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The Routledge Dance Studies Reader
Alexandra Carter
Paperback - $99.95
This first book to collect major writings on dance from the 1980s and 1990s covers a wide diversity of writings on ballet, modern dance, postmodern "movement performance" jazz, and more. Sections cover choreography, performance, writing criticism, da ...
Tango : The Dance, the Song, the Story
Simon Collier
Paperback - $49.95
Born in the slums of Buenos Aires in the last decades of the 19th century, the tango has remained spectacularly alive for over 100 years and today is the focus of a new cult. What is the secret of the tango's appeal? Historian Simon Collier traces th ...
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
Debra Craine
Paperback - $29.95
With over 2,500 entries covering all aspects of dance, this unique dictionary is the only one of its kind available.
It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of dance in paperback, ranging from classical ballet to the cutting edge of ...
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Lynn Garafola
Paperback - $37.95
"In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction of impresario extraordinaire Serge Diaghilev (1872-1"
Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance : Drama, Dance and Ceremony
Janet Goodridge
Paperback - $78.95
Advice for Dancers : Emotional Counsel and Practical Strategies
Linda H. Hamilton
Paperback - $29.95
Dancers experience pain, joy, frustration, rapture, failure, applause, and are above the worldly concerns of food, money, and financial security. They live only to dance.
Or do they?
The reality is dancers of all ages, types, and skill levels oft ...
Mastering Movement : The Life and Work of Rudolf Laban
John Hodgson
Paperback - $60.95
Like Picasso in painting, Stravinsky in music, or Stanislavski in theatre, Rudolf Laban (1879-1958) has been a seminal influence in contemporary arts. His mark can be found in the work of artists as diverse as the international dancers and choreograp ...
The Fit and Healthy Dancer
Yiannis Koutedakis
Paperback - $158.95
Regardless of the grace of their movement, dancers experience injuries more often than the lugs bucking heads on the rugby field or in the boxing ring. On average, dancers are only marginally fitter than the average person on the street, smoke far to ...