Dance & Performing arts books

In FORCE: A Choreopoem, meet Victim, Survivor, and Whore-three Black women reeling from recent and repeated rapes,...  Read More >>

How does one break with generational misconceptions of what it means to be a man without losing all that was worth...  Read More >>

SHEEPDOG - A Story of Vigilance, Trauma, and the Cost of ProtectionWhat happens when a protector can no longer tell...  Read More >>

Forró is one of the most joyful and welcoming partner dances in the world-yet many beginners hesitate to step onto...  Read More >>

Dreams: A Deep Dive into Love, Class, and Identity in Modern CinemaDreams is more than just a movie, it's a powerful...  Read More >>

Un segno più antico delle parole. Un ordine che opera ovunque. La spirale della vita. La spirale appare nella natura,...  Read More >>

This Element reassesses narratives of intercultural transmission in medieval European magic, highlighting complex...  Read More >>

This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres...  Read More >>

This Element reassesses narratives of intercultural transmission in medieval European magic, highlighting complex...  Read More >>

A series of conversations with researchers and practitioners that explores the critical dynamics of silence within...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between peacebuilding and dance, including insights dance provides on key debates...  Read More >>

The stock theatrical character Pierrot is an enduring figure in French visual art, where he emerges at the intersection...  Read More >>

A philosophical engagement with Bresson's many films, attentive to more than their religiosity. Over a forty-year...  Read More >>

World-renowned choreographer Wayne McGregor teaches us how to uncover the intelligence of our bodies, to become...  Read More >>

World-renowned choreographer Wayne McGregor teaches us how to uncover the intelligence of our bodies  Read More >>

When you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and...  Read More >>

Nicole M. Morris Johnson analyzes the intertwined relationship between movement and writing in the works of Zora...  Read More >>

In the same vein of Wendy Suzuki’s Healthy Brain, Happy Life and Peter Attia’s Outlive, this inspiring narrative...  Read More >>

Nicole M. Morris Johnson analyzes the intertwined relationship between movement and writing in the works of Zora...  Read More >>

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This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and...  Read More >>

Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240) believed there is one Sharia for humans and another for minerals. This Element rethinks what...  Read More >>

A philosophical engagement with Bresson's many films, attentive to more than their religiosity. Over a forty-year...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Black Dance Studies encompasses the thinking that considers how people in motion craft worlds...  Read More >>

This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and...  Read More >>