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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014404725Author Raina KatsarovaFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014003799Author Yngvar HeikelFormat HardbackPage Count 52Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams) 254g

Great changes have swept the world of the Tewa Indian peoples of New Mexico since 1985, when this volume first appeared, including changes in relationships between Indian communities and the anthropologists who wish to study them. Returning to her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486427003Author Bessie EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865346345Author Sylvia RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788124602683Author Ranjana SrivastavaFormat HardbackPage Count 141Imprint D.K. Print World LtdPublisher D.K. Print World LtdDimensions(mm) 250mm * 190mm *...

The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women’s dance – Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara – and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots to contemporary stage dance. The book surveys the...

This book commences with the history of Indian, Egyptian, Arab, and flamenco dance, then compares and contrasts the history of both classical ballet and flamenco. The book outlines the early roots of flamenco in India, and the journey of the Romani...

An expert explains and analyzes the beloved art form An iconic symbol of Spain, flamenco has become a global phenomenon. Peter Manuel offers English-language readers a rare portrait of the music’s history, styles, and cultural impact. Beginning with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787354067Author Angela BartieFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 650g

For many people step dancing is associated mainly with the Irish step-dance stage shows, Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, which assisted both in promoting the dance form and in placing Ireland globally. But, in this book, Catherine Foley illustrates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395207Author Kay JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why...

Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland -- until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish...

Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland--until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787354074Author Angela BartieFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL Press

Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395511Author Kay JohnstonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Ideal for anyone with an interest in Hindu temple dance, Manipur dance, cross-cultural collaborations, and the globalising of Indian Classical Dance Comprehensive study of how an exceptional Hindu dance form developed on the global stage. Provides...

This study addresses the mind-body dichotomy in movement and dance. This book includes a description of the often-forgotten kinesthetic sense, body awareness, somatic practices, the body-based way of thinking, mental imagery, nonverbal communication,...

The Celestial Dancers: Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage charts the momentous journey of the popularisation of Manipur's Hindu dances in Australia. Tradition has it that the people of Manipur, a northeastern state of India, are descended from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861529131Author Jon PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint AcairPublisher AcairDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789383522Author Anthony ShayFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Intellect BooksPublisher Intellect BooksWeight(grams) 170g

Based on eighteen months of intensive participant-observation, "Ring of Liberation" offers both an in-depth description of capoeira--a complex Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines feats of great strength and athleticism with music and...

Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014 Honorable Mention, Sally Banes Publication Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2014 de la Torre Bueno (R) Special Citation, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2013From Christopher...