Contemporary dance books

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Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Tecnica Cubana as Revolutionary Movement

Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Tecnica Cubana as Revolutionary...

Author: Suki John
ISBN: 9780786449019
Format: Paperback
$61.00

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Ballet and Modern Dance

Ballet and Modern Dance

Author: Susan Au ,  Jim Rutter
ISBN: 9780500204115
Format: Paperback
$19.95

"A guide to the rich history of western dance in all its incarnations from 16th-century court ballet to the genre-shattering...  Read More >>

Looking at Contemporary Dance

Looking at Contemporary Dance

Author: Marc Raymond Strauss ,  Myron Howard Nadel
ISBN: 9780871273543
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This Guide provides the reader with a chronological survey of contemporary dance. It is studded with references...  Read More >>

Poems by Yvonne Rainer

Poems by Yvonne Rainer

Author: Ms Yvonne Rainer ,  Tim Griffin
ISBN: 9781936440108
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Previously unpublished poetry from one of the America's greatest living artists From her work in dance and choreography...  Read More >>

Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Tecnica Cubana as Revolutionary Movement

Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Tecnica Cubana as Revolutionary...

Author: Suki John
ISBN: 9786613858313
Format: Electronic book text
$120.38

The lens of dance can provide a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban experience. Cuban contemporary dance,...  Read More >>

Digital Dramaturgies

Digital Dramaturgies

Author: Miriam Felton-Dansky ,  Jacob Gallagher-Ross
ISBN: 9780822367802
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Tackling questions of what is considered live theatre in a digital age and how media will share the stage with more...  Read More >>

Martha Graham in Love and War: The Life in the Work

Martha Graham in Love and War: The Life in the Work...

Author: Mark Franko (University of California - Santa Cruz)
ISBN: 9786613594938
Format: Electronic book text
$155.76

Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet...  Read More >>

Screendance: Inscribing the Ephemeral Image

Screendance: Inscribing the Ephemeral Image

Author: Douglas Rosenberg (The University of Wisconsin)
ISBN: 9786613593696
Format: Electronic book text
$356.40

The relationship between the practice of dance and the technologies of representation has excited artists since...  Read More >>

The Art of Listening: Intuition & Improvisation in Choreography

The Art of Listening: Intuition & Improvisation in Choreography...

Author: Darla Johnson ,  Johnson
ISBN: 9781934302934
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Modern dance has evolved over time to encompass a wide variety of definitions. Stepping out of comfort zones and...  Read More >>

Destined To Dance: A Novel About Martha Graham

Destined To Dance: A Novel About Martha Graham

Author: Marcy Heidish
ISBN: 9780983116493
Format: Paperback
$25.02

"DESTINED TO DANCE They called her a genius. They called her a goddess. They called her a monster. Which title...  Read More >>

Shiva Onstage: Uday Shankar's Company of Hindu Dancers and Musicians in Europe and the United States, 1931-38

Shiva Onstage: Uday Shankar's Company of Hindu Dancers...

Author: Diana Brenscheidt gen. Jost
ISBN: 9783643901088
Format: Paperback
$118.67

When renowned Indian dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and his company launched their inaugural world tour in...  Read More >>

William Forsythe: Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye

William Forsythe: Improvisation Technologies: A Tool...

Author: Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln/SK Stiftung Kultur ,  Nik Haffner
ISBN: 9783775721844
Format: CD-ROM
$118.80

"William Forsythe has brought about a shift of paradigms in contemporary dance. The vocabulary of his choreographies...  Read More >>

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray...

Author: B. Baird
ISBN: 9781137579027
Format: Paperback
$204.95

Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan - butoh: an...  Read More >>

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray...

Author: B. Baird
ISBN: 9780230120402
Format: Hardback
$169.00

Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan - butoh: an...  Read More >>

Hip Hop Dance

Hip Hop Dance

Author: Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar
ISBN: 9780313378454
Format: Hardback
$62.00

This guide provides an overview of the history of hip hop culture and an exploration of its dance style, appropriate...  Read More >>

Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen: Expressive Movement for Performers

Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen: Expressive...

Author: Annette Lust
ISBN: 9780810882126
Format: Paperback
$89.95

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Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen: Expressive Movement for Performers

Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen: Expressive...

Author: Annette Lust
ISBN: 9780810881242
Format: Hardback
$193.95

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Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques

Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques

Author: Joshua Legg
ISBN: 9780871273253
Format: Paperback
$92.27

A lively portrait of modern dance training that gives today's dancers and students the tools to compare the great...  Read More >>

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray...

Author: Bruce Baird
ISBN: 9786613440525
Format: Electronic book text
$300.96

Presents the performance art 'butoh' as an evolving artistic bodily response to the Japanese society of the 1960s-1980s...  Read More >>

Dancing Naturally: Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Dance

Dancing Naturally: Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity...

Author: A. Carter ,  R. Fensham
ISBN: 9780230278448
Format: Hardback
$84.99

A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical...  Read More >>

Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values

Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham,...

Author: K. LaMothe
ISBN: 9780230338449
Format: Paperback
$84.48

This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of revaluing all values alongside...  Read More >>

Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves

Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves

Author: Aoife McGrath
ISBN: 9781283946971
Format: Electronic book text
$237.60

Dance theatre has become a site of transformation in the Irish performance landscape. This book conducts a socio-political...  Read More >>

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