Contemporary dance books

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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: 9780190225384
Format: Paperback
$74.95

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

Jazz Dance Today Essentials

Jazz Dance Today Essentials

Author: Lorraine Person-Kriegel ,  Kimberly Chandler-Vaccaro
ISBN: 9798201698461
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Jazz Dance Essentials is the most authoritative book on this art form. Written by two of America's most renowned...  Read More >>

A Book of Dances: Selected Performances 1992-2014

A Book of Dances: Selected Performances 1992-2014

Author: Andrew Franck
ISBN: 9781505327816
Format: Paperback
$26.40

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Devil Needs for You: Devil

Devil Needs for You: Devil

Author: Stephanie Curry
ISBN: 9781503045040
Format: Paperback
$24.26

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Duke: The Musical Life of Duke Ellington

Duke: The Musical Life of Duke Ellington

Author: Bill Gutman
ISBN: 9781497643635
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was one of jazz’s greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating...  Read More >>

Body Stages: The Metamorphosis of Loïe Fuller

Body Stages: The Metamorphosis of Loïe Fuller

Author: Giovanni Lista ,  Hélène Pinet
ISBN: 9788857220291
Format: Paperback
$70.00

A richly illustrated monograph dedicated to one of the most attractive and influential figures of contemporary creation....  Read More >>

Playing with Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation, and Composition in DJ and Laptop Performance

Playing with Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation,...

Author: Mark J. Butler (Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Northwestern University, Evanston)
ISBN: 9780195393620
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The most familiar format of electronic dance music is the DJ set. Performed live with turntables, headphones, twelve-inch...  Read More >>

Playing with Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation, and Composition in DJ and Laptop Performance

Playing with Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation,...

Author: Mark J. Butler (Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Northwestern University, Evanston)
ISBN: 9780195393613
Format: Hardback
$228.95

The most familiar format of electronic dance music is the DJ set. Performed live with turntables, headphones, twelve-inch...  Read More >>

On Stage Alone: Soloists and the Modern Dance Canon

On Stage Alone: Soloists and the Modern Dance Canon...

Author: Claudia Gitelman ,  Barbara Palfy
ISBN: 9780813060347
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance

Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and...

Author: Rebecca Rossen (Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)
ISBN: 9780199791767
Format: Hardback
$261.95

Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but they have...  Read More >>

European Dance since 1989: Communitas and the Other

European Dance since 1989: Communitas and the Other...

Author: Joanna Szymajda
ISBN: 9780415832120
Format: Hardback
$183.00

This edited collection charts the development of contemporary dance in Central and Eastern Europe since the literal...  Read More >>

European Dance since 1989: Communitas and the Other

European Dance since 1989: Communitas and the Other...

Author: Joanna Szymajda
ISBN: 9780415832137
Format: Paperback
$52.99

This edited collection charts the development of contemporary dance in Central and Eastern Europe since the literal...  Read More >>

Dancing Women: Female Bodies Onstage

Dancing Women: Female Bodies Onstage

Author: Sally Banes (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) ,  Raghupathy Sarma
ISBN: 9781306116084
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

Dancing Women: Female Bodies Onstage is a spectacular and timely contribution to dance history, recasting canonical...  Read More >>

Ballet, Why and How?

Ballet, Why and How?

Author:
ISBN: 9789491444081
Format: Paperback
$58.22

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Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives: Identity, Embodiment and Culture

Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives: Identity,...

Author: L. Dankworth ,  A. David
ISBN: 9781137009432
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives presents the work of dance scholars whose professional fieldwork spans...  Read More >>

Retrospective by Xavier Le Roy

Retrospective by Xavier Le Roy

Author: Bojana Cvejic
ISBN: 9782840667025
Format: Paperback
$50.46

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Myth Performance in the African Diasporas: Ritual, Theatre, and Dance

Myth Performance in the African Diasporas: Ritual, Theatre,...

Author: Benita Brown ,  Dannabang Kuwabong
ISBN: 9780810892798
Format: Hardback
$100.95

This book examines the concept and practice of myth performance in African Diaspora dramas and dances. These six...  Read More >>

Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance

Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and...

Author: Assistant Professor Department of Theater and Dance Rebecca Rossen (University of Texas at Austin)
ISBN: 9781306797603
Format: Electronic book text
$369.47

While Jews are commonly referred to as the people of the book, American Jewish choreographers have consistently...  Read More >>

Beginning Modern Dance

Beginning Modern Dance

Author: Miriam Giguere
ISBN: 9781450405171
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Beginning Modern Dance introduces modern dance as a performing art through participation, appreciation, and academic...  Read More >>

Torah in Motion: Creating Dance Midrash

Torah in Motion: Creating Dance Midrash

Author: JoAnne Tucker ,  Susan Freeman
ISBN: 9781306856836
Format: Electronic book text
$52.77

Explore new ways of prayer and storytelling through TORAH IN MOTION. JoAnne Tucker and Susan Freeman, both experienced...  Read More >>

European Dance Since 1989: Communitas and the Other

European Dance Since 1989: Communitas and the Other...

Author: Joanna Szymajda (Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw, Poland)
ISBN: 9781306904810
Format: Electronic book text
$303.60

This edited collection charts the development of contemporary dance in Central and Eastern Europe since the literal...  Read More >>

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