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  • The Moving Body (Le Corps Poétique)

    Teaching Creative Theatre

    by Jacques Lecoq ...
    Translated by David Bradby ...
    Series series Theatre Makers
    'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture, which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.Neutral mask, character ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Making Dances That Matter

    Resources for Community Creativity

    by Anna Halprin ...
    Anna Halprin, vanguard postmodern dancer turned community artist and healer, has created ground-breaking dances with communities all over the world. Here, she presents her philosophy and experience, as well as step-by-step processes for bringing people together to create dances that foster individual and group well-being. At the heart of this book are accounts of two dances: the Planetary Dance, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Our Love Affair with Dance

    The creation of this work is an invitation to step into the world of the dancer and vicariously experience the passion and motivation for the dance arts.This book's focus centers on the power and spirituality of the dance told through the life stories of two dance artists, Magda and Gertrud Hahn. This work additionally invites the reader to celebrate the sublime and nuanced inner and outer ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Still Got It, Never Lost It!

    by Louie Spence ...
    Still Got It, Never Lost It! tells the story of Louie Spence, star of Pineapple Dance Studios and ruthless judge on Dancing on Ice.‘I did everything my sisters did, that’s how my dancing days started – they went dancing, I went dancing and I just kept on dancing.’ - Louie SpenceFrom a very early age Louie was a little boy who loved to dance and had high ambitions. He attended every disco dance ... Read more

    $1.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • Dance was her Religion

    The Spiritual Choreography of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Martha Graham

    Three dancers who changed the face of Modern Dance and liberated dancers from ballet’s rigidity to glorify the human body as a scared vessel: Isadora Duncan, 1877-1927, Ruth St. Denis, 1879-1968, and Martha Graham, 1894-1991. From youth, each recognized an organic urge for ecstatic human expression. This book explores their pioneering approaches to spiritual choreography and reveals unkown ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Butoh Dance Training

    Secrets of Japanese Dance through the Alishina Method

    by Juju Alishina ...
    Translated by Corinna Torregiani ...
    Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history. With practical instruction and fully illustrated exercises, this book teaches readers:· basic body training and expression exercises· exercises to cultivate Qi (energy) and to aid improvisation· about katas (forms) and how to ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Body of a Dancer

    by Renee D'Aoust ...
    "A remarkably clear-eyed descent into New York's surreal world of modern dance peopled by the obsessed, dispossessed, sexy, suicidal, brutal, broke, and absurd."-Lance Olsen, author of Nietzsche's KissesThe award-winning writer Renée E. D'Aoust draws from her experiences as a modern dancer in New York during the nineties. Her luminous prose spotlights this passionate, often brutal world. Trained ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Martha Graham in Love and War

    The Life in the Work

    by Mark Franko ...
    Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context. Graham matured as an artist ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Moment Of Movement

    Dance Improvisation

    Dance improvisation, the intriguing phenomenon of the creative process alive in the moving body, exists powerfully, sublimely - lending insight, solving problems, allowing moments of transcendence, diversion, and delight. Flourishing especially since the postmodern movement of the 1960s, it has come into its own in the performing arts. While there are many books containing ideas for developing ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • 我心我行.Salute

    by 許芳宜 ...
    人生不能複製,生命無法重來。我是生命的指揮家,人生這場大戲和我的現場演出不謀而合,一個是 Life 人生,一個是Live現場。我的名字叫做許芳宜,19歲我許下人生的第一個夢想:我要成為職業舞者。23歲我做到了,36歲人生目標開始搖晃,39歲強迫闖關,40歲全新方向。老天爺很照顧我,無論走到哪兒總讓我有機會體驗不同的人生功課,有些功課看似簡單卻十年都過不了關,有些功課因為站在懸崖,卻因一轉念而開啟了人生的另類樂章。◎本書收錄珍貴影像 :無論台灣或紐約,排練中、後台裡,專業攝影師貼身記錄許芳宜的身影從舞台上「瑪莎‧葛蘭姆的傳人」到推廣「身體要快樂」人人口中的許老師,... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques

    The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques explores the multifaceted learning processes and underlying principles behind the technical skills and abilities of a contemporary dancer. The depth and complexity of this challenging sensorial, intellectual, reflective and creative process is presented with clarity, to support every training dancer in achieving the most from their learning ... Read more

    $21.99 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

  • Pole Dance Stretching - Super Flessibilità e Forza per la Massima Performance

    La Pole Dance, nata come attività di spettacolo ed intrattenimento in ogni angolo del mondo, sta sempre più diventando un vero e proprio sport ed attività fisica per il benessere del proprio fisico.Una delle caratteristiche principali è di richiedere al praticante amatoriale o professionista doti e qualità fisiche molto spiccate, in quanto i movimenti al palo richiedono una grossa dose di capacità ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tango

    The Art History of Love (With a Foreword by David Byrne)

    In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, "the fabulous dance of the past hundred years–and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.”Thompson traces tango’s evolution in the nineteenth century under European, Andalusian-Gaucho, and African influences through its representations by Hollywood ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Comme un rêve

    by Kamélia ...
    Lucia, après le décès de sa sœur Angélica, a quitté le Danemark pour travailler en France, dans une maison d'édition. Elle va y vivre des événements étranges, en particulier l'arrivée d'un mail sur son ordinateur, non seulement qu'elle n'a pas écrit, mais qu'elle ne peut pas effacer. En fait, confrontée aux forces du bien et du mal, (personnifiées par Issam et Adèle, des médiums) elle ira d'une ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Danser pop

    Une figure de la création contemporaine

    Dans la langue française, les termes danser et danse font référence à deux pratiques aux fonctions et enjeux très différents. Ils désignent à la fois la danse de scène, destinée à être regardée, et les danses festives ou récréatives, celles que l'on pratique tous. Mais s'il est vrai que la danse de scène s'est toujours inspirée des danses de bal, il est frappant de voir aujourd'hui se multiplier, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • European Dance since 1989

    Communitas and the Other

    Edited by Joanna Szymajda ...
    This edited collection charts the development of contemporary dance in Central and Eastern Europe since the literal and symbolic revolutions of 1989.Central Europe and the former Soviet Bloc countries were a major presence in dance – particularly theatrical dance – throughout the twentieth century. With the fragmentation of traditional structures in the final decade of the century came a range of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • A linguagem do movimento corporal

    by Lola Brikman ...
    Pioneira no campo da expressão corporal, Lola Brikman comemora quase três décadas do lançamento de sua obra-prima com uma edição revista e atualizada. Aqui, ela revê alguns conceitos e acrescenta novas experiências adquiridas em décadas de docência. Sempre baseada na ideia de que o movimento pode expressar a personalidade dos seres humanos, ela produz um trabalho original, socialmente relevante e ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Ruth Page

    The Woman in the Work

    In Ruth Page: The Woman in the Work, the Chicago ballerina emerges as a highly original choreographer who, in her art, sought the iconoclastic as she transgressed boundaries of genre, gender, race, class, and sexuality. Author Joellen A. Meglin shows how her works were often controversial and sometimes censored even as she succeeded in roles usually reserved for men in the ballet world: ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Breakin' Grooves The Art and Culture of Breakdance

    by Thalassa Veil ...
    Unearth the captivating world of breakdancing, where the rhythmic pulse of the streets meets the power of movement and the universal language of dance. "Breakin' Grooves" takes you on a journey from the heart of the South Bronx to dance floors around the world, celebrating the enduring spirit of this electrifying art form.In this book, you'll:Explore the roots of breakdancing in African and Latin ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moving Relation

    Touch in Contemporary Dance

    by Gerko Egert ...
    Translated by Rett Rossi ...
    Moving Relation explores the notion of touch in the realm of contemporary dance.By closely analyzing performances by well-known European and American choreographers such as Meg Stuart, William Forsythe, Xavier Le Roy, Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot, this book investigates their usage of touch on the level of movement, experience and affect. Building on the proposition that touch is more than ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Le danze di coppia in Occidente

    Tutto quello che c’è da sapere, dai primi passi alle gare

    Series series Iride
    Dalla storia delle danze occidentali all’iscrizione a una scuola di ballo, dall’alimentazione corretta, alla respirazione, dai primi passi da muovere in pista fino alla partecipazione alle gare, questo prezioso manualetto è un compendio fondamentale che spiega con semplicità e approfondimento tutto quel che c’è da sapere su danze standard, danze latine, liscio unificato e ballo da sala, combinata ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Danser l'imprévu

    Une lecture politique et sensible des Cahiers de Vaslav Nijinski

    Au travers d'une nouvelle lecture minutieuse des Cahiers de Vaslav Nijinski, qu'on qualifia de « fou », et en les sortant de la réduction au diagnostic psychiatrique dont ils sont encore l'objet, Madeleine Abassade fait apparaître la révolte du danseur contre un ordre établi dont il fut l'instrument et dont il cherchera à s'émanciper en créant ses propres chorégraphies.Hiver 1919. Le célèbre ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • This Millennium so Far | Children's Modern History

    Let’s go down the memory lane to see and appreciate the changes that have transpired since the start of this millennium. You will find that this is a powerful read as it details the progress in societies, trends and technology. This book will surely open your child’s eyes to the many changes that have been made possible by great minds. Grab a copy now. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD