Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

Modern eBooks

If you like Modern eBooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 248 Results
Skip side bar filters
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • Judson Dance Theater

    Performative Traces

    by Ramsay Burt ...
    "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 dancers--including future well-known artists Twyla Tharp, Carolee Schneemann, Robert Morris, Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainier, and others--created what came to be ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Greatest Male DJs of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest DJ's 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 DJ's of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Martha Graham Dance Company

    House of the Pelvic Truth

    What is the legacy of Martha Graham and why does it endure?*How and why did the philosophy and subsequent canon of Martha Graham flood out into an artistic diaspora that is still a wellspring of inspiration for contemporary artists?How do dancers that have never studied with, or worked under, Martha Graham maintain her vision?*All of these questions, and many more, are considered in this ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Hiplet: Bridging the Rhythms of Ballet and Hip-Hop

    by Thalassa Veil ...
    Join us on a captivating journey into the rhythmic realm where classical grace meets urban flair; a world where tradition and innovation harmonize to create the groundbreaking dance phenomenon known as Hiplet. "Hiplet: Bridging the Rhythms of Ballet and Hip-Hop" takes you into the rich history, vibrant evolution and cultural significance of this enchanting dance form.Most important features ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pensar la danza

    Series series Turner Música
    Como todo mundillo artístico, el de la danza está lleno de personajes y anécdotas fascinantes que a veces pasan inadvertidas para el gran público. El crítico, director de orquesta y pianista Delfín Colomé nos lo descubre en esta recopilación de artículos en primera persona, que sólo un apasionado de la danza, entregado a ella desde hace veinte años, puede escribir. Ameno e ilustrativo, este libro ... Read more

    $7.99 USD $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dancing Revelations

    Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture

    In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African American artistic group closely tied to the Civil Rights struggle. In Dancing Revelations, Thomas DeFrantz chronicles the troupe's journey from a ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Birth of Breaking

    Hip-Hop History from the Floor Up

    Series series Black Literary and Cultural Expressions
    The untold story of how breaking – one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today – began as a distinctly African American expression in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s.Breaking is the first and most widely practiced hip-hop dance in the world, with around one million participants in this dynamic, multifaceted artform –and, as of 2024, Olympic sport. Yet, despite its global ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Contemporary Dance Festivals in the Former Yugoslav Space

    (in)dependent Scenes

    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book expands the understanding of conditions defining the creation and circulation of contemporary dance that differ across Europe. It focuses on festival-making connected with the Balkan regional project ‘Nomad Dance Academy’ (NDA), and highlights collective approaches to sustain a theorisation of festivals using the concepts of dissensus and imperceptible politics. Drawing from ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers

    The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop

    The 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 foundationsevident in expressive qualities like call and response, the aural kinesthetic, the imperative to be original, and moreare essential to cyphering's enduring presence on the global stage. What ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Natural Body in Somatics Dance Training

    by Doran George ...
    From its beginnings as an alternative and dissident form of dance training in the 1960s, Somatics emerged at the end of the twentieth century as one of the most popular and widespread regimens used to educate dancers. It is now found in dance curricula worldwide, helping to shape the look and sensibilities of both dancers and choreographers and thereby influencing much of the dance we see onstage ... Read more

    $28.99 USD