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A stunning celebration of the rich culture and fascinating history of Ireland featuring ten Irish illustrators. Discover everything that makes the Irish isle so special - from its famous landmarks to its myths and ...

Brilliantly curated and beautifully illustrated, the Welcome to the Arts series offers all-hours admission to some of the world's most wondrous performances.From Swan Lake to Riverdance, flamenco to tap, Dance features some of the most iconic...

A brave British widow goes to Siam and-by dint of her principled and indomitable character-inspires that despotic nation to abolish slavery and absolute rule: this appealing legend first took shape after the Civil War when Anna Leonowens came to America...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648592075Author Angeline KingFormat PaperbackImprint Leschenault PressPublisher Leschenault Press

The idea that morris dancing captures the essence of ancient Englishness, inherently carefree and merry, has been present for over 400 years. The Ancient English Morris Dance traces the history of those attitudes, from the dance's introduction to England...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800995741Author Mavis Williams-RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

An experiential guide to the ancient healing rituals of the Black Madonna The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times, to the ancient devotion to Isis, the Earth Goddess, and the African Mother, to the era when God was not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938190295Author Bira AlmeidaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566563260Author Rosina-Fawzia Al-RawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692433744Author Katayoun HutsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Mosaique LLCPublisher Mosaique LLCWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781462120499Author Laraine MinerImprint CfiPublisher CfiWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 13mm

Caribbean Dance from Abakua to Zouk is an unprecedented overview of the dances from each of this region's major islands and the complex, fused, and layered cultures that gave birth to them. The authors in this collection, from distinguished cultural...

Susanna Sloat has done it again. Following on the heels of the success of Caribbean Dance from Abakua to Zouk, Sloat's new interdisciplinary collection extends the reach of dance scholarship to command the attention of all genres of forward-thinking...

*The accompanying CD / downloadable album can also be purchased from the Mike Ruff Music website and from The Endless Bookcase website. This book looks at the practicalities of maypole dancing. Designed for teachers with little or no experience of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583941980Author Nestor CapoeiraFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms.This book is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the most popular forms of traditional performing arts in Bali-among the most intricate and spectacular musical and theatrical...

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 rootsto contemporary stage dance.The book surveys the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645021622Author John Gardiner-GardenFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint John Gardiner-GardenPublisher John Gardiner-GardenWeight(grams)...

In Guinea's capital city of Conakry, dance is everywhere. Most neighborhoods boast at least one dance troupe, and members of those troupes animate the city's major rites of passage and social events. In Infinite Repertoire, Adrienne Cohen shows how dance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963288035Author Tony ParkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Hands Four ProductionsPublisher Hands Four ProductionsWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

Few will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture. ""Dancing Many Drums"" explores that influence through a groundbreaking collection of essays on African American dance history, theory...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953242924Author Thomas O'FlahertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint WWW.Spiritsalsa.comPublisher WWW.Spiritsalsa.com

This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices...

This analytical history traces representations of flamenco dance in Spain and abroad from the twentieth century to the present, using histories, film, accounts of live performances, and practitioner interviews. Beginning with an analysis of flamenco...

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 poetry-and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963288042Author Tony ParkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint Hands Four ProductionsPublisher Hands Four ProductionsWeight(grams) 753gDimensions(mm)...

"Pygmy music" has captivated students and scholars of anthropology and music for decades if not centuries, but until now this aspect of their culture has never been described in a work that is at once vividly engaging, intellectually rigorous, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780863223280Author Helen BrennanFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications LtdPublisher Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

Traditionally, the Cherokees dance to ensure individual health and social welfare. According to legend, the dance songs bequeathed to them by the Stone Coat monster will assuage all the ills of life that the monster brought. Winter dance (including the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780792313250Author Mandakranta BoseFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher Kluwer Academic PublishersWeight(grams) 666g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946989345Author Jim GoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Full Court PressPublisher Full Court PressWeight(grams) 590g

Throughout its history, the United States has become a new home for thousands of immigrants, all of whom have brought their own traditions and expressions of ethnicity. Not least among these customs are folk dances, which over time have become visual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879725709Author CalabriaFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Bowling Green University Popular Press,USPublisher University of Wisconsin Press

The language of the body is a central text in the study of flamenco on the global stage. From the records of the Inquisition, to 16th century literature, to European travel diaries, the Spanish dancer beguiles and fascinates. The word flamenco evokes the...

Considering the paradoxical position of al-raqs al-baladi or "belly dance" in Egyptian social life, as both a vibrant and a contested cultural form, this issue of Cairo Papers in Social Science considers the impact of wider socio-cultural and political...

Africans brought as slaves to North America arrived without possessions, but not without culture. The fascinating elements of African life manifested themselves richly in the New World, and among the most lasting and influential of these was the art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574411188Author Betty CaseyFormat PaperbackImprint University of North Texas Press,U.S.Publisher University of North Texas Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494033972Author Lee OwensFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 249g