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  • 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

  • Restaging the Past

    Historical Pageants, Culture and Society in Modern Britain

    Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of historical pageants in Britain, ranging from their Edwardian origins to the present day.Across Britain in the twentieth century, people succumbed to ‘pageant fever’. Thousands dressed up in historical costumes and performed scenes from the history of the places where they lived, and hundreds of thousands more watched them. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • El pulpo o la muerte del tango

    by Luis Longhi ...
    Los integrantes de un modesto quinteto de tango se encuentran ante un hito trascendental en su carrera hacia la consagración. Pero el Tano y sus músicos se topan con un obstáculo aparentemente insalvable en su camino hacia la gloria: para participar del "Festival del Bandoneonazo" deben hacerlo con la presencia de un cantor de tango, especie a la que ellos odian con devoción. El cantor elegido es ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ZILLS-ZAGAT Teaching Syllabus

    A teaching syllabus for teachers of Middle Eastern dance to allow students to play correctly to Arabic music. Inspired and dedicated to the teachings of the late Ibrahim Farrah. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits

    A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of its Artistic Characteristics

    This book is a study of Salpuri-Chum, a traditional Korean dance for expelling evil spirits. The authors explore the origins and practice of Salpuri-Chum. The ancient Korean people viewed their misfortunes as coming from evil spirits; therefore, they wanted to expel the evil spirits to recover their happiness. The music for Salpuri-Chum is called Sinawi rhythm. It has no sheet music and lacks the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • World Dance Cultures

    From Ritual to Spectacle

    From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world.This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    The Experience of Theater Dance The Experience of Theater Dance for Middle Eastern Dance Studies *Belly Dance*The experience of dance in theaters for Middle Eastern dance studies. Learn the right things to know. A great study for ethnic dancers who want to perform in theaters and small stage productions. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The History Of Dance - Ritual Dance

    by Lilly Grove ...
    This vintage book is a treatise on ritualistic dancing. It delves into the fascinating history of dancing in ancient societies and explores its development within religions ceremonies throughout the ages from the ancient Egyptians to modern Christianity. “The History Of Dance - Ritual Dance” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the relationship between dance and religion and would ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance and Authoritarianism

    These Boots Are Made for Dancing

    by Anthony Shay ...
    Everyone who viewed the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games can understand the power of dance and mass movement in the service of politics. While examples of such public performances and huge festivals are familiar in Nazi Germany, the former Soviet Union and today's North Korea, this new book addresses the lesser known examples of Spain under Franco, the Dominican Republic, Iran, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    The Experience of Theater for Middle Eastern Dance Studies

    Have you always wanted to do or be involved in a theater production? Want to know the ins and outs? Want to know what to ask without appearing uninformed. Well! Now you can. This book will answer all the questions that involve the tasks at hand.  Know the terminology being used. Know how to deal with the different aspects of theater. Know how to deal with the different workersin a theater without ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 – 2021

    Landmarks of South African Theatre History

    Edited by Phyllis Klotz, Smal Ndaba ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book provides an engaging and contextualised insight into a South African township-based arts centre that has survived the vicissitudes of steady militarisation in townships during some of the worst years of apartheid as well as the exhilaration of a new democratic policy while attempting to circumnavigate different policies and funding dispensations.Sibikwa provides arts centres across the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • I wanted to dance

    CARLOS EDUARDO GAVITO (4/27/1943 – 7/1/2005) was born in La Plata, Argentina. He spent his youth in the barrio of Avellaneda (to the south of Greater Buenos Aires) and the rest of his life circling the globe.He traveled for more than forty years and visited more than ninety countries. He spoke English, Italian, French and Portuguese fluently and could make himself understood in German, Russian and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fire Knife Dance

    The Story Behind the Flames Ta'alolo to Nifo'oti

    The book expresses the history of the Samoan fire knife dance (Samoan Ailao), from the time it was a victory ceremony of war to its modern day form. The explanation of the weapon nifooti (the deadly tooth or cutting tooth) is defined. The book elaborates the various stages of the dance from traditional to creative or a modern style, it also define how to build the actual knife itself. It also ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Everynight Life

    Culture and Dance in Latin/o America

    Series series Latin America otherwise
    The function of dance in Latin/o American culture is the focus of the essays collected in Everynight Life. The contributors interpret how Latin/o culture expresses itself through dance, approaching the material from the varying perspectives of literary, cultural, dance, performance, queer, and feminist studies. Viewing dance as privileged sites of identity formation and cultural resistance in ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Buenos Aires Tango Queer

    A handful of people in Buenos Aires pioneered Queer Tango – an evolved version of the traditional tango dance that challenges stereotyped gender roles. We asked two of the city's foremost Queer Tango instructors to show us their inclusive and loveable Buenos Aires. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dentro del show Tango argentino La historia de los más importantes show de tango de todos los tiempos

    Dentro del showTango argentinoLa historia de los más importantesshow de tango de todos los tiemposAntón GazenbeekDurante los oscuros años de la dictadura militar, el tango había caído en el olvido en todo el mundo, incluso en Argentina.El espectáculo "Tango Argentino" reavivó el interés por el tango en todo el mundo.Debutó en París, luego conquistó Broadway y, más tarde, el mundo entero.El libro, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dentro Lo Show Tango Argentino

    Durante gli anni bui della dittatura militare, il Tango era caduto nell'oblio in tutto il mondo, anche in Argentina.Lo spettacolo "Tango Argentino" ha rilanciato a livello mondiale l'interesse per il Tango.Ha fatto il suo debutto a Parigi, poi ha conquistato Broadway ed, in seguito, il mondo intero.Nel libro, per il quale Antón ha fatto ricerche per 17 anni a Buenos Aires e in tutto il mondo, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creativity: Establish Visibility

    Power of Commitment

    A book for anyone who earns a living or wants to earn a living as an artist, especially dance. Written in particular with ethnic dnce in mind and primarlily Arabic dance. This is the third book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Intermediate level that takes 3 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Teaching of Kathakali in Australia

    Mirroring the Master

    by Arjun Raina ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book tells the story of teaching Kathakali, a seventeenth century Indian dance-drama, to contemporary performers in Australia. A rigorous analysis and detailed documentation of the teaching of multiple learners in Melbourne, both in the group workshop mode and one-on-one, combined with the author’s ethnographic research in India, leads to a unique insight into what the author argues ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Danças Circulares

    Uma viagem sagrada

    ..."Durante dois anos, ininterruptamente, por mais difícil que fosse minha vida, participei de todos os encontros de Meditação na Dança em Nazaré. Jane, David e Evelyn residentes daquela comunidade, foram meus primeiros professores.Lá eu conheci, também, Sara Marriot, que havia vivido alguns anos na Comunidade de Findhorn, na Escócia, e que trouxe para Nazaré as Danças Circulares.Em algumas ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • El Mamífero Tanguero Antropología del Tango, por el Profesor Pedro Pugliese

    Del professore Pedro Pugliese si hanno le prime notizie "storiche" nel 2001. Da allora i suoi dotti articoli di antropologia del tango, "tradotti in italiano" da Leli, hanno informato gli iscritti alla mailing list Tangueros. Almeno fino al 2010.Altri lavori di antropologia del tango sono stati prodotti: vedi le pubblicazioni in castigliano di Susana Azzi. Altri articoli di tango humor sono stati ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • “Tango Argentin Un « bréviaire » de poche pour ses danseurs”

    Dans ce livre, nous découvrons le code d'honneur des danseurs "portenos" du Tango Milonguero, qui sont restés "non contaminés" par le tourisme autour du Tango, et dont la plupart ont plus ou moins 70-80 ans. Leur comportement reflète des concepts dont on parlait déjà dans la Chine ancienne ! Découvrons-les ensemble en marchant sur les traces du philosophe chinois Lao Tse et de los Viejos ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Milestones in Dance History

    Edited by Dana Tai Soon Burgess ...
    Series series Milestones
    This introduction to world dance charts the diverse histories and stories of dancers and artists through ten key moments that have shaped the vast spectrum of different forms and genres that we see today.Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest indigenous rituals and the dance crazes of Eastern trade routes, to the social ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Reflections of Dance along the Brahmaputra

    Celebrating Dance in North East India

    Series series Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific
    This volume brings a critical lens to dance and culture within North East India. Through case studies, first-hand accounts, and interviews, it explores unique folk dances of Indigenous communities of North East India that reflect diverse journeys, lifestyles, and connections within their ethnic groups, marking almost every ritual and festival. Dance for people of North East India, as elsewhere, is ... Read more

    $66.99 USD