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  • Why We Dance

    A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming

    Within intellectual paradigms that privilege mind over matter, dance has long appeared as a marginal, derivative, or primitive art. Drawing support from theorists and artists who embrace matter as dynamic and agential, this book offers a visionary definition of dance that illuminates its constitutive work in the ongoing evolution of human persons.Why We Dance introduces a philosophy of bodily ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Whispers of the Success

    by Serkan Kurkcu ...
    You will enjoy a real life story combined with fictional scenerios while, witnessing a success story. ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Words Are Inadequate

    Modern Dance and Transnationalism in China

    by Nan Ma ...
    Series series OXFORD STUDIES IN DANCE THEORY SERIES
    When Words are Inadequate is a transnational history of modern dance written from and beyond the perspective of China. Author Nan Ma extends the horizon of China studies by rewriting the cultural history of modern China from a bodily movement-based perspective through the lens of dance modernism. The book examines the careers and choreographies of four Chinese modern dance pioneers-Yu Rongling, Wu ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • When Will I Be Famous?

    by Martin Kelner ...
    When Will I Be Famous? is about a world of entertainment; a twilight world far from the bright lights of the West End. Among the pages of Showcall, an annual index of artistes and attractions, there is an army of hopefuls waiting for their big break. Some may be on the verge of a big break; for others, the big break came and went years ago. What they all have in common is that they are out there, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • When Men Dance

    Choreographing Masculinities Across Borders

    Edited by Jennifer Fisher, Anthony Shay ...
    When Men Dance explores the intersection of dance and perceptions of male gender and sexuality across history and different cultural contexts. Chapters tackle the history and dilemmas that revolve around dance and notions of masculinity from a variety of dance studies perspectives, and are accompanied by fascinating personal histories that complement their themes. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • When Ballet Became French

    Modern Ballet and the Cultural Politics of France, 1909-1958

    For centuries before the 1789 revolution, ballet was a source of great cultural pride for France, but by the twentieth century the art form had deteriorated along with France's international standing. It was not until Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes found success in Paris during the first decade of the new century that France embraced the opportunity to restore ballet to its former glory and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • What's So Funny?

    Sketches from My Life

    by Lotte Goslar ...
    Series series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
    Illustrated by Lotte Goslar herself, this extraordinary book provides, through her vivid sketch-like texts, a moving and humorous account of her life during a traumatic period in world history. Her acute observations of daily human foibles and vanities are interspersed with her interactions with major figures (Palucca, Voskovec and Werich, Brecht, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester, Hans Sahl, ... Read more

    $54.99 USD $36.99 USD

  • What You Become in Flight

    A Memoir

    **"Poignant and exquisite"--The Los Angeles Review of Books"An inspiring and powerful book"--Booklist"A genuinely absorbing read"--Kirkus"Revelatory, honest, and wondrous."--Chanel Miller, author of Know My NameA lyrical and meditative memoir on the damage we inflict in the pursuit of perfection, the pain of losing our dreams, and the power of letting go of both.**With a promising career in ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • What the Eye Hears

    A History of Tap Dancing

    by Brian Seibert ...
    Magisterial, revelatory, and-most suitably-entertaining, What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance critic for The New York Times, begins by exploring tap's origins as a hybrid of the jig and clog dancing from the British Isles and dances brought from Africa by slaves. He tracks tap's transfer to the stage through blackface ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • What Moves You?

    Shaping your dissertation in dance

    Every dissertation is individual and unique - particularly for dance students, who must combine a wide range of approaches into a tailor-made research methodology.What Moves You? fosters a creative approach to dissertations and final projects. By guiding the development of a personal study program, this volume encourages dance students to take ownership of their artistic and academic work, a skill ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • What Dance Are You?

    Discover Ballroom and Social Partner Dances According to their Romantic Essences

    by Kris Stinson ...
    For every romantic experience in life, there exists a song and dance that mirrors it. Welcome to the wonderful world of partner dancing, where couples artistically manifest the many experiences of romance. Are you just looking to get to know new people? Perhaps you love to flirt? Are you in a casual or committed relationship? Do you love sexual tension? Perhaps you’ve found your soul mate? ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Weird Dance

    Curious and Captivating Dance Trivia

    Attend a grand ball of the bizarre and never look at dance the same way again!Weird Dance processes through the odd, grim, and unintentionally humorous history of dance, uncovering strange stories and weird facts.These dark tales of murder, rivalry, insanity, and more reveal all sorts of grim goings-on, proving that—for dancers—life was not just one grand plié. Stories include:An elderly woman who ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • War and Peace

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    War and Peace is an epic novel by Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy that describes the Russian society during the era of wars against Napoleon in 1805–1812. The main topic of the novel is historic destiny of Russian people in the Patriotic War in 1812. There are more than 550 characters in the novel, both fictional and historical. Tolstoy depicts the best his heroes with their whole heart-warming complexity ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Waltzing Through Europe

    Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth-Century

    From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards.A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and dance across comparatively narrow but markedly heterogeneous localities. Rooted in investigations of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waltzing

    A Manual for Dancing and Living

    In the 85 chapters of this guidebook, you will find many ideas about waltzing, dancing, and living. Dance descriptions and tips to improve your dancing are accompanied by down-to-earth ways to find greater fulfillment in your dancing and in your life.   25 different kinds of waltz are completely described, including: cross-step waltz, Viennese waltz, box step waltz, rotary waltz, polka, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Vu du geste

    Interpréter le mouvement dansé

    « S'appuyer sur l'air », « partager l'espace », « donner son poids », « danser à l'écoute »... Les danseurs et les danseuses sont dépositaires de savoirs implicites dont on trouve trace dans leur langue. Mais comment faire la lumière sur ces savoirs issus de l'expérience du geste et de la perception ? Sur quelle pensée de l'imaginaire ou de l'émotion prendre appui pour saisir au mieux les enjeux ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Virginians Will Dance or Die!

    The Importance of Music in Pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg

    Music was everywhere in pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1771, plantation owner Landon Carter noted in his diary that he could hear instruments through the windows of every house in town. In taverns and private homes, at formal performances and dances and casually around the campfire, music filled the daily lives of the people of Williamsburg.While the average citizen enjoyed music ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Vernon and Irene Castle's Ragtime Revolution

    by Eve Golden ...
    Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways: they traveled with a black orchestra, had an openly lesbian manager, and were animal-rights advocates decades before it became a public issue. Irene was also a fashion innovator, bobbing her ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Variaciones Orfeo

    El mito en la filosofía, la literatura, el teatro y la música

    Variaciones Orfeo consituye una reunión de voces que, desde distintos espacios geográficos y textuales, escriben de / para / sobre un posible Orfeo; o acaso sobre su revés: una imposible Eurídice. Se trata del intento de escritura siempre arriesgado a un vacío y expectante ante lo extraño, de una experiencia polifónica atravesada por diversos tonos y matices. Los artículos que conforman este libro ... Read more

    $3.11 USD

  • Valuing Dance

    Commodities and Gifts in Motion

    Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Vaganova Today: The Preservation of Pedagogical Tradition

    In this absorbing volume, Catherine Pawlick traces Vaganova's story from her early years as a ballet student in tsarist Russia to her career as a dancer with the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet to her work as a pedagogue and choreographer. Pawlick then goes beyond biography to address Vaganova's legacy today, offering the first-ever English translations of primary source materials and intriguing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Vaclav Nižinskij

    La biografia

    Una leggenda, un mito, una vita gloriosa e tragica scandita fra danza, genio e follia, e testimoniata da un diario che, come in presa diretta, registra il precipitare di un essere umano nell’oscurità. Dieci anni di successo, dagli esordi a Pietroburgo fino agli spettacoli dei mitici Ballets Russes che incendiarono i teatri parigini, e altri quaranta di quasi completo oblio, tra isolamento e deliri ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Using the Sky

    A Dance

    by Deborah Hay ...
    Deborah Hay is an internationally renowned dance artist whose unique approach to bodily practice has had lasting impact on American choreography. Her commitment to dance as a process is as exquisite as it is provoking. Rooted in NYC's 1960s experimental Judson Dance Theater in New York, Hay's work has evolved through experimentation with a use of language that is unique to dance. This book is an ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Urban Sensographies

    Edited by Nicolas Whybrow ...
    Urban Sensographies views the human body as a highly nuanced sensor to explore how various performance-based methods can be implemented to gather usable ‘felt data’ about the environment of the city as the basis for creating embodied mappings.The contributors to this fascinating volume seek to draw conclusions about the constitution, character and morphology of urban space as public, habitable and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD