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Dancing Mestizo Modernisms: Choreographing Postcolonial and Postrevolutionary Mexico by Jose Luis Reynoso 9780197622568
RRP: £25.99£23.38This book analyzes how national and international dancers contributed to developing Mexico's cultural politics and notions of the nation at different historical moments. It emphasizes how dancers and other moving bodies resisted and reproduced racial and... -
Abidjan USA: Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants by Daniel B. Reed 9780253022219
£66.55Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Cote d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through... -
Dancers as Diplomats: American Choreography in Cultural Exchange by Clare Croft 9780199958214
£33.44Dancers as Diplomats chronicles the role of dance and dancers in American cultural diplomacy. In the early decades of the Cold War and the twenty-first century, American dancers toured the globe on tours sponsored by the US State Department. Dancers as... -
Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics by Mark Franko 9780253065414
£46.79In the much-anticipated update to a classic in dance studies, Mark Franko analyzes the political aspects of North American modern dance in the 20th century.A revisionary account of the evolution of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism... -
Dances of Jose Limon and Erick Hawkins by James Moreno 9781138300477
RRP: £54.99£47.72Dances of Jose Limon and Erick Hawkins examines staging's of masculinity, whiteness, and Latinidad in the work of US modern dance choreographers, Jose Limon (1908-1972) and Erick Hawkins (1908-1994). Focusing on the period between 1945 to 1980,... -
Dance, Modernism, and Modernity by Ramsay Burt 9781138313040
RRP: £36.99£32.53This collection of new essays explores connections between dance, modernism, and modernity by examining the ways in which leading dancers have responded to modernity.Burt and Huxley examine dance examples from a period beginning just before the First... -
Inclusive Dance: The Story of Touchdown Dance by Katy Dymoke 9781789388695
RRP: £119.95£104.17Inclusive Dance is an ethnography of disability arts, and historiographic overview of the 1980s when many new disability arts groups came to fruition. Touchdown Dance was the research 'ambition' of dancer Steve Paxton and theatre maker and... -
Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics by Mark Franko
£19.19In the much-anticipated update to a classic in dance studies, Mark Franko analyzes the political aspects of North American modern dance in the 20th century.A revisionary account of the evolution of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism... -
Dancing to Transform: How Concert Dance Becomes Religious in American Christianity by Emily Wright
RRP: £80.00£69.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789382839Author Emily WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Intellect (UK)Publisher Intellect (UK)Weight(grams) 170g -
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: Rosas 2007-2017 by Christian Dumais-Lvowski
RRP: £45.00£40.03Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (b. 1960) founded her dance company, Rosas, in 1983. Her work is grounded on a rigorous exploration of the relationship between dance and music, and over the years she has engaged the musical structures and scores of different... -
Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero by Elizabeth Streb
RRP: £13.99£9.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558616561Author Elizabeth StrebFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The... -
Days on Earth: The Dance of Doris Humphrey by Marcia B. Siegel
£22.89Now available in paperback, Days on Earth--originally published in 1988 (Yale University Press)--traces the dance career and artistic development of one of the founders of American modern dance. In this biography of dance pioneer Doris Humphrey, Marcia B... -
Drumming: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas by Noe Soulier
RRP: £25.00£20.92This book documents more than 20 years of performances of Drumming, a world-renowned dance piece on music by Steve Reich, through beautiful photography. Drumming is a widely admired dance piece choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (b. 1960), set... -
Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop by Imani Kai Johnson
RRP: £24.99£22.52The dance circle (called the cypher) is a common signifier of breaking culture, known more for its spectacular moves than as a ritual practice with foundations in Africanist aesthetics. Yet those foundations-evident in expressive qualities like call and... -
Rhythm Field: The Dance of Molissa Fenley by Ann Murphy
RRP: £34.00£32.97Molissa Fenley, one of the most influential artists of postmodern dance, has had a lasting impact on performance. In dance, she has explored extreme effort and duration in highly crafted patterns and performed with an explosive, joyous energy that... -
Abidjan USA: Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants by Daniel B. Reed
£26.50Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Cote d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through... -
Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins by James Moreno
RRP: £16.99£15.22Dances of Jose Limon and Erick Hawkins examines stagings of masculinity, whiteness, and Latinidad in the work of US modern dance choreographers, Jose Limon (1908-1972) and Erick Hawkins (1908-1994).Focusing on the period between 1945 to 1980, this book... -
Sunday. Pierre Droulers Choreographer by Pierre Droulers
RRP: £25.00£22.52This book celebrates 40 years of work by Pierre Droulers (b. 1951), a pioneer of contemporary dance and choreographer of more than 30 works. A key figure in France and Belgium since the 1970s, Droulers was one of the first students to graduate from the... -
Ralph Lemon by David Velasco
RRP: £19.95£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450073Author Thomas J. LaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 470g -
Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century Lindsay Guarino 9780813080765
RRP: £27.95£23.76National Dance Education Organization Ruth Lovell Murray Book AwardUNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance EducationStrategies for recovering the Africanist roots of jazz dance in teaching and practice An African American art form, jazz dance has an... -
Edges of Ailey Adrienne Edwards 9780300278842
RRP: £50.00£42.50A revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey is one of the most celebrated choreographers of the twentieth century. The creator of iconic works such as Blues Suite, Revelations, and Cry, he is...