Dance category: 839 books
Dance and the Body in Western Theatre
1948 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
While the body appears in almost all cultural discourses, it is nowhere as visible as in dance. This book captures the resurgence of the dancing body in the second half of the twentieth century by introducing students to the key phenomenological, kinaesthetic and psychological concepts relevant to both theatre and dance studies.
Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits
A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of its Artistic Characteristics
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
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...
Creativity: Establish Visibility
Power of Commitment
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
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...
Shiny Beads and Shimmies
Welcome to Belly-Dance. Ask Before You Undulate!
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Do you love to dance? Interested in Belly Dance? Do you not know where to turn? Are you unsure about what is acceptableand what is not? How do you know if a teacher is good or not? This book will answer these questions and more, then guide you in the right dirrection. It will tell you what you need...
by Pasha Kovalev
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
With his slick moves, calm demeanour and brooding good looks, Pasha Kovalev has become a sensation on TV's most exciting dance show, Strictly Come Dancing. But Pasha's journey to the glitzy world of ballroom has been anything but ordinary.Pasha's talent and determination has taken him to Moscow, New...
Striptease
How to win a man over
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Striptease How to win a man over Learn the step-by-step of how to plan, train and surprise your boyfriend, fiancée or husband by learning how to perform sophisticated striptease that will provide wonderful and hot moments for both of you and spice your sex live. You are the star Be a sexy Goddess...
Performing Process
Sharing Dance and Choreographic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Choreographic process is increasingly examined, shared and discussed in a variety of academic, artistic and performative contexts. More than ever before, post-show discussions, artistic blogs, books, archives, seminars and sharings provide opportunities for choreographers to explain their individual...
George Balanchine
The Ballet Maker
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
The foremost contemporary choreographer in the history of ballet, George Balanchine extended the art form into radical new paths that came to seem inevitable under his direction. He transformed movement and dance in classical and modern ballet, on the Broadway stage, and in the cinema.
George...
The Pina Bausch Sourcebook
The Making of Tanztheater
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Pina Bausch’s work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material and contextual essays that examine Pina Bausch's...
by
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A unique and authoritative guide to the lives and work of prominent living contemporary choreographers. Representing a wide range of dance genres, each entry locates the individual in the context of modern dance theatre and explores their impact. Those studied include:
Jerome Bel
Richard Alston
Doug...
The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances
Outrage at Couple Dancing in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
The waltz, perhaps the most beloved social dance of the 19th and early 20th centuries, once provoked outrage from religious leaders and other self-appointed arbiters of social morality. Decrying the corrupting influence of social dancing, they failed to suppress the popularity of the waltz or other...
An English Ballet
A Tribute to Ninette de Valois
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Ninette de Valois was an extraordinary woman. Not only did she create The Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet School and the company that has become Birmingham Royal Ballet – in themselves great achievements – but she was a gifted choreographer, dancer, teacher, administrator, speaker and writer. She...
by Peter Wright, Paul Arrowsmith
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Peter Wright has been a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer and director in the theatre as well as in television for over 70 years. His many productions of classic ballets are danced by companies not only in Britain but North and South America, Australia and Japan as well as in Europe. His production...
Ballroom!: Obsession and Passion inside the World of Competitive Dance
Obsession and Passion inside the World of Competitive Dance
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
An all-access pass to a glamorous and fascinating world