Dance

Communication is a fundamental human activity, and as much as 90% of all communication is non-verbal. Yet awareness of embodied intelligence in communication is rare. This book is the fourth in a series by interdisciplinary educator Andrea Olsen focused...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777004613Author Gabor PalosFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Gabor PalosPublisher Gabor PalosWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 8mm

While Jews are commonly referred to as the "people of the book," American Jewish choreographers have consistently turned to dance as a means to articulate personal and collective identities; tangle with stereotypes; advance social and political agendas;...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the world's legendary artists and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets-from insight to action-for harnessing vitality, finding purpose as you age, and expanding one's possibilities over the course...

The Everyday Dancer is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand experience of the profession. Structured around the daily schedule, The Everyday Dancer goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739973360Author John KruseFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic Publishing

This volume provides new, ground-breaking perspectives on the globally renowned work of the Tanztheater Wuppertal and its iconic founder and artistic director, Pina Bausch. The company's performances, how it developed its productions, the global transfer...

Composing while Dancing: An Improviser's Companion examines the world of improvisational dance and the varied approaches to this art form. By introducing the improvisational strategies of twenty-six top contemporary artists of movement improvisation,...

Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the most widely read and respected historians in America pursues the possibility that coordinated rhythmic...

A beautiful gift book packed with pictures from over twenty productions from the year 2018-19 at The Royal Ballet - a richly illustrated companion to The Royal Ballet company.A beautiful gift book packed with pictures from the year 2018-19 at The Royal...

This text offers a theoretical and practical framework for the teaching of dance in education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard seeks to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of teaching the art of dance by: examining the processes of composing,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635767995Author Robert JobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Diversion BooksPublisher Diversion Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756252876Author Hiroshi UnnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd.

Fifteenth-century Italy produced the earliest known treatises on the dance. Guglielmo Ebreo, an eminent Jewish dancing master, dedicated his `On the Practice or Art of Dancing' to the future Sforza duke of Milan in the determination to give dance the...

Grand Hotel. My One and Only. Nine. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine. The Will Rogers Follies. For two decades, Tommy Tune was the maestro presiding over a string of glittering Broadway musicals that took the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778353376Author Andy MundyFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Andy MundyPublisher Andy MundyWeight(grams) 118g

In this biographical novel, Gladys Malvern shares the incredible story of Anna Pavlova, one of the most revered and celebrated ballerinas of all time. Malvern presents Pavlova's life in enchanting prose, allowing the reader to experience Pavlova's...

On choreography: 'Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking.'On rules: 'Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis.'The updated and revised edition of 'A Choreographer's Handbook' invites the reader to...

Founded 20 years ago in London by the dancer and choreographer Akram Khan (born 1974) and the producer Farooq Chaudhry, Akram Khan Company has become one of the most dynamic troupes on the international contemporary dance scene. Trained in Kathak, Khan...

There is a category of choreographic practice with a lineage stretching back to mid-20th century North America that has re-emerged since the early 1990s: dance as a contemporary art medium. Such work belongs as much to the gallery as does video art or...

Bandoneon: Working with Pina Bausch is a new translation of Raimund Hoghe's original rehearsal diary that documented the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal's work on Bandoneon (1980), illustrated with photos of the production by Ulli Weiss, and personal...

There are many skills one needs to produce a piece of dance. Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theatre as: Movement, Drama, Sound and Vision. A choreographer has to study all of them to the best of their ability...

Issues of race, class, gender and religion permeate the study of contemporary dance, resulting in cultural clashes in classrooms and studios. The first of its kind, this book provides dance educators with tools to refocus teaching methods to celebrate...

The face contributes a vital, yet often overlooked, component of dance performance. Facial Choreographies: Performing the Face in Popular Dance examines what the face does in dance and what it may mean. Author Sherril Dodds focuses on popular...

Even people with the barest interest in Broadway can recognize the unique, angular, sensual style of Bob Fosse. With its small gestures and isolated movements, it is frequently copied - and often misinterpreted. For there is far more to it than bowler...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903102902Author Andrei LopoukovFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Dance Books LtdPublisher Dance Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345466273Author Jerome LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Famously volatile, fickle in his passions for people, but with astonishing charisma onstage and off, Rudolf Nureyev is regarded as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the twentieth century. In 1968, Nureyev approached Rudi van Dantzig for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560257219Author Katherine FrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm)...

The new edition of The Meaning of Movement serves as a guide to instruction in the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) and as the system's foremost reference book, sourcebook, and authoritative compendium. This thoroughly updated volume interweaves current...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312342357Author Linda H HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

This book provides an introduction to modern dance and body movement techniques. It begins with an overview of the history of modern dance and proceeds to a discussion of basic body movement, improvisation, and choreography. A series of clearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852731489Author Rudolf LabanFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Dance Books LtdPublisher Dance Books LtdWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm...

Jamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. Wake the Town and Tell the People presents, for the first time, a lively, nuanced, and comprehensive view of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994561022Author Clint SalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Clint Salter Pty LtdPublisher Clint Salter Pty LtdWeight(grams) 286g

A passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers Mindy Aloff, a journalist, an essayist, and a dance critic, analyzes dance as the ultimate expression of human energy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989408639Author Sue TabashnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Passion Spirit Dreams PressPublisher Passion Spirit Dreams PressWeight(grams)...

This addition to the Royal Ballet Yearbook series includes extra editorial features and exclusive behind-the-scenes content - in addition to the usual selection of beautiful ballet images. This lavish book opens with a Welcome note by Royal Ballet...

This comprehensive book will serve as a step-by-step guide to Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, updating and expanding concepts and practices. Following extensive research on the method developed by Rudolf von Laban and his disciples, this book...