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  • Seven Guitars

    by August Wilson ...
    Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best PlayIt is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Class Act

    The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins

    Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Second Skin

    Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface

    Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Greatest Violinists of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Violinists of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Violinists of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Greatest Maestros of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Maestros of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Maestros of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Composers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • So You Think You Can Dance

    by Janel Tony ...
    Learn More About The Wedding Dance, Irish Step Dancing, Learning How To Line Dance, Ballroom Dancing and Jazz as Dance Plus Much More!   ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Duke

    The Musical Life of Duke Ellington

    by Bill Gutman ...
    Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was one of jazz’s greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy‑five. Interviewing Duke’s friends, fans, and fellow musicians, Gutman documents the progress of a man who dedicated his life to crafting the ever‑changing sound of jazz. Gutman plunges ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jazz Dancing

    by Anonymous ...
    Are you a dance lover? Do you like to tone your body with dancing? Are you planning to learn any particular dance form? If the answer to all these questions is yes... then you can go for jazz dancing.Jazz dancing is one of the most exhilarating and fashionable forms of modern dance.It is perfect choice for fun and good health! Today many individuals take jazz classes for maintaining their health ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jazz Dance Today Essentials

    The video text dance series

    Series series The video text dance series
    Jazz Dance Essentials is the most authoritative book on this art form. Written by two of America's most renowned university teachers. Doctor Lorraine Person Kriegel and Doctor Kim Chandler Vaccaro have been performers, choreographers, artistic directors and have taught in universities at the professorial levels. It has been used as the primary textbook in the field and has been read worldwide by ... Read more

    $5.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance Education around the World

    Perspectives on dance, young people and change

    Dance has the power to change the lives of young people. It is a force in shaping identity, affirming culture and exploring heritage in an increasingly borderless world. Creative and empowering pedagogies are driving curriculum development worldwide where the movement of peoples and cultures generates new challenges and possibilities for dance education in multiple contexts. In Dance Education ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Josephine Baker

    Josephine Baker was the epitome of the American emigre who found her niche in Paris during the years after the First World War. She arrived in France in 1925 following a stint as a bit player in Shuffle Along, the first all-Negro Broadway play. She performed her trademark black bottom dance to the delight of French audiences, dancing entirely nude on some occasions. When she toured central Europe ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Gigs That Pay: How To Get Paid Gigs For Your Band Fast

    by John Little ...
    When many people think of musicians, they think glitz and glamour and people accepting Grammy awards on television. However, for most people this isn’t the case. The average professional musician books gigs without the fanfare and the worldwide prestige. People who want to make a living making music should always shoot for the stars, but should also be aware of the many different practical and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Winner: A Ballroom Dance Novel

    by Erin Bomboy ...
    The most prestigious ballroom dance competition in the United States.Two dancers need to win.Only one can.Nina Fortunova wasn't supposed to end up almost thirty, divorced, with her dreams of winning shattered. She teams up with Jorge Gonzalez, a hunky and hard-working Latin dancer, to reinvent the flashy Smooth style.When the Chairman of the Judges offers to throw the competition in their favor, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Il Novecento, arti visive e musica

    by Umberto Eco ...
    Avanguardia, moderno, postmoderno, caso; fruizione, produzione/riproduzione, serialità, elettronica: sono parole-chiave comuni alle arti visive e alla musica del Novecento. Parole che indicano percorsi, la cui ricchezza è qui raccontata tenendo conto sia dell’enormità sperimentale dei singoli artisti – da Duchamp a John Cage, da Stravinskij a Picasso, da Boulez e Paul Klee – sia dei processi più ... Read more

    $26.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • The Great Depression Wasn't Always Sad! Entertainment and Jazz Music Book for Kids | Children's Arts, Music & Photography Books

    Yes, you got it right! The Great Depression Wasn’t Always Sad! There were forms of entertainment that flourished during the era and we still see (and hear) their influence until today! Jazz was invented during those difficult times. If you listen to jazz now, you will notice how light and soothing it is. Maybe that’s the secret for its survival today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Tap Dancing at a Glance

    by Jimmy Ormonde ...
    You can learn tap dancing easily! This fantastic book's thirty-nine lessons will guide you to mastering the steps you've seen on stage. Each lesson is illustrated through the use of posed photographs and includes rhythm notation to aid your practice. Will the help of these lessons and some determined practice you'll be tap dancing within a month or two. Originally published in 1930, we are ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Big Deal

    Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical

    by Kevin Winkler ...
    Series series Broadway Legacies
    Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Never Stop Moving

    Peter Goss

    « Peter Goss est un sorcier. Il a une connaissance presque infinie du corps humain en général et de chacun de nos corps en particulier – à nous qui suivons son enseignement. Il est un maître attentif et exigeant. » Emmanuel CarrèreTel que l'exprime Emmanuel Carrère dans sa préface, Peter Goss est un maître, l'un des grands pédagogues actuels de la danse et du yoga.Ce livre raconte son histoire, de ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Danses jazz

    Une poétique de la relation

    Apparues aux États-Unis, ouvertes à toutes les influences, les danses jazz portent depuis toujours les traits de la mixité. Se pencher sur le jazz, c'est observer un art du présent, ouvert à tous les mouvements possibles, hybride dans ses techniques, éclectique dans son inspiration, mélangeant les temps, les lieux, les espaces.Sous-tendu par la question des échanges interculturels et du métissage, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Enseigner la danse jazz

    Cet ouvrage est né d'un travail de réflexion mené par des professionnels de la danse jazz (professeurs et artistes créateurs) avec le CND. Outil indispensable pour les enseignants et les praticiens de cette discipline, il en aborde avec simplicité et précision les différentes facettes.Il fixe les objectifs et les compétences techniques à atteindre au fil de l'apprentissage de l'élève. Mine d ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance

    Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic, cultural and social representations within the arts industry, providing an accessible dance platform for dancers, teachers and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • THE COMPASSION OF JAZZ

    My Incredible Life in Music and The Movement

    by Jim Cassell ...
    The Compassion of Jazz chronicles the career of Jim Cassell, a native Californian born in la Jolla, as he navigates his way from student to sailor to hippie to political activist with the United Farm Workers in their unionizing efforts in the 1970s. And from there, based on his lifelong love of music instilled in him by his mother, into a career as a promoter and manager for major jazz, latin jazz ... Read more

    $7.99 USD