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Seven Guitars

by August Wilson ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best PlayIt is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best PlayIt is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there
... Read more
Jazz Dance Today Essentials

The video text dance series

by Lorraine Person-Kriegel, Kimberly Chandler-Vaccaro ...

Series series The video text dance series
Jazz Dance Essentials is the most authoritative book on this art form. Written by two of America's most renowned university teachers. Doctor Lorraine Person Kriegel and Doctor Kim Chandler Vaccaro have been performers, choreographers, artistic directors and have taught in universities at the professorial levels. It has been used as the primary textbook in the field and has been read worldwide by ... Read more

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Jazz Dance Essentials is the most authoritative book on this art form. Written by two of America's most renowned university teachers. Doctor Lorraine Person Kriegel and Doctor Kim Chandler Vaccaro have been performers, choreographers, artistic directors and have taught in universities at the professorial levels. It has been used as the primary textbook in the field and has been read worldwide by
... Read more
Second Skin

Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface

by Anne Anlin Cheng ...

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and
... Read more
Big Deal

Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical

by Kevin Winkler ...

Series series Broadway Legacies
Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and ... Read more

$22.79 USD

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and
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Look Before You Leap

by Dianne Leathem ...

Look Before You Leap guides parents towards helping their children to achieve their greatest success in dance. As we pull back the curtain on the dance industry, it has never been more important for parents and students to become as informed as possible to avoid the damage that is being done to children through the world-wide epidemics of extreme training, over-training, unqualified teachers and ... Read more

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Look Before You Leap guides parents towards helping their children to achieve their greatest success in dance. As we pull back the curtain on the dance industry, it has never been more important for parents and students to become as informed as possible to avoid the damage that is being done to children through the world-wide epidemics of extreme training, over-training, unqualified teachers and
... Read more
The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance

by Dollie Henry, Paul Jenkins ...

Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic, cultural and social representations within the arts industry, providing an accessible dance platform for dancers, teachers and ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic, cultural and social representations within the arts industry, providing an accessible dance platform for dancers, teachers and
... Read more
Simplified Lindy Hop for Men

by Gabor Palos ...

For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader's part of the swing dance known as Lindy Hop. Includes information on swing music and swing dancing, description of basic and intermediate 8-count and 6-count steps, Charleston steps, break steps and footwork variations, dancing to fast and slow music, tips on learning to dance, group classes, practicing ... Read more

$9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader's part of the swing dance known as Lindy Hop. Includes information on swing music and swing dancing, description of basic and intermediate 8-count and 6-count steps, Charleston steps, break steps and footwork variations, dancing to fast and slow music, tips on learning to dance, group classes, practicing
... Read more
Learn the Language of Dance That Ladies Love

by Paul Zaidman ...

When you dance, it doesn't matter whether you'rea man or woman, you cannot hide your true self,dancing is simply a window into your soul. It is amirror to your own reality. Dancing literally says tothe onlooker,"This is who I truly am" ... Read more

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When you dance, it doesn't matter whether you'rea man or woman, you cannot hide your true self,dancing is simply a window into your soul. It is amirror to your own reality. Dancing literally says tothe onlooker,"This is who I truly am"
... Read more
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

$64.99 USD

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
Floating Bones

A Dancer's Tensegretic Body as Teacher

by Cynthia Roses-Thema ...

Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of tensegretic ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of tensegretic
... Read more
No Hard Feelings - A Dancer's Reflections

by David Arthur Walters ...

I thank my lucky stars that I am a so-called dumb dancer, for I can state unequivocally, without presenting an elaborate argument to prove it, that dance is the foundation of all the arts. This little book recounts my experience with dance in Manhattan and Miami Beach, and includes an unfinished novelette I wrote as a student under master teachers long ago, under the guise of "fiction," and ... Read more

$7.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

I thank my lucky stars that I am a so-called dumb dancer, for I can state unequivocally, without presenting an elaborate argument to prove it, that dance is the foundation of all the arts. This little book recounts my experience with dance in Manhattan and Miami Beach, and includes an unfinished novelette I wrote as a student under master teachers long ago, under the guise of "fiction," and
... Read more
Never Stop Moving

Peter Goss

by Patrick Germain-Thomas, Peter Goss, Emmanuel Carrère ...

« Peter Goss est un sorcier. Il a une connaissance presque infinie du corps humain en général et de chacun de nos corps en particulier – à nous qui suivons son enseignement. Il est un maître attentif et exigeant. » Emmanuel CarrèreTel que l'exprime Emmanuel Carrère dans sa préface, Peter Goss est un maître, l'un des grands pédagogues actuels de la danse et du yoga.Ce livre raconte son histoire, de ... Read more

$6.99 USD

« Peter Goss est un sorcier. Il a une connaissance presque infinie du corps humain en général et de chacun de nos corps en particulier – à nous qui suivons son enseignement. Il est un maître attentif et exigeant. » Emmanuel CarrèreTel que l'exprime Emmanuel Carrère dans sa préface, Peter Goss est un maître, l'un des grands pédagogues actuels de la danse et du yoga.Ce livre raconte son histoire, de
... Read more
Beginning Jazz Dance

by James Robey ...

Beginning Jazz Dance is the perfect resource for helping students gain a strong foundation of beginning jazz dance techniques. Written by jazz dance choreographer and professor James Robey, this text prepares students to have a successful experience in a beginning jazz dance technique course. It introduces students to the history, artists, significant works, styles, and aesthetics of the genre so ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Beginning Jazz Dance is the perfect resource for helping students gain a strong foundation of beginning jazz dance techniques. Written by jazz dance choreographer and professor James Robey, this text prepares students to have a successful experience in a beginning jazz dance technique course. It introduces students to the history, artists, significant works, styles, and aesthetics of the genre so
... Read more
Enseigner la danse jazz

by Odile Cougoule ...

Cet ouvrage est né d'un travail de réflexion mené par des professionnels de la danse jazz (professeurs et artistes créateurs) avec le CND. Outil indispensable pour les enseignants et les praticiens de cette discipline, il en aborde avec simplicité et précision les différentes facettes.Il fixe les objectifs et les compétences techniques à atteindre au fil de l'apprentissage de l'élève. Mine d ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Cet ouvrage est né d'un travail de réflexion mené par des professionnels de la danse jazz (professeurs et artistes créateurs) avec le CND. Outil indispensable pour les enseignants et les praticiens de cette discipline, il en aborde avec simplicité et précision les différentes facettes.Il fixe les objectifs et les compétences techniques à atteindre au fil de l'apprentissage de l'élève. Mine d
... Read more
Dance Education around the World

Perspectives on dance, young people and change

Edited by Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, Stephanie Burridge ...

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

$72.99 USD

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
Jazz Practice In The Modern Era

Methodology for the Aspiring Artist

by Antonio Underwood ...

Jazz Practice in the Modern Era: Methodology for the Aspiring Artist is an essential and visionary guide for the next generation of musicians, those who seek to break free from traditional confines and explore jazz as both an art form and a cultural language. In this groundbreaking manual, acclaimed composer, performer, and educator Antonio Underwood presents a transformative methodology that ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Jazz Practice in the Modern Era: Methodology for the Aspiring Artist is an essential and visionary guide for the next generation of musicians, those who seek to break free from traditional confines and explore jazz as both an art form and a cultural language. In this groundbreaking manual, acclaimed composer, performer, and educator Antonio Underwood presents a transformative methodology that
... Read more
The Greatest Maestros of All Time: Top 100

by alex trostanetskiy ...

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

$3.99 USD

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

Vernacular Jazz Dance in American Film, 1929–1945

by Susie Trenka ...

From the first synchronized sound films of the late 1920s through the end of World War II, African American music and dance styles were ubiquitous in films. Black performers, however, were marginalized, mostly limited to appearing in "specialty acts" and various types of short films, whereas stardom was reserved for Whites. Jumping the Color Line discusses vernacular jazz dance in film as a focal ... Read more

$34.99 USD

From the first synchronized sound films of the late 1920s through the end of World War II, African American music and dance styles were ubiquitous in films. Black performers, however, were marginalized, mostly limited to appearing in "specialty acts" and various types of short films, whereas stardom was reserved for Whites. Jumping the Color Line discusses vernacular jazz dance in film as a focal
... Read more
Simplified Balboa for Men

Social Dancing for Men, #2

by Gabor Palos ...

Series Book 2 - Social Dancing for Men
For the price of just one group class, this book is a guide for learning the leader's part of the fast and smooth swing dance called Balboa. Includes description of common steps, tips on learning, practicing and social dancing. It will greatly add to your understanding of swing dancing and help you along your learning curve. Read it before you go to your first Balboa class. ... Read more

$7.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the price of just one group class, this book is a guide for learning the leader's part of the fast and smooth swing dance called Balboa. Includes description of common steps, tips on learning, practicing and social dancing. It will greatly add to your understanding of swing dancing and help you along your learning curve. Read it before you go to your first Balboa class.
... Read more
Rooted Jazz Dance

Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Lindsay Guarino, Wendy Oliver, Carlos R. A. Jones ...

National Dance Education Organization Ruth Lovell Murray Book AwardUNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance EducationAn African American art form, jazz dance has an inaccurate historical narrative that often sets Euro-American aesthetics and values at the inception of the jazz dance genealogy. The roots were systemically erased and remain widely marginalized and untaught, and the devaluation ... Read more

$26.59 USD

National Dance Education Organization Ruth Lovell Murray Book AwardUNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance EducationAn African American art form, jazz dance has an inaccurate historical narrative that often sets Euro-American aesthetics and values at the inception of the jazz dance genealogy. The roots were systemically erased and remain widely marginalized and untaught, and the devaluation
... Read more
Bob Berg Iconic Jazz Style

by Olegario Diaz ...

Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listeners–the qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequently be measured by the behavior of their fellow professionals in the audience. Bob Berg, the lean, flint-featured American saxophonist, often received that kind of attention. Berg's particular skill ... Read more

$20.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listeners–the qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequently be measured by the behavior of their fellow professionals in the audience. Bob Berg, the lean, flint-featured American saxophonist, often received that kind of attention. Berg's particular skill
... Read more
The Dancer's Toolkit

A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career

by Virginie Mécène ...

Series series The Focal Press Toolkit Series
The Dancer's Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career helps young dancers and dancers at any stage of their career prepare themselves to leap from their initial training to the professional world and begin or continue their journey with a plan and with confidence.Divided into five parts, The Dancer's Toolkit provides the logistics, experience, and encouragement necessary for ... Read more

$51.99 USD

The Dancer's Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Navigating Your Dance Career helps young dancers and dancers at any stage of their career prepare themselves to leap from their initial training to the professional world and begin or continue their journey with a plan and with confidence.Divided into five parts, The Dancer's Toolkit provides the logistics, experience, and encouragement necessary for
... Read more
The Politics of the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation

An Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations

Edited by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh ...

Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s,
... Read more
The Inherent Potential in Art Performance

To Critically Challenge Art Traditions in Scenes of Love and Sexual Desire

by Iris Julian ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This book spotlights artworks and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of artists in the 'woman' category in scenes of love and sexuality. Pursuing the research practice of deep drilling, this study presents various methodologies and research directions to create diverse perspectives on the selected artworks. This book combines historical outlines based ... Read more

$33.99 USD

This book spotlights artworks and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of artists in the 'woman' category in scenes of love and sexuality. Pursuing the research practice of deep drilling, this study presents various methodologies and research directions to create diverse perspectives on the selected artworks. This book combines historical outlines based
... Read more

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