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  • Creativity in Indian Dance

    Uday Shankar's Autumn Years, 1960 – 1977

    Heralded as the father of Indian Creative Dance, and India’s cultural ambassador, Uday Shankar (1900–1977) was a dancer and choreographer who created a vibrant new Indian dance form without any ethno-regional centricity. Over time, Shankar’s art evolved from being a representation of the exotic East, to a narrative of modern India. This book provides a detailed study of Shankar’s works in his ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Cuban Ballet

    by Octavio Roca ...
    Just as Russian dancers defected from the former Soviet Union in the 1970s, Cuban dancers are now fleeing Castro's regime in droves. Their unique style of ballet is galvanizing the world of dance. This beautifully illustrated book explores the history of Cuban ballet by focusing on the life and career of the indomitable Alicia Alonso. The author also spotlights many of the young dancers who are ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cómo aprender a bailar

    Aprenda y domine los diferentes bailes europeos (vals, mazurca, polca, pasodoble, etc.), latinoamericanos (tango, samba, merengue, etc.) y norteamericanos (fox trot, twist, rock’n’roll, etc), mediante un fácil y cómodo método que le permitirá aprender sin maestro. El objetivo esencial de este libro es enseñarle los pasos fundamentales de los estilos de baile más conocidos y practicados, para que ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Daethon & Arundel

    A ballet in four acts

    Separated by class and by eighteenth century societal rules, a lowly palace servant, Daethon, and the young prince, Arundel, fall in love in a world beset by dangers. Set in the wild lands between Austria and Hungary, they find themselves caught between vampires, witches and the scheming plots of Arundel's power-hungry sister, Lorelle. Daethon & Arundel, a full ballet in four acts, is the first ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dame Maggie Scott

    A Life in Dance

    Foreword by Graeme Murphy.It is impossible to tell the story of dance in Australia without focusing on Dame Margaret Scott. The fiftieth anniversary of The Australian Ballet School is a fitting time to launch her biography - she was the first Director of the School and a dancer and teacher of immense vision and intellect.Maggie Scott was born into a free-spirited family whose pioneering attitudes ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Dance Anatomie

    Der vollständig illustrierte Ratgeber für Beweglichkeit, Kraft und Muskelspannung im Tanz

    Wenn man als Tänzer erfolgreich sein möchte, muss man verstehen, wie man seinen Körper optimal trainiert, vorbereitet und schützt. Genau dies vermittelt "Dance Anatomie". Anhand der 82 wichtigsten Tanzbewegungen mit über 200 farbigen Illustrationen auf leicht verständliche Art und Weise. Zielgerichtet und per Blick unter die Haut kann der Leser die passenden Übungen für sein Leistungsniveau und ... Read more

    $25.99 USD $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach

    A unique study of dance forms and rhythms in the Baroque composer’s repertoire.Stylized dance music and music based on dance rhythms pervade Bach’s compositions. Although the music of this very special genre has long been a part of every serious musician’s repertoire, little has been written about it.The original edition of this book addressed works that bore the names of dances—a considerable ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance Appreciation

    Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This book unfolds a brief history of dance with engaging insight into the social, cultural, aesthetic, and kinetic aspects of various forms of dance. Dedicated chapters cover ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and hip-hop dance, complete with summaries, charts, timelines, discussion ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Dance Education around the World

    Perspectives on dance, young people and change

    Dance has the power to change the lives of young people. It is a force in shaping identity, affirming culture and exploring heritage in an increasingly borderless world. Creative and empowering pedagogies are driving curriculum development worldwide where the movement of peoples and cultures generates new challenges and possibilities for dance education in multiple contexts. In Dance Education ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Dance or Die

    From Stateless Refugee to International Ballet Star A MEMOIR

    by Ahmad Joudeh ...
    A Syria-born dancer offers his deeply personal story of war, statelessness, and the pursuit of the art of dance in this inspirational memoir.DANCE OR DIE is an autobiographical coming-of-age account of Ahmad Joudeh, a young refugee who grows up in Damascus with dreams of becoming a dancer. When he is recruited by one of Syria’s top dance companies, neither bombs nor family opposition can keep him ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dance Partnering Basics

    Practical Skills and Inclusive Pedagogy

    Dance Partnering Basics: Practical Skills and Inclusive Pedagogy With HKPropel Access presents easy-to-implement, technique-based partnering instruction for dancers of all ages. The exercises and techniques, which are broken down into parts and presented in a skill progression, from beginner to advanced, can be applied to a variety of dance forms. The book offers a plethora of tools to help dance ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet

    This beautifully produced new book by Royal Ballet dancer Andrej Uspenski is a collection of exclusive photographs which shines the spotlight on ballet, the most beautiful of art forms. These exquisite photographs feature some of the finest dancers on stage today, bringing the reader into the magical world of ballet. As a Royal Ballet dancer himself, Andrej Uspenski has a unique perspective on ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • 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

    $48.99 USD

  • Dancing Past the Light

    The Life of Tanaquil Le Clercq

    A world-famous ballerina’s dramatic lifeDancing Past the Light cinematically illuminates the glamorous and moving life story of Tanaquil “Tanny” Le Clercq (1929‒2000), one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the twentieth century, describing her brilliant stage career, her struggle with polio, and her important work as a dance teacher, coach, photographer, and writer.Born in Paris, Le Clercq ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Dancing the World Smaller

    Staging Globalism in Mid-Century America

    Series series Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
    This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF on the Oxford Academic platform. It is made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. Dancing the World Smaller examines international dance performances in New York City in the 1940s as sites in which dance artists and audiences contested what it meant to practice globalism in mid-twentieth-century ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Dancing Through It

    My Journey in the Ballet

    “A glimpse into the fragile psyche of a dancer.” —The Washington PostJenifer Ringer, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, was thrust into the headlines after her weight was commented on by a New York Times critic, and her response ignited a public dialogue about dance and weight.Ballet aficionados and aspiring performers of all ages will want to join Ringer behind the scenes as she ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dancing with Merce Cunningham

    Dancing with Merce Cunningham is a buoyant, captivating memoir of a talented dancer’s lifelong friendship with one of the choreographic geniuses of our time. Marianne Preger-Simon’s story opens amid the explosion of artistic creativity that followed World War II. While immersed in the vibrant arts scene of postwar Paris during a college year abroad, Preger-Simon was so struck by Merce Cunningham’s ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Danza Classica No Under 40 - El Método

    Cómo emprender un camino emocional de danza clásica para mujeres mayores de 40 años

    ¿Has pensado alguna vez que la Danza Clásica podría mejorar tu confianza interior, tu porte femenino y tu autoestima? Si tienes más de 40 años y aún no has cumplido tu sueño de bailarina, he aquí la buena noticia: no necesitas ser una adolecente ni mucho menos tener un cuerpo perfecto para bailar. El problema es que nosotras, las mujeres, somos muy buenas en juzgarnos a nosotras mismas y casi ... Read more

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  • Danza Classica No Under 40 La Metodologia

    Come Intraprendere Un Percorso Emozionale Di Danza Classica Per Donne Sopra I 40 Anni

    Hai mai pensato che la Danza Classica possa essere in grado di migliorare la tua sicurezza interiore, il tuo portamento femminile e la tua autostima? Se hai più di 40 anni e non hai ancora realizzato il tuo sogno della danza, ecco la bella notizia: non hai bisogno di essere una ragazzina, né tantomeno avere un corpo perfetto per danzare. Il problema è che noi donne siamo molto brave, a volte, ad ... Read more

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  • Daria Klimentova - The Agony and the Ecstasy

    Daria Klimentová's sizzling chemistry with Russian dancer Vadim Muntagirov, who is nearly 20 years her junior, has reignited the prima ballerina's career - and marks a metamorphosis after her Black Swan-style torments depicted in BBC Four's Agony and Ecstasy, the gripping documentary series aired last year. There has been a metamorphosis since the 'old ballerina' allowed herself to be browbeaten ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Das Ballettbuch

    by O. F. Regner ...
    Das 1954 erstmals erschienene ›Ballettbuch‹ von Otto Friedrich Regner gibt Auskunft über die Geschichte der Tanzkunst, verschiedene Stilrichtungen innerhalb und außerhalb Deutschlands, über große Tänzerinnen und Tänzer, Komponisten, Librettisten, Choreographen und bildende Künstler, die für das Ballett gearbeitet haben, sowie über Ballett-Regeln und Fachtermini.(Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Das Tanztheater Pina Bausch: Spiegel der Gesellschaft

    Pina Bausch hat mit ihrem Tanztheater Wuppertal den Bühnentanz revolutioniert. Einst als Provokateurin heftig kritisiert, wird die Schöpferin des Genres Tanztheater auch über ihren Tod hinaus weltweit gefeiert. Wo liegen die Gründe für diesen beispiellosen Erfolg? Was macht die Bausch-Stücke so einzigartig, obwohl sie viele Fragen aufwerfen? Wie es Pina Bausch gelang, ein spannendes und ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Democracy's Body

    Judson Dance Theatre, 1962–1964

    by Sally Banes ...
    Democracy's Body offers a lively, detailed account of the beginnings of the Judson Dance Theater--a popular center of dance experimentation in New York's Greenwich Village--and its place in the larger history of the avant-garde art scene of the 1960s. JDT started when Robert Dunn, a student of John Cage, offered a dance composition class in Merce Cunningham's studio. The performers--many of whom ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Den danske ballets historie

    by Elith Reumert ...
    Skuespiller og forfatter Elith Reumerts oversigt over dansk ballethistorie fra den tog sin begyndelse på de danske scener i 1700 årene og frem til 1920’erne, stærkt hjulpet på vej af pioner og balletmester August Bournonville (1805-1879), der bragte den elegante kunstart op på det høje niveau, vi også kender i dag."Formaalet med dette Skrift har været at give en Fremstilling af den danske Ballets ... Read more

    $9.99 USD