Contents Include: The Quickstep, The Waltz, The Foxtrot, The Tango, Popular Dances, Old Time Dances, Ballroom Novelty Dances and Games, and The Practical Side of Teaching. Many of the ... Read more

    S$ 14.49 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ballade by Anna Sokolow

    by Ray Cook ...
    Series series Language of Dance
    This volume publishes Anna Sokolow's Ballade in Labanotation for the first time. It is a dance which explores youth and its discoveries, following the restlessness and inconclusiveness of young love to a final sombre note. The complete score is accompanied by detailed study and performance notes, historical background and photographs. Since moving to New York in 1961, Ray Cook has worked as a ... Read more

    S$ 101.76 SGD

  • How To Dance The Foxtrot

    by Anon ...
    This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to learning the foxtrot, complete with step-by-step instructions, simple diagrams, helpful tips, and more. “How To Dance The Foxtrot” is ideal for the beginner looking to learn how to dance the foxtrot and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “The Waltz Changes (Man)”, “The Waltz Changes (Lady)”, “How ... Read more

    S$ 9.80 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology

    Karen Clippinger’s first two editions of Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology were hailed as the standard in the field. This third edition builds on that success by retaining its scientific perspective while making the material even more accessible to students and teachers and by bringing in a significant amount of new material.What’s New?In an effort to further enhance learning, Dance Anatomy and ... Read more

    S$ 118.91 SGD

  • 39 Steps to Better Screenwriting

    A Practical Guide to Improving Your Screenplay

    by Paul Chitlik ...
    This is not a beginner’s book on screenplay writing, though a beginner could read it and learn. This is a writer’s consigliere. It’s a book of advice and reflection that will kick ass against just about any screenwriting problem. It’s a series of essays on film and television writing, a deep background on very specific craft issues ranging from punctuation to meaning in your screenplay. Chapters ... Read more

    S$ 11.98 SGD

  • Dancing with Cats

    "Marvelously silly photographs . . . in addition to those hilarious images, [there is] much helpful instruction for aspiring dancers with cats." — The New York TimesDiscover the mystery and magic of cat dancing with this cult classic, filled with scores of delightful and inspiring photographs of people and cats engaging in their favorite dance routines, as well as moving testimonies of the ... Read more

    S$ 12.63 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Handbook of Indian Dance

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Indian Dance is a volume of original essays that consolidates novel research and contemporary analytical approaches to critical Indian dance studies from across the world. It explores new frontiers of scholarship suggested by its contributing authors, and calls attention to urgent agendas that are central to the current field of Indian dance studies. The volume highlights ... Read more

    S$ 251.34 SGD

  • Becomings

    Pregnancy, Phenomenology, and Postmodern Dance

    by Johanna Kirk ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book explores postmodern choreographic engagements of pregnant bodies in the US over the last 70 years.Johanna Kirk discusses how choreographers negotiate identification with the look of their pregnant bodies to maintain a sense of integrity as artists and to control representations of their gender and physical abilities while pregnant. Across chapters, the artists discussed include Anna ... Read more

    S$ 85.26 SGD

  • Midnight at the Crossroads

    Has belly dance sold its soul?

    by Alia Thabit ...
    Belly dance and its music arise from an Eastern ethos of feeling, improvisation, and joy. However, it's hard for Western dancers to discover these principles--and even harder to embody them, steeped as we are in an aesthetic of appearance, choreography, and perfectionism.All arts grow and change, that's part of their nature. But in this case, there are surprising advantages to embracing the ... Read more

    S$ 34.00 SGD

  • Breaking méthode

    Maîtrisez les power moves

    by Mined ...
    Avec la méthode « Determined » de Adam Yahiaoui, alias Mined, les b-boys et b-girls pourront atteindre leur plus haut niveau d’excellence ! Fort d’une expérience de plus de vingt ans dans le breakdance, Mined vous livre un ouvrage complet pour découvrir le breakdance ou vous perfectionner si vous êtes déjà pratiquant. À l’aide d’exercices d’agilité, pour appréhender et contrôler son corps, et de ... Read more

    S$ 20.49 SGD

  • Physics and Dance

    by Emily Coates ...
    A fascinating exploration of our reality through the eyes of a physicist and a dancer—and an engaging introduction to both disciplinesFrom stepping out of our beds each morning to admiring the stars at night, we live in a world of motion, energy, space, and time. How do we understand the phenomena that shape our experience? How do we make sense of our physical realities? Two guides—a former member ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance Legacies of Scotland

    The True Glen Orchy Kick

    Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from contemporary Scottish practices.Mats Melin and Jennifer Schoonoverexplore the historical references describing percussive dancing to illustrate how widespread the practice was, giving some glimpses of what it looked and sounded ... Read more

    S$ 77.01 SGD

  • Re-Choreographing Cortical & Cartographic Maps

    Going West to Find East Going East to Find West

    by Henry Daniel ...
    A transdisciplinary approach to practice-as-research, complete with its own elaborate theory of practice and a set of four multi-year-performance research projects through which the theory plays out. Its methodology is at times ethnographic as Henry Daniel deftly inserts himself and his Caribbean West African ancestry into a series of complex cortical and geographic maps, which become ... Read more

    S$ 117.60 SGD

  • Ideokinesis

    A Creative Approach to Human Movement and Body Alignment

    Mabel Elsworth Todd pioneered ideokinesis in the 1920s. Her book, The Thinking Body, described new ways to use all the senses as well as inner feeling and imagination to retrain the body to move with ease and balance. The system became an invaluable tool for generations of dancers, actors, and performance artists, thanks largely to one of its most important teachers, André Bernard (1924-2003). ... Read more

    S$ 20.81 SGD

  • British Dance: Black Routes

    Edited by Christy Adair, Ramsay Burt ...
    British Dance, Black Routes is an outstanding collection of writings which re-reads the achievements of Black British dance artists, and places them within a broad historical, cultural and artistic context.Until now discussion of choreography by Black dance practitioners has been dominated by the work of African-American artists, facilitated by the civil rights movement. But the work produced by ... Read more

    S$ 83.88 SGD

  • La Danse hindoue

    Essai

    La signification mystique et esthétique de la danse hindoue ; la musique dans la danse hindoue ; le langage des gestes : les mudra ; les cinq différents styles de la danse classique : bharat-natyam, kathakali, mohini anam, kathak, manipouri.À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUREUsha Chatterji (Srimati Usha) est une danceuse indienne ayant vécu en France et qui a apporté la connaissance des danses de l'Inde aux ... Read more

    S$ 8.82 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • EgriBiancoDanza

    Percorsi Coreografici 2013/2018

    Series Book 3 - Coreografi Contemporanei
    Questo volume ripercorre il lavoro della compagnia EgriBiancoDanza nel periodo compreso tra il 2013 e il 2018, anni decisivi per la definizione della poetica coreografica di Raphael Bianco. Attraverso l’analisi delle principali creazioni – da Persona a Nowhere? da Orlando a Faust , èassando per Showcase – il testo indaga il corpo come spazio di pensiero, relazione e coscienza, mettendo in luce il ... Read more

    S$ 11.49 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How To Be a Professional Dancer

    This book is a general How-to about becoming a professional dancer. The term “Professional Dancer” is an all-encompassing term, used to describe individuals who are currently using dance training and dance performance to make a living. Professional dancers perform in Musical theater, on television shows, on cruise ships, in ballet companies, and many other venues of performing arts! The dance ... Read more

    S$ 13.74 SGD

  • Dancing Mind, Minding Dance

    Socially Relevant and Personally Resonant Dance Education

    Dancing Mind, Minding Dance encompasses a collection of pivotal texts published by scholar and researcher Doug Risner, whose work over the past three decades has emphasized the significance of social relevance and personal resonance in dance education. Drawing upon Risner’s breakthrough research and visionary scholarship, the book contextualizes critical issues of dance making in the rehearsal ... Read more

    S$ 79.76 SGD

  • Mes mémoires

    by Jane Avril ...
    D’anciens et rares amis qui me sont demeurés fidèles insistaient depuis quelques années à me conseiller d’écrire mes mémoires.Mes mémoires ! m’écriais-je en riant. Contribuer pour ma part à l’histoire de mon temps ! De quelle présomption me supposez-vous capable ?Ils ne se lassaient pas cependant et me répétaient : « Faites appel à vos souvenirs, ils ne sauraient manquer d’un certain piquant ; ... Read more

    S$ 6.99 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance Degree Programs

    Career Readiness and Preparation Criteria in Undergraduate

    The purpose of the research study was to examine the history and philosophy of certain very distinct dance degree programs. The dissertation is intended to serve as a resource to benefit faculty and administrators in American undergraduateand graduatelevel dance programs. The primary goal was to recognize emergent themes aimed at stronger outcomes for students seeking a career track in dance. ... Read more

    S$ 13.40 SGD

  • From the Ball-room to Hell

    "This book has created a greater flutter in social circles than anything published within our remembrance." -Los Angeles TimesReformed ballroom dance instructor Thomas A. Faulkner's 1920 book "From the Ball-room to Hell" had the endorsement of practically all opponents of dancing. It furnished the suggestions for thousands of sermons; it had the commendation of innumerable clergymen, including ... Read more

    S$ 1.36 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus