Contemporary dance books

546 books were found.

Dancing on the Canon

Dancing on the Canon

Author: Sherril Dodds
ISBN: 9786613209917
Format: Electronic book text
$269.28

Employing a cultural theory approach, thisbook explores the relationship between popular dance and value. It traces...  Read More >>

Traversing Tradition: Celebrating Dance in India

Traversing Tradition: Celebrating Dance in India

Author: Urmimala Sarkar Munsi ,  Stephanie Burridge
ISBN: 9780415617093
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book documents and celebrates the emergence of contemporary dance practice in India. It includes contributions...  Read More >>

Mats Ek

Mats Ek

Author: Lesley Leslie-Spinks ,  Margareta Sorenson
ISBN: 9789171261519
Format: Hardback
$116.44

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Presenting Pauline: I was a dancer

Presenting Pauline: I was a dancer

Author: Louise Brass
ISBN: 9781432769208
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Presenting Pauline, as told to biographer Louise Brass, is the story of one young woman's courage as she witnessed...  Read More >>

Swing Dancing

Swing Dancing

Author: Tamara Stevens ,  Erin Stevens
ISBN: 9780313375170
Format: Hardback
$59.00

Telling a riveting true story of the emergence and development of an American icon, this book traces swing dancing...  Read More >>

Disco Dance

Disco Dance

Author: Lori Ortiz
ISBN: 9780313377464
Format: Hardback
$59.00

"This book sheds light on the fascinating untold story behind what is collectively and disputably called ""disco...  Read More >>

Being Watched: Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s

Being Watched: Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s

Author: Carrie Lambert-Beatty (Assistant Professor, Harvard University)
ISBN: 9780262516075
Format: Paperback
$100.00

How Yvonne Rainer's art shaped new ways of watching as well as performing; how it connected 1960s avant-garde art...  Read More >>

Talk About Contemporary Dance

Talk About Contemporary Dance

Author: Philippe Noisette ,  Élisabeth Couturier
ISBN: 9782080301703
Format: Paperback
$79.07

An illustrated and comprehensive introduction to an art form that is enjoying a boon in popularity due to its links...  Read More >>

Dance Techniques 2010: Tanzplan Germany

Dance Techniques 2010: Tanzplan Germany

Author: Ingo Diehl ,  Friederike Lampert
ISBN: 9783894876890
Format: Mixed media product
$79.07

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Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen

Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen

Author: Annette Lust
ISBN: 9781280658570
Format: Electronic book text
$129.33

As stage and screen artists explore new means to enhance their craft, a new wave of interest in expressive movement...  Read More >>

The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus

The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus

Author: Professor Peggy Schwartz ,  Professor Murray Schwartz
ISBN: 9781283114349
Format: Electronic book text
$92.40

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Jondo

Jondo

Author: Juan Diego Martin Cabeza ,  Carola Moreno
ISBN: 9788495764584
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Making the so-called profane music and dance of flamenco more accessible, this authoritative text introduces the...  Read More >>

The Shim Sham

The Shim Sham

Author: Russell P Foreman, Jr
ISBN: 9781453503997
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero

Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero

Author: Elizabeth Streb ,  Anna Deveare Smith
ISBN: 9781558616561
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The Evel Knievel of dance creates a new way of seeing the body in action.  Read More >>

Dancing Into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan

Dancing Into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan

Author: Sondra Horton Fraleigh
ISBN: 9780822961154
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History

Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History

Author: Constance Valis Hill (Five College Professor of Dance, Five College Professor of Dance, Hampshire College, Albany, NY)
ISBN: 9780195390827
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap -- the first comprehensive, fully documented history of...  Read More >>

Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

Author: Germano Celant ,  David Vaughan
ISBN: 9788881582587
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Text by Germano Celant, David Vaughan, Barbara Frost, Yvonne Rainer, Paul Taylor, Lucinda Childs, John Cage, Karole...  Read More >>

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Author: Joseph Epstein ,  Mark Crispin Miller
ISBN: 9780300158441
Format: Paperback
$26.95

Tracing Fred Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, this book discusses...  Read More >>

Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance

Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance

Author: Janice Ross ,  Richard Schechner
ISBN: 9780520260054
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as 'postmodern dance', creating work that was key to unlocking the door...  Read More >>

El Bailarin y la Danza

El Bailarin y la Danza

Author: Merce Cunningham ,  Jacqueline Lesschaeve
ISBN: 9788496879362
Format: Paperback
$58.08

In this series of insightful interviews, Merce Cunningham--one of the leading innovators of modern dance in the...  Read More >>

Cypher

Cypher

Author: Charles Peterson
ISBN: 9781576874561
Format: Hardback
$92.40

The acclaimed photographer takes the viewer into the world of the greatest b-boys and girls with a twist of unexpected...  Read More >>

Writing Dancing Together

Writing Dancing Together

Author: Valerie A Briginshaw ,  Ramsay Burt
ISBN: 9781282507364
Format: Electronic book text
$277.20

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Ailey Ascending

Ailey Ascending

Author: Judith Jamison ,  Anna Deveare Smith
ISBN: 9780811864800
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Features 120 original photos of the dancers, the performances, and the vision that shapes the company founded by...  Read More >>

Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop

Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop

Author: Frankie Manning ,  Cynthia Millman
ISBN: 9781592135646
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The autobiography of a legendary swing dancer  Read More >>

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