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  • The Gods of The God's Own Country

    THEYYAM

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    The Gods of God's Own Country is a reminder of a forgotten culture and the communities surrounding it. Theyyam is a Dravidian ritual art form of Kerala, India - God's own country. This book provides detailed information about Theyyam, beautiful images, and hundreds of stories. We dedicate this book to the Theyyam artists, the veritable gods "Of the People, by the People, for the People."The author ... Read more

    PHP290.15

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    The Experience of Theater for Middle Eastern Dance Studies

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Have you always wanted to do or be involved in a theater production? Want to know the ins and outs? Want to know what to ask without appearing uninformed. Well! Now you can. This book will answer all the questions that involve the tasks at hand.  Know the terminology being used. Know how to deal with the different aspects of theater. Know how to deal with the different workersin a theater without ... Read more

    PHP288.60

  • Shiny Beads and Shimmies

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Shiny Beads & Shimmies: Do you love to dance? Interested in Belly-Dance? Do you not know where to turn ? Are you unsure as to what is acceptable and what is not? How do you know if a teacher is good or not? This book will answer these questions and more, then guide you in the right direction. It will tell you what you need to know and more before you make a mistake and waste money. Badly ... Read more

    PHP180.75

  • Ballroom Dancing

    America's #1 Survival Guide to Ballroom Dancing, Ballroom Dance Lessons, Ballroom Dance Costumes, Ballroom Dancing Shoes, Ballroom Dance Studio and Ballroom Dancing for Kids

    by Bonita Pfeffer ...
    Learn to ace your wedding dance and keep cool at a formal and in dance classes with this knock-out book that teaches you all about ballroom dancing, ballroom dance lessons ballroom dance costumes, ballroom dancing shoes, ballroom dance studio, ballroom dancing for kids and more. ... Read more

    PHP154.86

  • The Evergreen Legends of Kerala

    by Sreekumari Ramachandran ...
    Discover the heart of Kerala through stories that pulse with life and history. This book invites you to explore the world of sorcerers, warriors, and poets, where myth and reality intertwine. From the ancient gateway of Malabar to the vibrant communities that shaped its culture, these tales reveal the depth of Kerala’s heritage. Meet the figures behind the legends, delve into the histories that ... Read more

    PHP263.17

  • Finger Cymbals: Play Them Correctly

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Finger Cymbals: Discover how easy it is to play Finger Cymbals. This book helps raise the "barre" by educating Middle Eastern dancers and students on the playing of zills correctly. Play exactly what the body is accenting when dancing. Play exactly what the drummer is playing, live or on CD. Never get off rhythm again. You will understand the rhythms used for the belly dancer. ... Read more

    PHP232.18

  • Inter-Asia in Motion

    Dance as Method

    Edited by Emily Wilcox, Soo Ryon Yoon ...
    This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies.The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of dance works, artists, genres, and media, from Kathak to K-pop flash mob dance, from Cold War diplomacy to avant-garde dance collaborations, and from festival dance to dance on screen. Working against the ... Read more

    PHP3,765.59

  • Dancing in the World

    Revealing Cultural Confluences

    by Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Kathleen A. Spanos ...
    Series series Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
    How can we create more inclusive spaces in the field of dance?This book presents a framework for dance practitioners and researchers working in diverse dance cultures to navigate academia and the professional dance field. The framework is based on the idea of "cultural confluences," conjuring up an image of bodies of water meeting and flowing into and past one another, migrating through what the ... Read more

    PHP3,533.83

  • Fraught Balance

    The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria

    by Shayna M. Silverstein ...
    Series series Music / Culture
    Winner of The de la Torre Bueno First Book Prize® (2025) from Dance Studies AssociationWinner of the Dance, Movement, and Gesture Kealiinohomoku Award, granted by SEM (Society for Ethnomusicology)Winner of the 2025 AMEWS Book Award, presented by the Association for Middle East Women's StudiesHonorable mention for ICTMD Book Prize, granted by the International Council for Traditions of Music and ... Read more

    PHP917.39

  • Folk-dancing as a Popular Recreation: A Handbook

    by Elizabeth Burchenal ...
    "Miss Burchenal is the best-known American exponent and teacher of the folk-dance." -The Survey"Elizabeth Burchenal has won wide recognition for her celebration of folk dancing." -The Little PaperAs Elizabeth Burchenal notes in her 1922 book "Folk Dancing As A Popular Recreation," folk dancing has great and worthy purposes to serve; it is a pure and fundamental art form, and as such should be ... Read more

    PHP57.36 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance Theory

    Source Readings from Two Millennia of Western Dance

    Edited by Tilden Russell ...
    The history of dance theory has never been told. Writers in every age have theorized prescriptively, according to their own needs and ideals, and theorists themselves having continually asserted the lack of any pre-existing dance theory. Dance Theory: Source Readings from Two Millenia of Western Dance revives and reintegrates dance theory as a field of historical dance studies, presenting a ... Read more

    PHP1,668.19

  • 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

    PHP702.39

  • Mosaic of Music

    Mystery of Percussion and Dance

    by Morwenna Assaf, Walid Assaf ...
    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

    PHP336.78

  • Handbook of Dance Terminology

    Dictionary of Vocabulary for Middle Eastern Studies

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    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

    PHP288.60

  • Feeling Impact

    A Timedancer's Guide to Impact-Driven Dance

    by Russell Patrick Brown ...
    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

    PHP523.14

  • 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

    PHP969.64

  • Creating Our Own

    Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru

    by Zoila S. Mendoza ...
    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

    PHP1,458.09

  • Everynight Life

    Culture and Dance in Latin/o America

    Edited by Celeste Fraser Delgado, José Esteban Muñoz ...
    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

    PHP1,666.69

  • 交际舞入门学习指南

    by 张小春、赵永才 ...
    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

    PHP544.40

  • The Experience of Theater Dance for Belly Dancers

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    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

    PHP348.57

  • World Dance Cultures

    From Ritual to Spectacle

    by Patricia Leigh Beaman ...
    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

    PHP3,823.54

  • Passion and Elegance

    How Flamenco and Classical Ballet Met at the Ballets Russes

    by Barbara File Marangon ...
    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

    PHP1,969.42

  • Dance Education around the World

    Perspectives on dance, young people and change

    Edited by Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, Stephanie Burridge ...
    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

    PHP4,229.12

  • In-Between Worlds

    Performing [as] Bauls in an Age of Extremism

    by Sukanya Chakrabarti ...
    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

    PHP3,533.83