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  • Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination

    The Fear and the Fury

    Series series IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
    The collected essays in this volume focus on the presentation, representation and interpretation of ancient violence – from war to slavery, rape and murder – in the modern visual and performing arts, with special attention to videogames and dance as well as the more usual media of film, literature and theatre. Violence, fury and the dread that they provoke are factors that appear frequently in the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • And Then Came Dance

    The Women Who Led Volynsky to Ballet's Magic Kingdom

    Edited by Stanley J. Rabinowitz ...
    Presenting 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 provides new insight into the origins of Volynsky's life-altering journey to become Russia's foremost ballet critic. A man for whom the realm of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • And Then We Danced

    A Voyage into the Groove

    by Henry Alford ...
    “Captivating…equal parts memoir and cultural history, Henry Alford seamlessly interweaves heartwarming and hilarious anecdotes about his deep dive into all things dance” (Misty Copeland, The New York Times Book Review).When Henry Alford wrote about his experience with a Zumba class for The New York Times, little did he realize that it was the start of something much bigger. Dance would grow and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Andrés de Claramonte Tan largo me lo fiáis (El burlador de Sevilla) El infanzón de Illescas

    Tan largo me lo fiáis, popularizado como El burlador de Sevilla, es la versión original del mito de Don Juan. Su autor, Andrés de Claramonte, escribió otra comedia dramática ambientada en la misma época (mediados del siglo XIV) publicada indistintamente a nombre de Lope de Vega y de Calderón, que editamos también en este volumen como complemento.El tema de un gran señor que seduce y engaña a ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Angel Vianna

    A pedagoga do corpo

    by Enamar Ramos ...
    Abordando o trabalho da bailarina e coreógrafa Angel Vianna - uma das mais importantes referências na área de corpo, movimento e artes cênicas -, esta obra faz um paralelo entre o trabalho corporal de Angel e a formação do ator. Entre os temas abordados estão as técnicas criadas pela bailarina, sua prática pedagógica, os cursos oferecidos por ela e o uso da criatividade e do movimento no teatro. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Anna Halprin

    Series series Routledge Performance Practitioners
    Anna Halprin traces the life's work of this radical dance-maker, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form. Now revised and reissued, this book:sketches the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, exploring Halprin's connections with the avant-garde theatre, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Anna Halprin

    Dance - Process - Form

    Anna Halprin is a world-famous theatre artist and early pioneer in the expressive arts healing movement. This book explores her personal growth as a dancer and choreographer and the development of her therapeutic and pedagogical approach.The authors, who each trained with Halprin, introduce her creative work and the 'Life/Art Process®' she developed, an approach that takes life experiences as a ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Anna Sokolow

    The Rebellious Spirit

    by Larry Warren ...
    Series series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
    A pioneer choreographer in modern American dance, Anna Sokolow has led a bewildering, active international life. Her meticulous biographer Larry Warren once looked up Anna Sokolow in a few reference books and found that she was born in three different years and that her parents were from Poland except when they were in Russia, and found many other inaccuracies. Drawing on material from nearly 100 ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Anne Bean

    Self Etc.

    Edited by Rob La Frenais ...
    Anne Bean: Self Etc. is the first major monograph about the performance work of artist Anne Bean, a noted international figure who has been working actively since the 1960s. Part of the Intellect Live series, co-published with the Live Art Development Agency, this book includes extensive visual documentation of Bean’s performances, critical essays by leading scholars of art and performance and a ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Anthropology of the Performing Arts

    Artistry, Virtuosity, and Interpretation in Cross-Cultural Perspective

    Anya Peterson Royce turns the anthropological gaze on the performing arts, attempting to find broad commonalities in performance, art, and artists across space, time, and culture. She asks general questions as to the nature of artistic interpretation, the differences between virtuosity and artistry, and how artists interplay with audience, aesthetics, and style. To support her case, she examines ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Antiracism in Ballet Teaching

    This new collection of essays and interviews assembles research on teaching methods, choreographic processes, and archival material that challenges systemic exclusions and provides practitioners with accessible steps to creating more equitable teaching environments, curricula, classes, and artistic settings.Antiracism in Ballet Teaching gives readers a wealth of options for addressing and ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Antologia Io Danzo 2014

    by AA. VV. ...
    Questa antologia prende forma dal Primo Concorso Letterario IoDanzo 2014 desiderato fortemente dalla redazione del portale web iodanzo e raccoglie una selezione, avvenuta secondo regolamento interno, dei tantissimi brani che ci sono pervenuti nei 4 mesi del concorso.
La redazione, guidata dalla dott.ssa Giulia Toselli con la collaborazione di Elisabetta Tosco, co-ideatrice del progetto, e Chiara ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antologia Io Danzo 2015

    by AA. VV. ...
    Questa antologia prende forma dalla seconda edizione del Concorso Letterario IoDanzo organizzato dalla redazione del portale web www.iodanzo.com e raccoglie una selezione dei tantissimi brani che ci sono pervenuti nei 4 mesi del concorso.
Come l’anno passato, la redazione si è riservata la possibilità di accettare scritti anche ‘non a tema’ se ritenuti meritevoli di promuovere le arti e lo spirito ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antonia Mercé, "LaArgentina"

    Flamenco and the Spanish Avant Garde

    Antonia Mercé, stage-named La Argentina, was the most celebrated Spanish dancer of the early 20th century. Her intensive musical and theatrical collaborations with members of the Spanish vanguard — Manuel de Falla, Frederico García Lorca, Enrique Granados, Néstor de la Torre, Joaquín Nín, and with renowned Andalusian Gypsy dancers — reflect her importance as an artistic symbol for contemporary ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Antonio Triana and the Spanish Dance

    A Personal Recollection

    Series series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
    This book also traces the evolution of the Spanish Dance technique, marked as it is by a turbulent history. Antonio Triana was a dancer of mature artistry, dignity and power. His physical and technical achievements went beyond what is generally known about Spanish Dance. His dance presented the essence of the Spanish character and, in his choreography, he used his traditional background for his ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Apollo's Angels

    A History of Ballet

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFor more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Appalachian Spring (chorégraphie Martha Graham - 1944)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Appalachian Spring, un spectacle chorégraphié par Martha Graham.Formée à la Denishawn School, l'école de Ruth Saint-Denis et de Ted Shawn, Martha Graham (1894-1991) est considérée comme la plus grande personnalité de la danse moderne américaine. Fille d'un médecin aliéniste, elle explore plusieurs thèmes dans une œuvre colossale, étalée sur près d'un siècle ...Un ouvrage ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts

    An Illustrated Guide to Strength, Flexibility, Training, and Injury Prevention

    by Emily Scherb ...
    An illustrated guide to anatomy and biomechanics for aerialists who want to optimize their performance and train safelySpecifically designed for aerialists—including those who do trapeze, silks, and other aerial arts— Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts is an invaluable resource for those who want to optimize their performance and train safely.Using a biomechanical and movement-based approach, Emily ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Appreciating Dance

    A Guide to the World's Liveliest Art

    Appreciating Dance is a thorough and accurate history of various forms of dance, analyzing everything from social dance, and ballet to modern dance, tap, jazz, theatrical dance and contemporary dance. In it readers will find: a brief biography of notable dancers and choreographers; information needed to expand the enjoyment of performance; the intersection of dance and religion; the history of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arbeitsbuch Judith Kuckart

    Erzaehlen – Theater – Tanz

    Series Book 9 - Literarisches Leben heute
    In diesem Arbeitsbuch werden die Wege der 1959 in Westfalen geborenen und heute v.a. in Berlin lebenden Judith Kuckart zurückverfolgt – und zwar in den Gattungen Prosa, Theater, Hör-Feature und Film sowie im Bereich Tanz: In all diesen Gattungen hat die Künstlerin seit den 1980er Jahren ein umfassendes OEuvre entwickelt. Im vorliegenden Band werden erstmals alle ihre Schaffensbereiche thematisiert ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Ariana

    The Biography

    by Danny White ...
    Ariana Grande captured the hearts of a nation with her One Love Manchester concert. Less than a fortnight after a terrorist killed twenty-two people at her Manchester show, the petite princess stood tall at her tribute concert that united and healed a shaken nation. She was the emotional core of a powerful evening that reminded us all of music’s redemptive power. But who is Ariana Grande? This ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Arprende a Marcar el Compás en los Ritmos Flamencos

    Con este tutorial de fácil comprensión con el que aprenderás a marcar el compás de los principales palos del flamenco: fandangos, tangos, seguiriyas, tientos, soleá y cantiñas. Conocerás una pincelada su historia, de cómo se convirtió en arte, veremos la técnica, el árbol genealógico de los cantes, un breve repaso de las letras que se cantan en cada estilo. Cuando alcances este conocimiento, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art and Dance in Dialogue

    Body, Space, Object

    This interdisciplinary book brings together essays that consider how the body enacts social and cultural rituals in relation to objects, spaces, and the everyday, and how these are questioned, explored, and problematised through, and translated into dance, art, and performance. The chapters are written by significant artists and scholars and consider practices from various locations, including ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain

    Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species. Our ancestors have decorated their bodies, tools, and utensils for over 100,000 years. The expression of meaning using color, line, sound, rhythm, or movement, among other means, constitutes a fundamental aspect of our species' biological and cultural heritage. Art and aesthetics, therefore, contribute to ... Read more

    $62.99 USD