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  • The Burlesque Handbook

    by Jo Weldon ...
    “Jo Weldon is the gold-standard for New Burlesque. I am proud to call her my friend, and unashamed to admit she’s my idol.” — Lily Burana, author of Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across AmericaFrom one of the stars of the New Burlesque scene, Jo Weldon, comes a definitive, easy-to-use, and indispensable guide to the art form, with a foreword by superstar comedian and burlesque ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100

    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at ... Read more

    $3.56 CAD

  • Dancing the New World

    Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest

    Series series Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
    Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014Honorable Mention, Sally Banes Publication Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2014de la Torre Bueno® Special Citation, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2013From Christopher Columbus to “first anthropologist” Friar Bernardino de Sahagún, fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers, conquistadors, clerics, scientists, and ... Read more

    $49.67 CAD

  • Dance History

    An Introduction

    Originally published in 1983 the first edition rapidly established itself as a core student text. Now fully revised and up-dated it remains the only book to address the rationale, process, techniques and methodologies specific to the study of dance history. For the main body of the text which covers historical studies of dance in its traditional and performance contexts, the editors have brought ... Read more

    $68.98 CAD

  • Academic Approach to Arabic Dance

    For Belly Dancers Who Want to Teach!

    Series series Pre-Session
    Middle Eastern Dance also sometimes called Arabic Style/Belly-Danceis a misunderstood for of dance that derervesthe respect, and recognitionequal to that givenother etnic and classicaldance forms. This book is aimedat the instructorsof the danceof the dance as we hopeare educated and knowledgeable enough. It is for those who feel they are ready to teach too. Morwenna is committed to the education ... Read more

    $6.73 CAD

  • Mosaic of Music

    Mystery of Percussion and Dance

    This book is not just for the student, teaher or performer of belly-dance. It is also for the stuednt, teacher or performer of Middle Eastern drum. The DERBECKI, TAR, TAMBOURINE, KATAM, and TUBL BELEDI! You ,ay be the hysband, partner of a belly dancer that wants to be part of the scene.It is about what each other needs to know about the rhythm and musuc and how they relate to belly dancing and ... Read more

    $7.74 CAD

  • Handbook of Dance Terminology

    Dictionary of Vocabulary for Middle Eastern Studies

    Middle Eastern Dance is also known as Belly Dance in the USA. It is a misunderstood dance form that deserves respect and recognition equal to that of of other etnic dance forms like Flamenco, Indian and Polynesian. This book helps "raise the barre" by educatingMiddle Eastern dancers and students in general dance theory and terminology.  Terms used in all dance forms that pertain to Belly Dance. ... Read more

    $6.63 CAD

  • Feeling Impact

    A Timedancer's Guide to Impact-Driven Dance

    What does it mean to feel impact in dance?In Feeling Impact: A Timedancer's Study of Irish Step Dance, Dr Russell Patrick Brown reimagines Irish step dance through the felt intelligence of the body. Moving beyond the dazzling speed of footwork and the familiar sound of hard shoes striking the floor, this groundbreaking study explores how dancers experience impact as vibration, resonance, pressure ... Read more

    $8.63 CAD

  • 定县秧歌:从乡村戏到非遗

    by 谷子瑞 ...
    本书立足田野现实和文献资料,以组织形式和演出模式为主线,梳理定县秧歌百年来的发展脉络,探究其传承演变的历史动因。在这起起伏伏的百年历程里,定县秧歌犹如一叶轻舟,在知识分子、管理组织、现代化等力量交织的历史洪流中演进。然而,看似身不由己的秧歌,始终野性难驯、自有方向。源于乡野的它,深深扎根在这片拥有共同文化基因的土地上、人心上,潜藏着无限的生机与可能。 ... Read more

    $20.62 CAD

  • Creating Our Own

    Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru

    In Creating Our Own, anthropologist Zoila S. Mendoza explores the early-twentieth-century development of the “folkloric arts”—particularly music, dance, and drama—in Cuzco, Peru, revealing the central role that these expressive practices played in shaping ethnic and regional identities. Mendoza argues that the folkloric productions emerging in Cuzco in the early twentieth century were integral to, ... Read more

    $34.46 CAD

  • Everynight Life

    Culture and Dance in Latin/o America

    Series series Latin America otherwise
    The function of dance in Latin/o American culture is the focus of the essays collected in Everynight Life. The contributors interpret how Latin/o culture expresses itself through dance, approaching the material from the varying perspectives of literary, cultural, dance, performance, queer, and feminist studies. Viewing dance as privileged sites of identity formation and cultural resistance in ... Read more

    $39.41 CAD

  • 交际舞入门学习指南

    舞蹈是艺术之母。自有人类以来,舞蹈就在原始社会的人类生活里产生了,氏族成员在祭祀、耕耘或时都离不开舞蹈活动。在原始部落的生活中,没有文字和完善的语言,沟通就需要通过肢体动作来完成,其动作和节奏与劳动是密切相关的。在各种劳动中,人的手脚总是要活动的,用手拍打、以脚踩踏,在某种动作连续重复过程中,就产生有规律的节奏,再伴以各种呼喊声或打击石块和木棍的声音,就形成了原始的舞蹈。舞蹈充当原始人类交流思想和表达感情的主要形式。 ... Read more

    $11.71 CAD

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    The Experience of Theater Dance The Experience of Theater Dance for Middle Eastern Dance Studies *Belly Dance*The experience of dance in theaters for Middle Eastern dance studies. Learn the right things to know. A great study for ethnic dancers who want to perform in theaters and small stage productions. ... Read more

    $6.74 CAD

  • World Dance Cultures

    From Ritual to Spectacle

    From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world.This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts ... Read more

    $81.30 CAD

  • Passion and Elegance

    How Flamenco and Classical Ballet Met at the Ballets Russes

    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book commences with the history of Indian, Egyptian, Arab, and flamenco dance, then compares and contrasts the history of both classical ballet and flamenco.The book outlines the early roots of flamenco in India, and the journey of the Romani through the Middle East and Europe up to their final destination in Spain. Alongside this, the history of classical ballet is detailed from its ... Read more

    $41.88 CAD

  • Dance Education around the World

    Perspectives on dance, young people and change

    Dance has the power to change the lives of young people. It is a force in shaping identity, affirming culture and exploring heritage in an increasingly borderless world. Creative and empowering pedagogies are driving curriculum development worldwide where the movement of peoples and cultures generates new challenges and possibilities for dance education in multiple contexts. In Dance Education ... Read more

    $89.93 CAD

  • In-Between Worlds

    Performing [as] Bauls in an Age of Extremism

    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book examines the performance of Bauls, ‘folk’ performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses.Recognizing their scope beyond the musical and cultural realm, Sukanya Chakrabarti engages in discussing the subversive and transformational potency of Bauls and their performances. In-Between Worlds argues ... Read more

    $75.14 CAD

  • The Inherent Potential in Art Performance

    To Critically Challenge Art Traditions in Scenes of Love and Sexual Desire

    by Iris Julian ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book spotlights artworks and art performances whose common denominator is the theme of (self-)representation of artists in the 'woman' category in scenes of love and sexuality. Pursuing the research practice of deep drilling, this study presents various methodologies and research directions to create diverse perspectives on the selected artworks. This book combines historical outlines based ... Read more

    $41.88 CAD

  • Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi

    Volume Two: From Storytelling to Story-acting

    by Xiaohuan Zhao ...
    Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi is the first book in any language entirely devoted to a historical inquiry into Chinese theatre through Nuoxi and Mulianxi, the two most representative and predominant forms of Chinese temple theatre.Volume Two is a continuation of the historical inquiry into Chinese theatre with focus shifted from Mulian storytelling to Mulian ... Read more

    $75.14 CAD

  • Dance Legacies of Scotland

    The True Glen Orchy Kick

    Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from contemporary Scottish practices.Mats Melin and Jennifer Schoonoverexplore the historical references describing percussive dancing to illustrate how widespread the practice was, giving some glimpses of what it looked and sounded ... Read more

    $72.68 CAD

  • Habla!

    Speaking Bodies and Dancing Our América

    Series series Performance and American Cultures
    Under colonial repression and the rationalizing ideals of Enlightenment thought, one practice has long carried the pulse of resistance: dance.Habla! explores how the dancing body speaks—how, through movement, sound, and rhythm, Latinx American communities enact forms of knowing and being that “talk back” to colonial modernity. Centering the traditions of Puerto Rican bomba, Mexican son jarocho, ... Read more

    $20.69 CAD

  • The Fire Knife Dance

    The Story Behind the Flames Ta'alolo to Nifo'oti

    The book expresses the history of the Samoan fire knife dance (Samoan Ailao), from the time it was a victory ceremony of war to its modern day form. The explanation of the weapon nifooti (the deadly tooth or cutting tooth) is defined. The book elaborates the various stages of the dance from traditional to creative or a modern style, it also define how to build the actual knife itself. It also ... Read more

    $4.85 CAD

  • கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசத்தின் கடவுள்கள்

    'கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசத்தின் கடவுள்கள்' மறக்கப்பட்ட கலாச்சாரத்தையும் அதைச் சுற்றியுள்ள சமூகங்களையும் நினைவூட்டுகிறது. தெய்யம் என்பது இந்திய மாநிலமான, கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசம் எனப்போற்றப்படும் கேரளாவின் திராவிட சடங்குடன் இணைந்த கலை வடிவம். அழகிய படங்களோடும் , நூற்றுக்கணக்கான கதைகளோடும் தெய்யம் பற்றிய விரிவான தகவல்களை இந்நூல் வழங்குகிறது. "மக்களின், மக்களால், மக்களுக்காக" என்பதற்கேற்ப, உண்மையான கடவுள்களான ... Read more

    $4.49 CAD

  • Creativity: Find Your Stride

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2

    Series Book 2 - Creativity: Power of Commitment
    This is the second book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Intermediate level that takes 3 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get overwhelmed with the belly dance scene. Lots of business ideas are here too. Take your business to its fullest and let your passion for the dance shine.This book is written ... Read more

    $3.36 CAD