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The Performer-Audience Connection: Emotion to Metaphor in Dance and Society by Judith Lynne Hanna
RRP: $29.66$25.81The Performer-Audience Connection is a pioneering foray into one of the major puzzles of human communication: the communication of emotion in dance. It is the first attempt of its kind systematically to investigate what performers wish to convey and... -
Dancehall In/Securities: Perspectives on Caribbean Expressive Life by Patricia Noxolo 9781032071268
RRP: $50.30$44.14This book focuses on how in/security works in and through Jamaican dancehall, and on the insights that Jamaican dancehall offers for the global study of in/security.This collection draws together a multi-disciplinary range of key scholars in in/security... -
Rethinking Dance History: Issues and Methodologies Larraine Nicholas 9781138682917
RRP: $46.43$40.88The need to 'rethink' and question the nature of dance history has not diminished since the first edition of Rethinking Dance History. This revised second edition addresses the needs of an ever-evolving field, with new contributions considering the role... -
Before They Were Belly Dancers: European Accounts of Female Entertainers in Egypt, 1760-1870 by Kathleen W. Fraser 9780786494330
RRP: $28.37$23.18Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as "belly dance." Eyewitness accounts... -
State of Emergence: Experiments in Group Ritual Dynamics by Antero Alli
RRP: $27.08$17.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935150718Author Antero AlliFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Original Falcon PressPublisher Original Falcon PressWeight(grams) 268g -
Hiking the Horizontal by Liz Lerman
RRP: $24.45$22.85The unique career of choreographer Liz Lerman has taken her from theater stages to shipyards, and from synagogues to science labs. In this wide-ranging collection of essays and articles, she reflects on her life-long exploration of dance as a vehicle for... -
Breadth of Bodies: Discussing Disability in Dance by Emmaly Wiederholt 9780998247816
RRP: $33.53$23.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998247816Author Emmaly WiederholtFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Stance on DancePublisher Stance on DanceWeight(grams) 494g -
Pas De Deux: A Textbook on Partnering by Nikolai Serebrennikov 9780813017686
RRP: $25.74$23.28First published in 1969 in Russian by one of the world's most respected experts on partnering, the original book was created for the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, the school that produced Pavlova and Nijinsky. This expanded edition contains... -
What is Dance? by Roger Copeland 9780195031973
RRP: $30.95$23.50A wide variety of writing is included in this anthology, from the practical criticism of Arlene Croce and David Denby to the more scholarly work of Rudoloph Arnheim, Suzanne Langer, and Havelock Ellis. The collection is divided into seven sections: ... -
The Queen of the Moulin Rouge: Her Story by Maryline Martin
RRP: $25.74$18.23This is the unique story of Louise Weber, better known as La Goulue. She became the undisputed Queen of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the most famous dancer in France in the late 19th century. Toulouse Lautrec immortalized her in his world renowned poster... -
Beginning Tap Dance Lisa Lewis 9781450411981
RRP: $46.44$40.78Beginning Tap Dance With HKPropel Access introduces students to tap dance techniques and cultivates an appreciation of tap dance as a performing art. Focusing on novice dancers, experienced tap dancer and dance instructor Lisa Lewis offers step-by-step... -
The Living Line Robin Veder 9781611687248
RRP: $46.44$45.45Robin Veder's The Living Line is a radical reconceptualization of the development of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American modernism. The author illuminates connections among the histories of modern art, body cultures, and physiological... -
Dancing Motherhood by Ali Duffy 9780367619275
RRP: $46.43$40.88Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact pregnant women and mothers working in it.Ali Duffy introduces the book by laying a foundation of social and cultural histories and systemic structures and power that shape... -
I Understand Everything Better by David Neumann 9781737025559
RRP: $19.34$12.75David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group's I Understand Everything Better is a "deeply felt and deeply moving" (New York Times) performance piece, a multi-disciplinary, dance-based work that explores the impulse to report on calamity, the shimmer of... -
Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time by Beth Weinstein 9780367418540
RRP: $49.01$43.06Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experiments—unique interdisciplinary encounters and performed events generated through collaborations between architects and choreographers... -
Embodied Philosophy in Dance: Gaga and Ohad Naharin's Movement Research by Einav Katan-Schmid 9781349956296
RRP: $141.89$134.55Representing the first comprehensive analysis of Gaga and Ohad Naharin's aesthetic approach, this book follows the sensual and mental emphases of the movement research practiced by dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company. Considering the body as a means of... -
Dancers Never Die: The Life and Soul of a Flamenco Dancer by Clarissa Talve 9781491280768
RRP: $28.32$22.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781491280768Author Clarissa TalveFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint On Demand Publishing, LLC-Create SpacePublisher On Demand Publishing, LLC-Create... -
Deburau: Pierrot, Mime, and Culture Edward Nye 9781032225647
RRP: $50.30$44.14This volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Theatre des Funambules in Paris in the context of Romantic art, literature and socio-political thought. Deburau and the Theatre des Funambules are... -
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek 9780141182087
RRP: $18.06$11.47A visionary work of science fiction that introduced the word "robot"Written in 1920, premiered in Prague in 1921, and first performed in New York in 1922-garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word robot. Mass-produced as efficient... -
Dance Mom Survival Guide: Growing a Great Dancer Without Losing Your Mind by Jill Martin 9781938493072
RRP: $16.71$13.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938493072Author Jill MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Buzz Books USAPublisher Buzz Books USAWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
The Step Is the Foot: Dance and Its Relationship to Poetry by Anthony Howell 9781903006122
RRP: $19.34$18.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903006122Author Anthony HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Grey Suit EditionsPublisher Karnac BooksWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Carole: A Study of a Medieval Dance by Robert Mullally 9781138252011
RRP: $64.49$56.12The carole was the principal social dance in France and England from c. 1100 to c. 1400 and was frequently mentioned in French and English medieval literature. However, it has been widely misunderstood by contributors in recent citations in dictionaries... -
Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage: A History Ray Miller 9781032121598
RRP: $45.14$39.80Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage: A History chronicles the development of dance, with an emphasis on musicals and the Broadway stage, in the United States from its colonial beginnings to performances of the present day. This book explores the... -
Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible by Sally Banes 9780299180140
RRP: $29.61$28.81The 1960s was a pivotal decade in dance, an era of intense experimentation and rich invention. In this volume a range of dance critics and scholars examine the pioneering choreographers and companies of the era, such as Anna Halprin's West Coast... -
Dream Crazy Big: The JoJo Siwa Story by Katy Sprinkel
RRP: $11.55$9.24JoJo Siwa is only 16 years old, but she's already captured the hearts and imaginations of fans around the world - and she's not slowing down!Dream Crazy Big traces every step of this young star's rise to success, from making a splash on shows like Abby's... -
Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley 9780803262416
RRP: $20.63$16.91The origins of the art of exotic dancing lie in English drama and Viennese opera: Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Salome, and Richard Strauss's 1905 opera based on it, brought onto the stage a female character who captured and dominated the audience with the raw... -
Theatre in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology David Krasner (Yale University) 9781405140447
RRP: $51.54$46.49Theatre in Theory is the most complete anthology documenting 20th-century dramatic and performance theory to date, offering a rich variety of perspectives from the century's most prominent playwrights, directors, scholars, and philosophers. Includes... -
And Then Came Dance: The Women Who Led Volynsky to Ballet's Magic Kingdom by Stanley J. Rabinowitz 9780190943370
RRP: $45.14$38.82Presenting for the first time Akim Volynsky's (1861-1926) pre-balletic writings on Leonardo da Vinci, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Otto Weininger, and on such illustrious personalities as Zinaida Gippius, Ida Rubinstein, and Lou Andreas-Salome, And Then Came Dance... -
A Dictionary Of Ballet Terms by Leo Kersley 9780306800948
$17.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306800948Author Leo KersleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Da Capo Press IncPublisher Hachette Books -
Knowledge in Motion: Perspectives of Artistic and Scientific Research in Dance by Sabine Gehm
RRP: $21.92$18.19In a globalised society, dance is gaining in importance as a means of conveying body knowledge: It is perceived as an art form in itself, is fostered and cultivated within the bounds of cultural and educational policy, and is increasingly becoming the... -
Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, and Ecology in the Anthropocene by Angenette Spalink 9780367758400
RRP: $64.49$56.12This book is an innovative study that places performance and dance studies in conversation with ecology by exploring the significance of dirt in performance.Focusing on a range of 20th- and 21st-century performances that include modern dance,... -
Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo Sondra Fraleigh (State University of New York, USA) 9781138572799
RRP: $47.72$41.96Now re-issued, this compact book unravels the contribution of one of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators. Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo combines:* an account of the founding of Japanese butoh through the partnership of Hijikata and Ohno,... -
How to Run a Preschool Dance Studio: The 7 Step System to Create, Grow and Expand Your Preschool Dance Classes by Emma Franklin Bell 9780646934877
RRP: $10.26$7.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646934877Author Emma Franklin BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Emma Franklin Renison BellPublisher Emma Franklin Renison BellWeight(grams) 259g -
Moving (Across) Borders: Performing Translation, Intervention, Participation by Gabriele Brandstetter
RRP: $50.30$41.77As performative and political acts, translation, intervention, and participation are movements that take place across, along, and between borders. Such movements traverse geographic boundaries, affect social distinctions, and challenge conceptual... -
Beyond Words: Movement Observation and Analysis by Carol-Lynne Moore
RRP: $46.43$40.88Beyond Words presents a range of illuminating approaches to examining every day social interactions, to help the reader understand human movement in new ways.Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto build on the principles that they expertly explored in the... -
Black Dance from 1619 to Today by Lynne Fauley Emery 9780916622633
RRP: $38.64$36.48This is a complete history of black dance forms, including folk, ballet, jazz, tap, Broadway/Hollywood, disco, and breakdancing. It is an ultimate research tool with portraits of hundreds of important black dancers and choreographers.Book InformationISBN... -
LO: TECH: POP: CULT: Screendance Remixed by Priscilla Guy 9781032372150
RRP: $55.46$48.49This edited collection assembles international perspectives from artists, academics, and curators in the field to bring the insights of screendance theory and practice back into conversations with critical methods, at the intersections of popular... -
To Dance is Human: Theory of Nonverbal Communication by Judith Lynne Hanna 9780226315492
RRP: $38.70$37.73Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and feeling expressed through the body: it is at... -
Dancing the Beautiful Wheel - A Guide to Rueda de Casino by Ian Smith 9781780354941
$24.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780354941Author Ian SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint FastPrint PublishingPublisher Upfront PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 15mm -
How to Get Your Cat to Do What You Want by Warren Eckstein 9780449912287
RRP: $29.67$20.27Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.