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  • Dentro Lo Show Tango Argentino

    Dentro lo ShowTango ArgentinoLa Storia del più ImportanteTango Show di Tutti i TempiAntón GazenbeekTango Argentino è stato lo spettacolo innovativo che ha portato alla rinascita di interesse per il Tango Argentino. Ha debuttato a Parigi, poi ha conquistato Broadway e, in seguito, ha girato il mondo intero. Ha avuto un'enorme influenza culturale sulla comprensione della storia del tango, della sua ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 – 2021

    Landmarks of South African Theatre History

    Edited by Phyllis Klotz, Smal Ndaba ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book provides an engaging and contextualised insight into a South African township-based arts centre that has survived the vicissitudes of steady militarisation in townships during some of the worst years of apartheid as well as the exhilaration of a new democratic policy while attempting to circumnavigate different policies and funding dispensations.Sibikwa provides arts centres across the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Rechoreographing Learning

    Dance As a Way to Bridge the Mind-Body Divide in Education

    This book addresses the mind-body dichotomy in movement and dance.This book includes a description of the often-forgotten kinesthetic sense, body awareness, somatic practices, body-based way of thinking, mental imagery, nonverbal communication, human empathy, and symbol systems, what occurs in the brain during learning, and why and how movement and dance should be part of school curricula. This ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Instruments of Embodiment

    Costuming in Contemporary Dance

    by Eric Mullis ...
    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

    $54.99 USD

  • 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

    $52.99 USD

  • Tango Queer Buenos Aires

    A handful of people in Buenos Aires pioneered Queer Tango – an evolved version of the traditional tango dance that challenges stereotyped gender roles. We asked two of the city's foremost Queer Tango instructors to show us their inclusive and loveable Buenos Aires. ... Read more

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  • Tango Argentino A Pocket 'Breviary' for Its Dancers

    In this book, we discover the code of honor of the 'portenos' dancers of the Tango Milonguero, who have remained 'uncontaminated' by the tourism surrounding the Tango, the major part of whom are more or less 70-80 years old. Their behavior reflects concepts that were already spoken of in ancient China! Let's discover them together by following in the footsteps of the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tse, ... Read more

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  • Tango Argentino a Buenos Aires 36 consigli

    Patricia Müller ci fa conoscere, indagando sulle situazioni storiche, sui personaggi e sui luoghi importanti di Buenos Aires, come gli indios, gli schiavi africani, i coloni spagnoli e gli immigranti europei hanno plasmato il tango e sviluppato il suo ballo. Attraverso esercizi pratici e semplici impariamo a tonificare e rilassare il corpo, a ballare facendo un tutt'uno con il partner e ad ... Read more

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  • Tango Argentino Piccolo Breviario per i suoi Ballerini

    In questo libro scopriamo il codice d'onore dei ballerini porteños del Tango Milonguero, non contaminati dal turismo del Tango, la cui età si aggira intorno ai 70-80 anni. Il loro comportamento rispecchia i concetti di cui si parlava giaà nell'antica Cina! Scopriamoli insieme seguendo le orme del saggio Lao Tse e de Viejos Milongueros. Rimarrete sicuramente sorpresi! ... Read more

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  • Tango Argentino Kleines Brevier fur seine Tanzer

    n diesem Buch Entdecken wir sie gemeinsam auf den Spuren des weisen Lao Tse und der Viejos Milongueros..Sie sind nicht durch Tango-Tourismus kontaminiert worden. Ihr Alter beträgt etwa 70-80 Jahre.Ihr Verhalten spiegelt die Konzepte wider, über die bereits im alten China gesprochen wurde.Entdecken wir sie gemeinsam auf den Spuren des weisen Laotse und des alten Milongueros. Sie werden sicherlich ... Read more

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  • Tango Argentin Un « bréviaire » de poche pour ses danseurs

    Dans ce livre, nous découvrons le code d'honneur des danseurs "porteños" du Tango Milonguero, qui n'ont pas été touchés par le tourisme qui entoure le Tango et qui ont plus ou moins 70-80 ans.Leur comportement reflète des concepts dont on parlait déjà dans la Chine ancienne !Découvrons-les ensemble en suivant les traces du philosophe chinois Lao Tse et des Viejos Milongueros.Vous serez étonné de ... Read more

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  • Nostalgia, Betrayal, Love

    by Rosa Ucci ...
    The Tango phenomenon today is a reality for the whole world, involving people from all walks of life on three continents: Asia, America, and Africa.The author has asked herself the reason for this 'retrieval' of the Tango, in particular, the dance. Why are people from all over the world going to the 'milongas'? A question that leads her into an interior journey, an experience of awareness, in ... Read more

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  • El pulpo o la muerte del tango

    by Luis Longhi ...
    Los integrantes de un modesto quinteto de tango se encuentran ante un hito trascendental en su carrera hacia la consagración. Pero el Tano y sus músicos se topan con un obstáculo aparentemente insalvable en su camino hacia la gloria: para participar del "Festival del Bandoneonazo" deben hacerlo con la presencia de un cantor de tango, especie a la que ellos odian con devoción. El cantor elegido es ... Read more

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  • Nostalgia Tradimento Amore

    by Rosa Ucci ...
    Il fenomeno Tango è oggi una realtà che s'impone al villaggio globale coinvolgendo tutti i ceti sociali nei tre continenti d'Asia, d'America e d'Europa.L'autrice si chiede il perché di questo "recupero" del Tango, soprattutto ballato. Perché la gente di tutto il mondo si riversa nelle milonghe? Una domanda che conduce ad un viaggio interiore, un'esperienza di conoscenza, alla ricerca di quell ... Read more

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  • Il Tango E' Sempre Una Storia d'Amore

    Il tango argentino e' sempre piu' popolare al di fuori di Buenos Aires, ma molti pregiudizi e false credenze sono svelate da questo libretto che illustra invece la vera essenza del ballo originale. ... Read more

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  • I wanted to dance

    CARLOS EDUARDO GAVITO (4/27/1943 – 7/1/2005) was born in La Plata, Argentina. He spent his youth in the barrio of Avellaneda (to the south of Greater Buenos Aires) and the rest of his life circling the globe.He traveled for more than forty years and visited more than ninety countries. He spoke English, Italian, French and Portuguese fluently and could make himself understood in German, Russian and ... Read more

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  • Buenos Aires Tango Queer

    A handful of people in Buenos Aires pioneered Queer Tango – an evolved version of the traditional tango dance that challenges stereotyped gender roles. We asked two of the city's foremost Queer Tango instructors to show us their inclusive and loveable Buenos Aires. ... Read more

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  • Tango Grande Musica Per Un Grande Ballo

    Guida per Ballerini, Dj di tango, Musicisti. di Pier Aldo Vignazia. Questo libro prende in esame i modi migliori di proporre la musica, tratti dall'esperienza dei più rinomati musicalizadores (d.j. di tango) di Buenos Aires, e i "codici" di comportamento nelle milongas (luoghi dove si balla il tango), che a quei modi sono strettamente legati. Utilissimo per ballerini di tango e Maestri, musicisti, ... Read more

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  • Cabareteras

    by Luis Longhi ...
    El Tigre arranca con un acorde espeso, grave, aletargado, que resume oscuridad. Su zurda da miedo. Avanza con rigor de condenado hacia cuevas sin salida. Dice con su bandoneón lo que antes no se podía o era desconocido o intraducible. Sigue avanzando con la promesa, certificada en su ímpetu, de atorar y confundir núcleos que modifiquen pensamientos. ... Read more

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  • Letras de Tango

    Letras de Tango di Ivana Brigliadori è un'opera che colpisce, stupisce, commuove e scandalizza, che si legge come fosse un racconto e si ascolta come fosse musica, poesia, canzone: tutto questo insieme dato dagli umori e dalle suggestioni di un'ispirazione (viene da pensare) trascinante, inebriante come il vino che scorre in queste pagine e che finisce per ubriacare perfino il lettore.Vale la pena ... Read more

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  • Inside The Show Tango Argentino

    During the dark years of the military dictatorship, Tango had fallen into oblivion all over the world, most especially in Argentina. The "Tango Argentino" show was the show that led to the worldwide revival of interest in Tango. It debuted in Paris, then conquered Broadway and, later, the whole world.Juan Carlos Copes, Miguel Ángel Zotto, and Milena Plebs, Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel, Gloria and ... Read more

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  • The Church of Tango

    by Cherie Magnus ...
    The Church of Tango is a passionate memoir of tragedy and adventure, lust and music, romance and tango, and above all, survival. A dancer all her life, she'd had to put it on hold while raising her artistic sons and caring for her dying husband. Now, as she set her suitcase down on the ancient cobblestones of a Paris courtyard, she wondered—48 years old, 6,000 miles away from home, knowing no one ... Read more

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  • Dentro Lo Show Tango Argentino

    Durante gli anni bui della dittatura militare, il Tango era caduto nell'oblio in tutto il mondo, anche in Argentina.Lo spettacolo "Tango Argentino" ha rilanciato a livello mondiale l'interesse per il Tango.Ha fatto il suo debutto a Parigi, poi ha conquistato Broadway ed, in seguito, il mondo intero.Nel libro, per il quale Antón ha fatto ricerche per 17 anni a Buenos Aires e in tutto il mondo, ... Read more

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  • Tango Argentino a Buenos Aires - 36 consigli

    Patricia Müller ci fa conoscere, indagando sulle situazioni storiche, sui personaggi e sui luoghi importanti di Buenos Aires, come gli indios, gli schiavi africani, i coloni spagnoli e gli immigranti europei hanno plasmato il tango e sviluppato il suo ballo. Attraverso esercizi pratici e semplici impariamo a tonificare e rilassare il corpo, a ballare facendo un tutt'uno con il partner e ad ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus