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  • 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

  • Dan Ge Performance

    Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d'Ivoire

    Series series African Expressive Cultures
    “An excellent study of both the visible and invisible elements that constitute the Ge performance of the Dan People of western Côte d’Ivoire.” —The World of MusicGe, formerly translated as “mask” or “masquerade,” appears among the Dan people of Côte d’Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In Dan Ge Performance, Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Our Own

    Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru

    In Creating Our Own, anthropologist Zoila S. Mendoza explores the early-twentieth-century development of the “folkloric arts”—particularly music, dance, and drama—in Cuzco, Peru, revealing the central role that these expressive practices played in shaping ethnic and regional identities. Mendoza argues that the folkloric productions emerging in Cuzco in the early twentieth century were integral to, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Matachines Dance

    A Ritual Dance of the Indian Pueblos and Mexicano/Hispano Communities

    The Matachines dance is a ritual drama performed on certain saint's days in Pueblo Indian and Mexicano/Hispano communities along the upper Río Grande valley in New Mexico and elsewhere in the American Southwest. It derives from a genre of medieval European folk dramas symbolizing conflict between Christians and Moors. Spaniards brought it to the Americas as a vehicle for Christianizing the Indians ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Turning the Tune

    Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village

    by Adam Kaul ...
    Series Book 3 - Dance and Performance Studies
    The last century has seen radical social changes in Ireland, which have impacted all aspects of local life but none more so than traditional Irish music, an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. The author focuses on a small village in County Clare, which became a kind of pilgrimage site for those interested in experiencing traditional music. He begins by tracing its ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Burlesque Handbook

    by Jo Weldon ...
    The Burlesque Handbook is the essential manual to understanding and performing both classic and neo-burlesque. Written by Jo Weldon, award-winning founder of the New York School of Burlesque, this book features easy-to-follow suggestions and exercises for developing stage-worthy confidence, presence, and sexiness. You'll learn about the fabulous makeup, costumes—including pasties!—moves, grooves, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Afro-Mexico

    Dancing between Myth and Reality

    While Africans and their descendants have lived in Mexico for centuries, many Afro-Mexicans do not consider themselves to be either black or African. For almost a century, Mexico has promoted an ideal of its citizens as having a combination of indigenous and European ancestry. This obscures the presence of African, Asian, and other populations that have contributed to the growth of the nation. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • 交际舞入门学习指南

    舞蹈是艺术之母。自有人类以来,舞蹈就在原始社会的人类生活里产生了,氏族成员在祭祀、耕耘或时都离不开舞蹈活动。在原始部落的生活中,没有文字和完善的语言,沟通就需要通过肢体动作来完成,其动作和节奏与劳动是密切相关的。在各种劳动中,人的手脚总是要活动的,用手拍打、以脚踩踏,在某种动作连续重复过程中,就产生有规律的节奏,再伴以各种呼喊声或打击石块和木棍的声音,就形成了原始的舞蹈。舞蹈充当原始人类交流思想和表达感情的主要形式。 ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Dancing Out of Bali

    by John Coast ...
    Series series Periplus Classics Series
    "If you know where to look, you can still discover and recognize what it was that intoxicating John Coast fifty years ago." -Sir David AttenboroughThis book is one of the great classics about Bali, now with dozens of illustrations and photographs.Dancing out of Bali is a fascinating personal account of a young Englishman who settled in a small house in Bali in the midst of the political turmoil ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Balinese Dance, Drama & Music

    A Guide to the Performing Arts of Bali

    Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms.This book is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the most popular forms of traditional performing arts in Bali--among the most intricate and spectacular musical and theatrical performances found anywhere. Ideal reading for visitors to the island, as well as anyone interested in Balinese culture, this book presents the history ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ancient Egyptian Dances

    by Irena Lexová ...
    Series series Egypt
    Dancing was important to the ancient Egyptians. One of the few books available in English on this topic, this carefully researched, profusely illustrated work investigates the origins, nature and role of dance in Egyptian culture. Features 80 figure drawings and illustrations adapted from tomb paintings, reliefs, other authentic sources. New introduction. Bibliography. ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance

    A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance.From Southern Greece to northern Russia, people living in agrarian communities have long believed in “dancing goddesses,” mystical female spirits who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. In The Dancing Goddesses, archaeologist, linguist, and lifelong folkdancer Elizabeth ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse

    by Pinky Toky ...
    The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse is also known as Drametse Ngacham (also spelled Drametse Ngachham). It is a well-known sacred dance of the Bhutanese, whose cultural heritage has largely remained intact due to isolation from the rest of the world until the early 1960s. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dancing the New World

    Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest

    Series series Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
    Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014Honorable Mention, Sally Banes Publication Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2014de la Torre Bueno® Special Citation, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2013From Christopher Columbus to “first anthropologist” Friar Bernardino de Sahagún, fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers, conquistadors, clerics, scientists, and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Zapotecs on the Move

    Cultural, Social, and Political Processes in Transnational Perspective

    Series series Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
    Through interviews with three generations of Yalálag Zapotecs (“Yaláltecos”) in Los Angeles and Yalálag, Oaxaca, this book examines the impact of international migration on this community. It traces five decades of migration to Los Angeles in order to delineate migration patterns, community formation in Los Angeles, and the emergence of transnational identities of the first and second generations ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Ballroom Dancing

    America's #1 Survival Guide to Ballroom Dancing, Ballroom Dance Lessons, Ballroom Dance Costumes, Ballroom Dancing Shoes, Ballroom Dance Studio and Ballroom Dancing for Kids

    Learn to ace your wedding dance and keep cool at a formal and in dance classes with this knock-out book that teaches you all about ballroom dancing, ballroom dance lessons ballroom dance costumes, ballroom dancing shoes, ballroom dance studio, ballroom dancing for kids and more. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Die Enkelin

    Series series Quick, quick, slow - Tanzclub Lietzensee
    Madeline Lagrange, die Enkelin des Vorsitzenden des „Tanzclubs Lietzensee“ sieht Tanzen lediglich als Kulturtechnik, die sie ohne großen Ehrgeiz lernt. Dann trifft sie auf die Square Dance-Gruppe des Vereins. Und sie verliert ihr Herz – nicht nur an den Tanz, sondern auch an den Caller der Gruppe, den Amerikaner Chris Rinehart.Chris ist vom ersten Augenblick an fasziniert von Madeline. Aber er ist ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Highland Fling and How to Teach It

    by H. N. Grant ...
    ExcerptIn teaching fancy dances, more rapid progress will be made by forming exercises characteristic of the movements to be executed.This dance comprises a hopping movement and the laws of opposition must be observed with the hands and arms, therefore I will give a few exercises which must be thoroughly practised.In describing, the letter R denotes right foot, L, the left.EXERCISE NO. IHop four ... Read more

    $3.99 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 Female Drummers of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Female 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 Female Drummers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Greatest Guitarists of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Guitarists 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 Guitarists 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

  • Tango Argentino: Piccolo Breviario per i suoi Ballerini

    In questo libro scopriamo il codice d'onore dei ballerini porteños del Tango Milonguero, non contaminati dal turismo del Tango, la cui età si aggira intorno ai 70-80 anni. Il loro comportamento rispecchia i concetti di cui si parlava giaà nell'antica Cina! Scopriamoli insieme seguendo le orme del saggio Lao Tse e de Viejos Milongueros. Rimarrete sicuramente sorpresi! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus