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  • Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes

    In Search of a Lost Life

    Ren? Blum and the Ballets Russes documents the life of the enigmatic and brilliant writer and producer who resurrected the Ballets Russes after Diaghilev died. Based on a treasure trove of previously undiscovered letters and documents, the book not only tells the poignant story of Blum's life, but also illustrates the central role Blum played in the development of dance in the United States. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Pasha - My Story

    by Pasha Kovalev ...
    Pasha's talent and determination has taken him to some amazing places all around the world including Moscow, New York, LA and London. However, it was the grey, stark landscape of his Siberian hometown, still reeling from the Communist regime, which provided the unlikely inspiration for his early love of ballroom dancing, a passion that he has embraced and nurtured ever since. With a desire to ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Tango Argentino Pequeno Breviario Para Sus Bailarines

    En este libro, descubrimos el código de honor de los bailarines "porteños" del Tango Milonguero, que han permanecido "incontaminados" por el turismo del Tango, y que en su mayoría rondan los 70-80 años. Su comportamiento refleja conceptos de los que ya se hablaba en la antigua China. Descubrámoslos juntos caminando sobre las huellas del filósofo chino Lao Tse y de los Viejos Milongueros. Seguro ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pasha - My Story

    by Pasha Kovalev ...
    Pasha Kovalev has led an extraordinary life. His talent and determination have led him from the stark landscape of his Siberian hometown to dance in Moscow, New York, LA and finally in London, where he now lives. Best known for Strictly Come Dancing, which he won in 2014 with Caroline Flack (having previously danced his way to the finals two years’ running with partners Chelsee Healey & Kimberley ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • 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

  • Choreographies of the Living

    Bioaesthetics in Literature, Art, and Performance

    by Carrie Rohman ...
    Choreographies of the Living explores the implications of shifting from viewing art as an exclusively human undertaking to recognizing it as an activity that all living creatures enact. Carrie Rohman reveals the aesthetic impulse itself to be profoundly trans-species, and in doing so she revises our received wisdom about the value and functions of artistic capacities. Countering the long history ... Read more

    $35.99 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Honest Bodies

    Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow

    Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials, interviews, and theories from dance, Jewish, and gender studies, this book ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Women’s Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan

    Legacy of the Silk Road

    Series series Dance in the 21st Century
    The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women's dance –Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara – and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore rootsto contemporary stage dance.The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizationsto a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Women Making Art

    Women in the Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts Since 1960, Second Edition

    This important interdisciplinary book is a unique and timely contribution to the field of women in the arts. Each chapter is devoted to a single artist and a single ground-breaking work that altered the course of its art form in a full array of genres, including dance, music, installation, photography, architecture, poetry, literature, theater, film, performance art, and popular culture. These ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • A Brief Unofficial Biography of Justin Timberlake

    by Emma Scott ...
    Step into the dynamic world of music and entertainment with "A Brief Unofficial Biography of Justin Timberlake." Journey through the extraordinary life of a true pop sensation who seamlessly transitioned from boy band heartthrob to a solo artist, actor, and cultural phenomenon.From his early days on the Mickey Mouse Club to his meteoric rise with *NSYNC and subsequent solo career, Timberlake's ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Embodied Nostalgia

    Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and the Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre

    by Phoebe Rumsey ...
    Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage as a site of embodied history, cultural memory, and nostalgia, and asks what social dance is doing performatively, dramaturgically, and critically in musical theatre.The case studies in this volume are all Broadway musicals set during the Jazz Age (1910 ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Reading Religion and Spirituality in Jamaican Reggae Dancehall Dance

    Spirit Bodies Moving

    by 'H' Patten ...
    This book explores the genealogy of Jamaican dancehall while questioning whether dancehall has a spiritual underscoring, foregrounding dance, and cultural expression.This study identifies the performance and performative (behavioural actions) that may be considered as representing spiritual ritual practices within the reggae/dancehall dance phenomenon. It does so by juxtaposing reggae/dancehall ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Greatest DJ's in U.K. of All Time: Top 100

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

    $3.99 USD

  • Dança Contempop

    Corpos, afetos e imagens (mo)vendo-se

    Das descrições realizadas, emerge a dança contempop, um entrecruzamento de dança contemporânea e cultura pop que enfatiza relações de afeto e prazer com diferentes artefatos culturais e articula procedimentos pedagógicos e criativos a partir da relação corpo–imagem. Ao narrar trechos de sua trajetória, o autor evidencia suas afeições por imagens de Frida Kahlo, Pina Bausch e Madonna, relacionando ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ballroom Dance Wedding

    The Complete Book of Ballroom Dance Wedding, Ballroom Dancing for Kids, Ballroom Dancing Classes, Parties, Fitness and Fun

    The ultimate guide about ballroom dancing, ballroom dance wedding, ballroom dancing for kids, ballroom dancing classes, ballroom dance studio and more. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tango Argentino in Buenos Aires - 36 Hinweise

    Strategien, Übungen und Ratschlage um immer glücklich Tango zu tanzen. egal ob in Buenos Aires oder anderswo. Dieses Buch ist eine Liebeserklärung an den Tango, speziell an jene Traditionen, die bald verschwinden, wenn wir sie nicht lebendig halten. Patricia Müller stellt uns den Tango vor, in dem sie über seine historische Entwicklung, Persönlichkeiten und wichtigen Plätzen in Buenos Aires ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus