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  • Drawing the Surface of Dance

    A Biography in Charts

    Soloing on the page, choreographer Annie-B Parson rethinks choreography as dance on paper. Parson draws her dances into new graphic structures calling attention to the visual facts of the materiality of each dance work she has made. These drawings serve as both maps of her pieces in the aftermath of performance, and a consideration of the elements of dance itself. Divided into three chapters, the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Asymmetrical-Motion/Clases

    De una palabra puede emerger un cuerpo y, de ahí, muchos más. Si esa palabra es «bailar», su significado parece inmediato. Pero visto más de cerca, se oscurece. Es necesario un gesto de precisión para experimentar qué implica «bailar». En Asymmetrical-Motion/Clases, de Lucas Condró, asistimos a ese gesto, delicado y riguroso. El libro recoge una vida de investigación y enseñanza, donde se concibe ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Still Got It, Never Lost It!

    by Louie Spence ...
    Still Got It, Never Lost It! tells the story of Louie Spence, star of Pineapple Dance Studios and ruthless judge on Dancing on Ice.‘I did everything my sisters did, that’s how my dancing days started – they went dancing, I went dancing and I just kept on dancing.’ - Louie SpenceFrom a very early age Louie was a little boy who loved to dance and had high ambitions. He attended every disco dance ... Read more

    $1.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • Dancing to Transform

    How Concert Dance Becomes Religious in American Christianity

    by Emily Wright ...
    In response to a scarcity of writings on the intersections between dance and Christianity, Dancing to Transform examines the religious lives of American Christians who, despite the historically tenuous place of dance within Christianity, are also professional dancers. Emily Wright details how these dancing Christians transform what they perceive as secular professional by transforming concert ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Greatest DJ's of All Time: Top 100

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

    $3.99 USD

  • Days on Earth

    The Dance of Doris Humphrey

    Now available in paperback, Days on Earth--originally published in 1988 (Yale University Press)--traces the dance career and artistic development of one of the founders of American modern dance. In this biography of dance pioneer Doris Humphrey, Marcia B. Siegel follows Humphrey's career from her days with the Denishawn Company (among fellos students like Martha Graham) to her creative partnership ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Outros caminhos de dança

    Técnica Klauss Vianna para adolescentes e para adolescer

    Nesta obra, Cora Miller Laszlo apresenta com propriedade sua pesquisa de dança e educação somática com adolescentes, partindo tanto de seu processo pessoal como professora de Técnica Klauss Vianna (TKV) para adolescentes quanto como praticante da TKV. O livro apresenta um histórico da Escola Vianna, bem como seus princípios e desdobramentos na cena contemporânea. Além disso, e principalmente, vem ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Dance was her Religion

    The Spiritual Choreography of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Martha Graham

    Three dancers who changed the face of Modern Dance and liberated dancers from ballet’s rigidity to glorify the human body as a scared vessel: Isadora Duncan, 1877-1927, Ruth St. Denis, 1879-1968, and Martha Graham, 1894-1991. From youth, each recognized an organic urge for ecstatic human expression. This book explores their pioneering approaches to spiritual choreography and reveals unkown ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop

    Edited by Justin A. Williams ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    It has been more than thirty-five years since the first commercial recordings of hip-hop music were made. This Companion, written by renowned scholars and industry professionals reflects the passion and scholarly activity occurring in the new generation of hip-hop studies. It covers a diverse range of case studies from Nerdcore hip-hop to instrumental hip-hop to the role of rappers in the Obama ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Tandem Dances

    Choreographing Immersive Performance

    Tandem Dances: Choreographing Immersive Performance is the first book to propose dance and choreography as frames through which to examine immersive theatre, more broadly known as immersive performance. Indicative of a larger renaissance in storytelling during the digital age, immersive performance is influenced by emerging computer technologies, such as virtual reality and advances in video ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes

    In Search of a Lost Life

    Ren? Blum and the Ballets Russes documents the life of the enigmatic and brilliant writer and producer who resurrected the Ballets Russes after Diaghilev died. Based on a treasure trove of previously undiscovered letters and documents, the book not only tells the poignant story of Blum's life, but also illustrates the central role Blum played in the development of dance in the United States. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Pasha - My Story

    by Pasha Kovalev ...
    Pasha's talent and determination has taken him to some amazing places all around the world including Moscow, New York, LA and London. However, it was the grey, stark landscape of his Siberian hometown, still reeling from the Communist regime, which provided the unlikely inspiration for his early love of ballroom dancing, a passion that he has embraced and nurtured ever since. With a desire to ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Tango Argentino Pequeno Breviario Para Sus Bailarines

    En este libro, descubrimos el código de honor de los bailarines "porteños" del Tango Milonguero, que han permanecido "incontaminados" por el turismo del Tango, y que en su mayoría rondan los 70-80 años. Su comportamiento refleja conceptos de los que ya se hablaba en la antigua China. Descubrámoslos juntos caminando sobre las huellas del filósofo chino Lao Tse y de los Viejos Milongueros. Seguro ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rhythms of the Rainbow Nation

    Echoes from Johannesburg to Pretoria

    In the heart of South Africa, "Rhythms of the Rainbow Nation: Echoes from Johannesburg to Pretoria" tells the inspiring story of four individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.First, there's the Xhosa music producer, a self-taught artist who crafts beats with Cubase and Fruity Loops, driven by his undying love for music. Then, there's the Zulu dancer, who captures the hearts of onlookers on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 水面上與水面下:用戲劇轉化人生

    by 張嘉容 ...
    Series Book 203 - 心靈拓展系列
    不管幾歲,你都擁有改變命運的可能。戲劇是你我都可以用來轉化自己人生的便利技術,用戲劇成為更好的自己,克服人生的種種挑戰,脫穎而出!作者張嘉容集跨界編導與戲劇療癒工作於一身,致力於探討文化/個人生命課題的複雜度與多義性。本書集結她多年的工作關懷,分享將戲劇與日常生活結合,運用在個人身心強韌、劇場、創作、療癒、社區、弱勢服務、文化推動的方法。書中既有抒情靈動的散文、翔實描述的戲劇田野與心理學工作誌,也有舉重若輕的闡述、創作和成長回顧。追求身心靈成長的讀者不可錯過本書。你可藉由書中的個案歷程描述和介紹的各種方法,多角度地反思成長,並將方法運用在生活中、療癒內在小孩、自我培力、突破問題,獲得平衡與整合。從事教育諮商輔導、應用劇場、戲劇創作的讀者更不能錯過本書,書中對療癒技術的陳述及個人故事,可使專業人員有所成長,運用在工作和教學中。 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Jerome Robbins

    A Life in Dance

    by Wendy Lesser ...
    Series series Jewish Lives
    A lively and inspired biography celebrating the centennial of this master choreographer, dancer, and stage directorJerome Robbins (1918–1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joining the family business. In 1936 he ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • On Choreography and Making Dance Theatre

    by Mark Bruce ...
    There are many skills one needs to produce a piece of dance. Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theatre as: Movement, Drama, Sound and Vision. A choreographer has to study all of them to the best of their ability and learn how to combine them.There is no definitive method of choreography. Any choreographer who has a voice has learnt and executed it in their ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Screened Stages

    On Theatre in Film

    by Rachel Joseph ...
    This book is devoted to tracing the variety of ways that theatre, theatricality, and performance are embedded in Hollywood cinema as screened stages.A screened stage is the literal or metaphorical appearance of a stage on screen. When the Hollywood style emerged in cinema history it traumatically severed the entwined relationship between film and theatre. The book makes the argument that cinema ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Les inconsolables

    Quand la parole est bannie, les mots se manifestent en silence... Et malgré tout, la jeune fille s'efforce d'y croire. Emprisonnée par les ténèbres de son père, un homme qui a anéanti son esprit et brisé son corps. À travers de courts récits, des fragments d'écriture éparpillés, elle cherche à se libérer. Elle esquisse des cœurs sur l'inimaginable. Mais surtout, elle conserve toujours la foi, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • 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

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics

    In the much-anticipated update to a classic in dance studies, Mark Franko analyzes the political aspects of North American modern dance in the 20****th century.A revisionary account of the evolution of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics features a foreword by Juan Ignacio Vallejos on Franko's career, a new preface, a new chapter on Yvonne Rainer, and an ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul

    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of social Argentine tango dancing among Muslim actors in Turkey, pioneered in Istanbul despite the conservative rule of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) and Tayyip Erdoğan.In this book, Melin Levent Yuna questions why a dance that appears to publicly represent an erotic relationship finds space to expand and increase dramatically ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • 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

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins

    by James Moreno ...
    Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins examines stagings of masculinity, whiteness, and Latinidad in the work of US modern dance choreographers, José Limón (1908-1972) and Erick Hawkins (1908-1994).Focusing on the period between 1945 to 1980, this book analyzes Limón and Hawkins’ work during a time when modern dance was forming new relationships to academic and governmental institutions, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD