Dance Books

Pina Bausch's Aggressive Tenderness: Repurposing Theater through Dance maps Bausch's pieces alongside methodologies of key theater and film practitioners.This book includes discussion of a variety of Bausch pieces, including Sacre du Printemps (Rite of...

Moving through Conflict: Dance and Politics in Israel is a pioneering project in examining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through dance. It proposes a research framework for study of the social, cultural, aesthetic and political...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of this ethnic dance, with special attention to the differences between vival dance (which requires being...

Fame, the hugely popular 1980 musical film inspired by New York's High School of the Performing Arts, was adapted as a weekly NBC television series in 1982. Though cancelled by the network after two seasons, the TV version of Fame rose from the ashes...

A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies, Labanotation is now available in a fourth edition, the first complete revision of the text since 1977.Initiated by the movement genius Rudolf Laban, and refined through fifty years of...

This book explores the relationship of the life and work of the remarkable Parisian-Jewish writer Georges Perec (1936-1983) to dance.

The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait of the American musical's artistic evolution over the course of seven distinct, newly defined eras.

Le livre ""Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets"" de Jean Georges Noverre a �����t����� publi����� en 1760. Il s'agit d'une collection de lettres �����crites par Noverre, un danseur et chor�����graphe fran�����ais, dans lesquelles il exprime ses...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as "belly dance." Eyewitness accounts...

In these essays, dancers and scholars from around the world carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice. They explore the differences between the solo...

This book has systematic directions for those who are creating a dance company for young audiences: how to handle bookings, write effective grants, handle crowds of children, keep their interest high and deal with the unexpected--backstage, or onstage...

The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire. In this book of original interviews, 32 of...

This book is intended for teachers of dance improvisation. The authors share their method for using the history of music and visual arts to provide a wider context for the art of dance, and to explore themes that may be incorporated into dance...

Whether you are an experienced, established teacher who has been running a studio for a decade or a new teacher embarking on your first dance studio, this practical, helpful and insightful book is for you.Jam-packed with tips, tools, strategies and...

A collection of wise and whimsical short stories from legendary centenarian dancer, artist and choreographer Eileen Kramer, written from lock-down in Sydney in 2020, the year of her 106th birthday. Illustrated with montages and drawings, and including...

Floating Bones charts the author's journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one's body as a teacher. Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the...

Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of social Argentine tango dancing among Muslim actors in Turkey, pioneered in Istanbul despite the conservative rule of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) and Tayyip Erdoğan. In this...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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...

Skateboarding and Femininity explores and highlights the value of femininity both within skateboarding and wider culture. This book examines skateboarding's relationship to gender politics through a consideration of the personal politics connected to...

Urban Sensographies views the human body as a highly nuanced sensor to explore how various performance-based methods can be implemented to gather usable 'felt data' about the environment of the city as the basis for creating embodied mappings.The...

Since the dawn of recorded history, Khmer royalty nurtured a sacred dance style unique to their Asian kingdom, yet instantly recognizable throughout the world. In 1913, George Groslier published the first Western study of this ancient art. For nearly a...

A 100 page manual to teach toddlers and preschoolers of varying abilities and special needs rhythms, floor exercises, large motor skills, expressive dance, kinesthetic mini-lessons, and full dances. With many photos and illustrations, a fun way to build...

Как бывшая Советская гимнастка и ныне действующий хореограф, воспитанная на опыте Легендарных тренеров, и Великих хореографов - Ивановой Лидии Гавриловны, Астаховой Полины Григорьевны, Соколовой Лилии Николаевны, Капитоновой Елены...

he role of the hybrid artist-educator in schools and communities over the past fifty years has evolved significantly. Although education reform and political pressures during the last five decades have frequently interrupted steady and sustained arts...

The Morris Book, Part 4: With A Description Of Dances As Performed By The Morris Men Of England (1911) is a comprehensive guide to the traditional English folk dance known as Morris dancing. Written by Cecil James Sharp, a prominent figure in the English...

The Guild of Play Book of Festival and Dance, Part 3, written by Grace Thyrza Kimmins in 1910, is a comprehensive guide to various festivals and dances, including detailed descriptions and directions for the accompanying music and costumes. The book is...

The Guild of Play Book of Festival and Dance, Part 1 is a comprehensive guide to traditional festivals and dances, complete with detailed descriptions and directions for dance, music, and costume. Written by Grace Thyrza Kimmins and originally published...

The Dial V26, January 1 To June 16, 1899 is a collection of literary criticism, discussion, and information published in 1899. The book is a semi-monthly journal that covers a wide range of topics related to literature. It is written by Francis F. Browne...

Der Tanz: Und Seine Geschichte (1869) von Rudolph Voss ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Geschichte des Tanzes befasst. In dem Werk wird die Entwicklung des Tanzes von den antiken griechischen T�����nzen bis hin zu den T�����nzen des 19. Jahrhunderts...

Sexuality is a difficult topic for all educators. Dance teachers and educators are not immune to these educational challenges, especially given the large number of children, adolescents, and young adults who pursue dance study and performance. Most...

Pandemic Performance chronicles the many ways that people are surviving/thriving through performance in a global pandemic.Covering artists and events from across the United States: from New York to California and from South Dakota to Texas, the chapters...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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 America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

"Die Schönheit einer Steptanzmeldodie unterrichten" ist ein Handbuch für den Steptanzunterricht. SteptanzlehrerInnen finden hier praktische Anleitungen, Übungen und Überlegungen zu den unterschiedlichen Bereichen, die den Steptanzunterricht betreffen.

Memoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis. Renée Nicholson's professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of...