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What can dance movement contribute to psychotherapy?This thoroughly updated edition of Dance Movement Therapy echoes the increased world-wide interest in dance movement therapy and makes a strong contribution to the emerging awareness of the nature of...

Tracing a developing fascination with rhythm's significance, its patterns, and its measures, across philosophy, psychology, science, and the whole range of arts, Rhythmical Subjects shows how and why attention to rhythm came to serve as connective tissue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930251444Author James JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint BlueChip PublishersPublisher BlueChip PublishersWeight(grams) 211gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting, kicking-but in the midst of...

Edwin Denby, who died in 1983, was the most important and influential American dance critic of this century. His reviews and essays, which he wrote for almost thirty years, were possessed of a voice, vision, and passion as compelling and inspiring as his...

From Oklahoma! and West Side Story, to Spring Awakening and Hamilton, dance remains one of the most important and key factors in musical theatre. Through the integration of song and dance in the 'dream ballets' of choreographers like Agnes De Mille;...

Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you. Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome...

Exam Board: Pearson BTECAcademic Level: BTEC NationalSubject: Performing ArtsFirst teaching: September 2016First Exams: Summer 2017 For all four of the externally assessed units 1, 3, 5 and 7. Builds confidence with scaffolded practice questions...

More Dance Improvisations builds on the success of its predecessor, Dance Improvisations, and offers 78 brand-new activities that have been tested and refined by author Justine Reeve, a veteran dance instructor and choreographer. This text offers a...

Barry Cryer is a National Treasure - this is his brilliant collection of true, tall, stories from his fifty years in comedy.Throughout his career, Barry Cryer has collaborated with all the greats, from Max Miller to Tony Hancock, Bob Hope, Peter Cook and...

The Memory Palace of Bones: Exploring Embodiment Through the Skeletal System is an unprecedented exploration of the anatomy of the bones of the body, and a unique set of reflections on the role each individual bone plays in our lives, looking at both its...

In The Archive and the Repertoire preeminent performance studies scholar Diana Taylor provides a new understanding of the vital role of performance in the Americas. From plays to official events to grassroots protests, performance, she argues, must be...

An unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2 May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect...

The Costumes of Burlesque: 1866-2018 is the first volume to inclusively document burlesque costume from its birth in the 1860's through the global burlesque movement in 2018. This lushly illustrated book presents the history and development of this...

"The Judson Dance Theatre "explores the work and legacy of one of the most influential of all dance companies, which first performed at the Judson Memorial Church in downtown Manhattan in the early 1960s. There, a group of choreographers and...

The authoritative biography of Britain's most subversive twentieth-century clown from celebrated biographer Graham McCann, author of Dad's Army and Morecambe & Wise. The rambling perambulations, the catchphrases, the bland brown suit and...

John W. Cones has updated his now classic 43 Ways toFinance Your Feature Film: A Comprehensive Analysis of Film Finance with a substantially reorganized and expanded third edition.An essential reference guide for film professionals on every side of film...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544514277Author Chasta HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Houndstooth PressPublisher Houndstooth PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

This guide covers assessing the potential auditioner's skills, analysing their voice, choosing and preparing appropriate songs, learning material in a hurry, and identifying their role within an audition.A guide to preparing for and carrying out a...

If the burlesque stripper, with her bawdy spirit and unruly insubordination, has emerged for many as a new 'empowering' model for the sexually aware woman, then she also strikes horror in the heart of second wave feminism. Embodied by high profile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900486224Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 397g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900486156Author David KerekesFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 419g

A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC.The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes account of how DJs, promoters, fans, and others transformed house music from a DIY project into an...

Norman Wisdom's early years could easily have come straight from the pages of a Dickens novel. Left by their frightened mother, ill-treated by a brutal father, Norman and his brother were forced to fend for themselves, sleeping rough in London and...

Phil Porter is an award-winning new playwright currently under commission at the Bush Theatre.Phil Porter is an award-winning new playwright currently under commission at the Bush Theatre.About the AuthorPhil Porter is a multi-award-winning playwright...

The arts have a crucial role in empowering young people with special needs through diverse dance initiatives. Inclusive pedagogy that integrates all students in rich, equitable and just dance programmes within education frameworks is occurring alongside...

This richly illustrated work presents innovative training concepts based on recent scientific research and extensive knowledge of the everyday practice of training. It provides running trainers, physiotherapists and physical exercise teachers with the...

Women with pizzazz. Dances to shock and enchant. With heroines like Josephine Baker and Isadora Duncan, this was never going to be a conventional history. Buonaventura's book is rich with fascinating anecdotes (like the New Jersey girl arrested for...

The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School which trained Nureyev Baryshnikov and Makarova including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher scholar or student of the dance can afford to miss. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143132271Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Discover the pure power and aesthetic beauty of dance as you perfect your technique with Dance Anatomy, Third Edition. With more than 100 anatomical illustrations in a vibrant new color palette, you will see how specific dance, movement, and performance...

* An important and useful skill: In education, collaborative classroom learning is replacing head-to-head competition. In business, the best leaders are team-builders who can inspire great group efforts. Tharp uses her decades of experience to explain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559361873Author August WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739652319Author Sue Hewgill PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Umbrella EditionsPublisher Umbrella EditionsWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789056995928Author Peggy HackneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Harwood Academic (Performing Arts)Publisher Gordon and BreachWeight(grams) 521g

This edited collection examines the potential of dance training for developing socially engaged individuals capable of forging ethical human relations for an ever-changing world and in turn frames dance as a fundamental part of human experience.This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734567861Author Bill LefurgyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint High Kicker BooksPublisher High Kicker BooksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912085859Author Penelope EastenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Handspring Publishing LimitedPublisher Jessica Kingsley PublishersWeight(grams)...

With over 2,600 entries, the second edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Dance is a unique single volume reference on all aspects of dance performance written by two leading dance writers, Debra Craine and Judith Mackrell. The work covers all aspects of...