Dance & Performing arts books

They were supposed to make us laugh. Instead, they became our nightmares. The painted smile. The oversized shoes....  Read More >>

Bollywood dance is not about copying fast choreography-it is about understanding rhythm, expression, and the unique...  Read More >>

House dance didn't start in studios. It started on crowded club floors - where people moved for hours, felt the...  Read More >>

Origami Night is a new multi-disciplinary choreopoem utilizing spoken word, dance, and sensory design to trace a...  Read More >>

THE BALLET PIANIST What if this profession disappeared tomorrow?What would happen if the profession of the ballet...  Read More >>

52 rural devotions, relating fair dinkum faith in Jesus Christ to daily adventures in the Aussie bush.  Read More >>

What happens when performance defies social and political boundaries? Performing Transgression offers a new cultural...  Read More >>

Das Buch zeigt erstmals auf, wie die unsichtbare Pflanzenseele in Kunst, Film, Tanz und Wissenschaft Frankreichs...  Read More >>

Wander back in time to 1986, where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems, with this specially designed...  Read More >>

A chic and instructional guide to the Ballet Beautiful program, featuring dance-inspired training regimens, and...  Read More >>

A deep dive into the history of bullfighting, hunting, and animal control in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century...  Read More >>

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Explores how researchers used systems for recording human movement to navigate the relationship between mind and...  Read More >>

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This book brings to life the efforts of Mura Dehn to record, analyse and champion the development of jazz dance...  Read More >>

This book traces the legacy of the man who preserved The Sleeping Beauty's original nineteenth-century choreography...  Read More >>

This edited collection is compiled from the first MENACA (Middle East, North African, and Central Asian) Dance and...  Read More >>

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This evidence-informed roadmap shows you how to thrive in an industry where rejection is part of the job and only...  Read More >>

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Dancing Place stories the author's experiences of moving together, making, being in the world. From an Africanist...  Read More >>

Filled with scenes of sizzling passion, plot beats of swoon-worthy romance, and a cast of Black female characters...  Read More >>

The Petersburg Noverre is an account of Marius Petipa's career in Russia that focuses on the description and reception...  Read More >>

A series of alphabetical, standalone mini essays exploring participatory theatre - live performance where the audience...  Read More >>