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Dancehall In/Securities

La danse orientale pour votre santé

No Hard Feelings - A Dancer's Reflections

Dancing for Fun

The Haumana Hula Handbook for Students of Hawaiian Dance

Research in Dance

Danser sa vie (Paris - 2012)

The Intellect Handbook of Dance Education Research

The Art of Making Dances

Dance Lexicon in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

Ballade by Anna Sokolow

How To Dance The Foxtrot

Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology

39 Steps to Better Screenwriting

Dancing with Cats

The Oxford Handbook of Indian Dance

Becomings

Midnight at the Crossroads

Breaking méthode

Ballroom Dancing

Shape and Momentum

Dance Education around the World

Talking Tap

The Recruitable Dancer: The Essential Guide to Navigating College Admissions and the Dance Team Journey