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  • Agnes de Mille

    Telling Stories in Broadway Dance

    Series series Broadway Legacies
    This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de Mille's most influential and lucrative Broadway works. The other three shows exemplify aspects of her legacy that have not been fully ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Ballet

    The Essential Guide to Technique and Creative Practice

    Ballet is a detailed guide to creative practice and performance. Compiled by ten leading practitioners, each chapter focuses on an aspect of ballet as a performing art. Together they outline a journey from the underpinning principles of ballet, through an appreciation of different styles and schooling, into the dance studio for practice in class and beyond. With additional insights from highly ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Bharata Natyam Adavus

    Fundamental and structural principles.

    This book, elucidates the basic steps called Adavus of Bharata Natyam in the traditional Pandanallur style, as taught by the revered Gurus Sri Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Sri Muthukumara Pillai, to Sri T.K Narayan and Smt. Jayalakshmi Narayan, parents of the author. It is an honest attempt to explain the various steps with unerring and accurate execution technique. The book offers a visual ... Read more

    $9.00 USD

  • Butoh Dance Training

    Secrets of Japanese Dance through the Alishina Method

    by Juju Alishina ...
    Translated by Corinna Torregiani ...
    Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history. With practical instruction and fully illustrated exercises, this book teaches readers:· basic body training and expression exercises· exercises to cultivate Qi (energy) and to aid improvisation· about katas (forms) and how to ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Buzz

    The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley

    Series series Screen Classics
    A biography of the director and choreographer who kept America entertained through the Great Depression: “[A] fascinating read.” —PlaybillCharacterized by grandiose song-and-dance numbers featuring ornate geometric patterns and mimicked in many modern films, Busby Berkeley’s unique artistry is as recognizable and striking as ever. From his years on Broadway to the director’s chair, Berkeley is ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Calendar 2021. Tango

    by Elena Pankey, TBD ...
    Month by month calendar 2021 with photos of the beautiful photos of Tango poses, tango dancing art.It starts from January 2021 and it ends in December 2021. It has five lessons, short information about tango Argentine, an interesting quotations about the benefits of dancing and what is Authentic Tango.It is fun for everybody. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Choreography

    Creating and Developing Dance for Performance

    by Kate Flatt ...
    Choreography is the highly creative process of interpreting and coordinating movement, music and space in performance. By tracing different facets of development and exploring the essential artistic and practical skills of the choreographer, this book offers unique insights for apprentice dance makers. With key concepts and ideas expressed through an accessible writing style, the creative tasks ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Choreography Invisible

    The Disappearing Work of Dance

    by Anna Pakes ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
    Dance is often considered an ephemeral art, one that disappears nearly as soon as it materializes, leaving no physical object behind. Yet some dance practice involves people trying to embody something that exists before - and survives beyond - their particular acts of dancing. What exactly is that thing? And (how) do dances continue to exist when not performed? Anna Pakes seeks to answer these and ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Corpo do Mundo

    Criações, raízes e caminhos improváveis na poética do movimento

    by Lina do Carmo ...
    "O corpo é onde a nossa mais profunda verdade é vivida e compartilhada" Lina do Carmo Essencial para todos que praticam ou apreciam a arte da dança e o teatro Corpo do Mundo é o aguardado livro de Lina do Carmo. Aautora aproveita sua autobiografia para transmitir didaticamente, ao mesmo tempo que informalmente, história, filosofia e prática sobre a dança e a expressão teatral do movimento. Lina ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critique Is Creative

    The Critical Response Process® in Theory and Action

    Winner of Silver Nautilus for Creativity & Innovation, given by Nautilus Book Award, 2023Devised by choreographer Liz Lerman in 1990, Critical Response Process® (CRP) is an internationally recognized method for giving and getting feedback on creative works in progress. In this first in-depth study of CRP, Lerman and her long-term collaborator John Borstel describe in detail the four-step process, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dance Works

    Stories of Creative Collaboration

    by Allison Orr ...
    In 2001, Allison Orr made a dance with 13 City of Austin firefighters. Over the next 20 years, her unique practice of collaborating with city employees flowered into civic storytelling through movement at public pools, tableaus of power line workers shimmying up 40' poles in front of 5000 people, and intricate choreography of trash trucks on a misty tarmac. Part memoir, part guide, the artist ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dancing Man

    A Broadway Choreographer's Journey

    by Bob Avian ...
    Tony and Olivier Award–winning Bob Avian’s dazzling life story, Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer’s Journey, is a memoir in three acts. Act I reveals the origins of one of Broadway’s legendary choreographers who appeared onstage with stars like Barbra Streisand and Mary Martin all before he was thirty. Act II includes teaching Katharine Hepburn how to sing and dance in Coco and working with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 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

  • Dancing Women

    Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema

    by Usha Iyer ...
    Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema, an ambitious study of two of South Asia's most popular cultural forms cinema and dance historicizes and theorizes the material and cultural production of film dance, a staple attraction of popular Hindi cinema. It explores how the dynamic figurations of the body wrought by cinematic dance forms from the 1930s to the 1990s produce ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Daniel Lewis

    A Life in Choreography and the Art of Dance

    Daniel Lewis's legacy as a hugely influential choreographer and teacher of modern dance is celebrated in this biography. It showcases the many roles he played in the dance world by organizing his story around various aspects of his work, including his years at the Juilliard School, dancing and touring with the Jose Limon Company, staging Limon's masterpieces around the world, directing his own ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Dança Cristal

    da arte do movimento à abordagem somático-performativa

    Series series Pesquisa em Artes
    O livro traça o desenvolvimento da Abordagem Somático-Performativa de pesquisa em artes cênicas, a partir de uma perspectiva autobiográfica, simultaneamente acadêmica e poética, analítica e criativa. A abordagem inédita no país, faz parte do terceiro paradigma metodológico, integrando o arcabouço da Prática Artística como Pesquisa, que vem sendo desenvolvido principalmente na Austrália, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Eleanor Powell

    Born to Dance

    Series series Screen Classics
    When considering the best dancers in Hollywood's history, some obvious names come to mind—Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Bill Robinson. Yet often overlooked is one of the most gifted and creative dancers of all time, Eleanor Powell. Powell's effervescent style, unmatched technical prowess in tap, and free-flowing musicality led MGM to build top-rate musicals around her unique talents, including ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Falling Through Dance and Life

    Series series Dance in Dialogue
    This is a book about falling as a means of reconfiguring our relationship with living and dying. Dancer, choreographer, educator and therapist Emilyn Claid draws inspiration from her personal and professional experiences to explore alternative approaches to being present in the world. Contemporary movement based performers ground their practices in understanding the interplay of gravity and the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Finding Shiva

    An Inner journey of the performative experience

    After high school, I was not sure about whether I should pursue dance or a technical subject. Awaiting clarity, I spent many months considering my options.While I was in the midst of this confusion, someone asked me, “What brings you closer to yourself?” I didn’t respond immediately, but in my mind the answer was clear. “Dance brings me closer to myself,” I thought. It was such an odd question, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Flexible Bodies

    British South Asian Dancers in an Age of Neoliberalism

    by Anusha Kedhar ...
    Flexible Bodies honors the lives and labor of British South Asian dancers and celebrates their contributions to a distinct and dynamic sector of British dance. Drawing on expertise gained from over seven years dancing in Britain, author Anusha Kedhar presents a multifaceted picture of British South Asian dance as its own distinctive genre.ÂAnalyzing dance works, dance films, rehearsals, and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Flowers Cracking Concrete

    Eiko & Koma’s Asian/American Choreographies

    Flowers Cracking Concrete is the first in-depth study of the forty-year career of Eiko & Koma—two artists from Japan who have lived and worked in New York City since the mid-1970s, establishing themselves as innovative and influential modern and postmodern dancers. They continue to choreograph, perform, and give workshops across the United States and around the world. Rosemary Candelario argues ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • From Beginner to Pro Your Guide to Creating Epic TikTok Dance Videos

    "Dive into the vibrant world of TikTok with our comprehensive e-book, 'From Beginner to Pro: 30 Chapters on Creating Epic TikTok Dance Videos.' Whether you're a dance enthusiast or a complete novice, this guide is your roadmap to mastering the art of creating show-stopping dance content on the world's favorite short-form video platform. With these in-depth chapters, we take you on a journey from ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gesto orientado

    Reeducação do movimento

    Series series Método Bertazzo
    Gesto Orientado completa a trilogia do método Reeducação do Movimento, composta pelos livros Corpo vivo (2010) e Cérebro ativo (2012). Com fotografias e ilustrações, a obra discute o papel da pele nas funções de sustentação do esqueleto e organização muscular. Para isso, aborda-se a importância da pele para a reeducação motora enquanto mensageira do sistema locomotor, explorando questões estéticas ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Have Chignon--Will Travel

    In the mid-twentieth century, The Bluebell Girls-dancers known particularly for their height and glamorous appearance-were recognized and admired throughout much of the world. At any one time, troupes appeared on several continents in a multitude of venues: theaters, clubs, on TV, at the Lido in Paris, and the Stardust in Las Vegas.In Have Chignon-Will Travel: Touring Italy with the Bluebell Girls ... Read more

    $6.99 USD