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  • Wild as the Stars Wild as the Stars
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    Wild as the Stars

    Seattle, 1928. Dishwasher Eleanora dreams of performing magic tap dance. Sure, she can conjure fire, but that talent remains buried thanks to Prohibition, which has banned booze and magic, and the...
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  • Judson Dance Theater Judson Dance Theater
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    Judson Dance Theater

    "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...
    $102.00

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  • Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.4-7 Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.4-7
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    Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.4-7

    "Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov" (Yearbook of the Imperial Theaters), Volume 1912, offers a comprehensive look into the world of Russian theater and ballet during a pivotal era. This volume...
    $104.00

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  • Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.1-3 Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.1-3
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    Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.1-3

    "Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov" (Yearbook of the Imperial Theaters), Volume 1912, offers a comprehensive look into the world of Russian imperial theaters during a pivotal year. This historical...
    $82.00

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  • Hollow Bone Hollow Bone
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    Hollow Bone

    Dance, Culture & Self-Discovery: A Journey Through Indigenous WorldsWhen the world of classical ballet collides with the rhythmic heartbeat of indigenous dance, a transformative journey emerges...
    $79.00

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  • Miss Dramatic Miss Dramatic
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    Miss Dramatic

    Don't be so dramatic!Gavin DeWitt has given up a career on the stage to take his place among the respectable gentry of Crosspatch Corners. His older sister has married quite well, and now it's...
    $30.00

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  • Pocket Guide for Dancers Pocket Guide for Dancers
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    Pocket Guide for Dancers

    My decision to write this book was based on meeting so many dancers not knowing of where to go next having completed their training, dancers who became lost on their journey and needed direction. So...
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    Crisis and Communitas

    This book is a critical, transdisciplinary examination of a broad range of philosophical ideas, theoretical concepts, and artistic projects of community in the 20th and 21st century in the context of...
    $373.00

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    Nutrition for Dance and Performance

    Nutrition for Dance and Performance is the first complete textbook written by an experienced dietitian specialising in the field of dance nutrition. It seeks to provide both dancers-in-training and...
    $347.00

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  • The Stories of the Russian Ballet The Stories of the Russian Ballet
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    The Stories of the Russian Ballet

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
    $49.00

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  • The Book of the Dance The Book of the Dance
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    The Book of the Dance

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
    $54.00

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  • Evolving Synergies Evolving Synergies
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    Evolving Synergies

    This book, Evolving Synergies: Celebrating Dance in Singapore, is a noteworthy contribution to the discourse of the Singapore dance scene. It discusses the evolution of Singapore's dance landscape,...
    $126.00

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  • On Stage Alone On Stage Alone
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    On Stage Alone

    Rediscover some of the most courageous dancers of the twentieth century"Providing a broad examination of the solo that spans the twentieth century, the expertly curated essays in this volume bring to...
    $62.00

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  • African American Dance African American Dance
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    African American Dance

    Africans brought as slaves to North America arrived without possessions, but not without culture. The fascinating elements of African life manifested themselves richly in the New World, and among...
    $70.00

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  • Expression in Pop-Rock Music Expression in Pop-Rock Music
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    Expression in Pop-Rock Music

    Expression in Pop-Rock Music is a collection of critical and analytical essays written by today's top scholars on pop and rock music. Applying a wide variety of analytical techniques and critical...
    $123.00

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  • Never Far from Dancing Never Far from Dancing
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    Never Far from Dancing

    A series of interviews with some of the foremost dancers in twentieth-century ballet, Never Far from Dancing reflects on the paths that their careers have taken since they retired from the stage...
    $373.00

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  • My Vancouver Dance History My Vancouver Dance History
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    My Vancouver Dance History

    In the past decade, Vancouver dance has received tremendous acclaim nationally and internationally, as witnessed by the success of choreographer Crystal Pite and a rejuvenated Ballet BC. But this is...
    $60.00

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  • And Then Came Dance And Then Came Dance
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    And Then Came Dance

    And Then Came Dance provides new insight into the evolution of Russian literary scholar, art historian, and ballet critic Akim Volynsky's life-altering fascination with female ballet dancers, and the...
    $81.00

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  • The Black Dancing Body The Black Dancing Body
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    The Black Dancing Body

    What is the essence of "black" dance in America, and what is the black dancing body? To answer these question, Brenda Dixon Gottschild charts an unorthodox history by mapping the geography of the...
    $122.00

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  • Social Dancing Of Today (1914) Social Dancing Of Today (1914)
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    Social Dancing Of Today (1914)

    Social Dancing of Today is a book written by Troy Kinney and published in 1914. The book serves as a guide to the various forms of social dancing popular during the time period, including the waltz,...
    $63.00

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  • Beyoncé and Beyond Beyoncé and Beyond
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    Beyoncé and Beyond

    This book identifies and examines three years of Beyoncé's career as a pop mega star using critical race, feminist, and performance studies methodologies.
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  • Reflections of Dance along the Brahmaputra Reflections of Dance along the Brahmaputra
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    Reflections of Dance along the Brahmaputra

    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...
    $373.00

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  • Beyond the Apsara Beyond the Apsara
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    Beyond the Apsara

    This book celebrates and documents the resurgence of dance in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge and the infamous Pol Pot regime. It honours the remarkable commitment of the few remaining...
    $131.00

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  • Shaping the Landscape Shaping the Landscape
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    Shaping the Landscape

    This, the fourth book in the series 'Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific', explores the current dance scene in Australia from a wide perspective that mirrors the creative engagement of artists...
    $131.00

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  • Sharing Identities Sharing Identities
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    Sharing Identities

    This anthology celebrates dancing diversities in Malaysia, a multicultural nation with old and not-so-old dance traditions in a synchronicity of history, creativity, inventions and representation of...
    $131.00

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  • Dancing in All Ages Dancing in All Ages
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    Dancing in All Ages

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
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  • Paroles De Danse Paroles De Danse
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    Paroles De Danse

    Paroles De Danse est une collection de mots de sagesse, d'inspiration, de motivation et d'humour pour les danseurs de tous niveaux. Le professeur de danse, auteur et blogueur Francisco De La Calleja,...
    $32.00

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  • From Petipa to Balanchine From Petipa to Balanchine
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    From Petipa to Balanchine

    In this rich interdisciplinary study Tim Scholl provides a provocative and timely re-evaluation of the development of ballet from the 1880s to the middle of the twentieth century. In the light of a...
    $373.00

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  • Moving Oceans Moving Oceans
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    Moving Oceans

    Celebrating the diversity of dance across the South Pacific, this volume studies the various experiences, motivations and aims for dance, emerging from the voices of dance professionals in the...
    $111.00

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  • Fugue Analysis Fugue Analysis
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    Fugue Analysis

    The book also provides a plethora of examples and analytical samples, drawn from the celebrated fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach. It walks students through different elements of fugal counterpoint and...
    $108.00

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  • Nietzsche's Dancers Nietzsche's Dancers
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    Nietzsche's Dancers

    This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of "revaluing all values" alongside the religious rhetoric and subject matter evident in the work of Isadora Duncan and...
    $122.00

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  • Dance, Consumerism, and Spirituality Dance, Consumerism, and Spirituality
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    Dance, Consumerism, and Spirituality

    Dance has proliferated in movies, television, Internet, and retail spaces while the spiritual power of dance has also been linked with mass consumption. Walter marries the cultural studies of dance...
    $92.00

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  • Cuban Women and Salsa Cuban Women and Salsa
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    Cuban Women and Salsa

    Salsa is both an American and transnational phenomenon, however women in salsa have been neglected. To explore how female singers negotiate issues of gender, race, and nation through their...
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