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  • TOBY KEITH

    A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE - INSPIRING THE HEARTLAND

    by JERRY Y. DUMONT ...
    In "Toby Keith: A Voice of the People, Inspiring the Heartland," readers are taken on an intimate journey into the life and career of one of country music's most legendary individuals. Toby Keith, known for his powerful vocals, patriotic songs, and steadfast loyalty to his heritage, tells his experience with real honesty and riveting detail.From his humble beginnings in Oklahoma to his ... Read more

    S$ 8.77 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • أرْبابُ بلاد الآلهة :الثيام

    ابن "بلد الآلهة" الضالّ

    by Saji Madapat ...
    Translated by Dr. Marwen Ben Alkilani ...
    Series series The Gods of The God's Own Country
    يُذكّر كتاب "أرباب بلاد الآلهة: الثيام" بثقافة منسيّة ومجتمعات كانت محيطة بها. والثيام هو شكل من أشكال الطقوس الدرافيديّة لولاية كيرالا، الهنديّة - البلد الخاصّ بالإله.ويحتوي هذا الكتاب على معلومات مُفصّلة عن الثيام وصور جميلة ومئات القصص عنهم. إذْ خصّصنا هذا العمل لفنّاني "الثيام"، الآلهة الحقيقيّة "للشعب، من الشعب، وإليه".كان لمؤلّف الكتاب نعمة مُذهلة تتمثّل في مُطاردة أنوار وصُورٍ بكاميراه ... Read more

    S$ 7.21 SGD

  • Dancing Out of Bali

    by John Coast ...
    Series series Periplus Classics Series
    "If you know where to look, you can still discover and recognize what it was that intoxicating John Coast fifty years ago." -Sir David AttenboroughThis book is one of the great classics about Bali, now with dozens of illustrations and photographs.Dancing out of Bali is a fascinating personal account of a young Englishman who settled in a small house in Bali in the midst of the political turmoil ... Read more

    S$ 11.22 SGD

  • The History Of Dance - Ritual Dance

    by Lilly Grove ...
    This vintage book is a treatise on ritualistic dancing. It delves into the fascinating history of dancing in ancient societies and explores its development within religions ceremonies throughout the ages from the ancient Egyptians to modern Christianity. “The History Of Dance - Ritual Dance” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the relationship between dance and religion and would ... Read more

    S$ 9.80 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician

    Learning and Embodying Musical Culture

    by Jessica Cawley ...
    Series series SOAS Studies in Music
    Coupling the narratives of twenty-two Irish traditional musicians alongside intensive field research, Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician explores the rich and diverse ways traditional musicians hone their craft. It details the educational benefits and challenges associated with each learning practice, outlining the motivations and obstacles learners experience during musical development. By ... Read more

    S$ 89.76 SGD

  • Relatos legüeros

    Aquí hay folclore

    by Silvina Heisecke ...
    Relatos legüeros es un recorrido por el particularísimo camino de Silvina Heisecke y es también una historia de amor. Una mujer y un bombo legüero que se encuentran en el campo, en el amor, en el duelo, en los intersticios de la experiencia.Silvina mira la propia vida y traza ejes, se lee con curiosidad, con cariño, con el asombro de una niña que descubre un mundo nuevo y el mundo está dentro de ... Read more

    S$ 12.98 SGD

  • Danças Circulares

    Uma viagem sagrada

    by Beatriz Esteves ...
    ..."Durante dois anos, ininterruptamente, por mais difícil que fosse minha vida, participei de todos os encontros de Meditação na Dança em Nazaré. Jane, David e Evelyn residentes daquela comunidade, foram meus primeiros professores.Lá eu conheci, também, Sara Marriot, que havia vivido alguns anos na Comunidade de Findhorn, na Escócia, e que trouxe para Nazaré as Danças Circulares.Em algumas ... Read more

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  • Flamenco Music

    History, Forms, Culture

    by Peter Manuel ...
    An expert explains and analyzes the beloved art formAn iconic symbol of Spain, flamenco has become a global phenomenon. Peter Manuel offers English-language readers a rare portrait of the music’s history, styles, and cultural impact. Beginning with flamenco’s Moorish and Roma influences, Manuel follows the music’s evolution through its consolidation in the mid-1800s and on to the vibrant ... Read more

    S$ 29.86 SGD

  • La Danza

    by Anna Harsh ...
    Imagine an assignment in college as a dance major opening a door and leading you to a life-long mission after just one performance.Anna Harsh made a vision board in 6th grade about dancing professionally, traveling to Italy, and meeting the Pope. Fast forward to her senior thesis project that catapulted her journey fulfilling that vision and so much more.Her quest to find traditional Italian ... Read more

    S$ 3.79 SGD

  • Raising Dust

    A Cultural History of Dance in Palestine

    by Nicholas Rowe ...
    Dance in Palestine has a history as complex and contentious as the land itself. Whether dismissed as bacchantic madness by Bible tourists in the 19th Century, revived and glorified by Zionists, Pan-Arabists and Palestinian Nationalists in the 20th Century, or rejected by Islamic Reformists in the 21st Century, dance in Palestine has a rich and elusive story that remains to be told. 'Raising Dust' ... Read more

    S$ 89.59 SGD

  • Le danze di coppia in Occidente

    Tutto quello che c’è da sapere, dai primi passi alle gare

    by Massimo Mannini, Francesco Galuppo ...
    Series series Iride
    Dalla storia delle danze occidentali all’iscrizione a una scuola di ballo, dall’alimentazione corretta, alla respirazione, dai primi passi da muovere in pista fino alla partecipazione alle gare, questo prezioso manualetto è un compendio fondamentale che spiega con semplicità e approfondimento tutto quel che c’è da sapere su danze standard, danze latine, liscio unificato e ballo da sala, combinata ... Read more

    S$ 8.66 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Legacy of Stylistic Theatre in the Creation of a Modern Sinhala Drama in Sri Lanka

    by Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era.Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant postcolonial stylistic dramatists and on key plays that they produced. In the process, the book explores a number of myths and misunderstandings regarding ... Read more

    S$ 89.76 SGD

  • Popular Culture in South Asian Context

    Edited by Akshaya Kumar, Raj Thakur ...
    The volume examines popular sensibilities via textual, visual, performative, spatial, digital frames of inquiry and critical social-political issues in South Asia. It highlights the interface between cultural studies and its popular-political standpoints and interrogates the kaleidoscope of popular imaginary as well as its conceptual problematics through distinct case studies from the region. It ... Read more

    S$ 107.71 SGD

  • Choreographing the North

    Settler Affinities in Contemporary Dancemaking

    by Bridget Cauthery ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    Choreographing the North examines 11 contemporary dance pieces that perform northern culture, landscape, folklore, and ideas of "North."The choreographers, from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia, and Argentina, translate their real or imagined journeys to the North for stage and/or screen. This book examines the ways Indigenous subjects and ... Read more

    S$ 89.76 SGD

  • ईश्वर के अपने देश के देवता

    तेय्यम

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    ईश्वर के अपने देश के देवता एक ओझल हुई संस्कृति और उसके आसपास के समुदायों की याद दिलाते हैं। तेय्यम केरल - ईश्वर के अपने देश, भारत में द्रविड़ संस्कृति को दर्शाता अनुष्ठानों से पूर्ण एक कला रूप है। यह पुस्तक तेय्यम, उसे जुड़े सुंदर चित्र और सैकड़ों कहानियों के बारे में विस्तृत जानकारी प्रदान करती है। हम यह पुस्तक तेय्यम कलाकारों को समर्पित करते हैं, जो "लोगों के, लोगों के द्वारा, लोगों के लिए" वास ... Read more

    S$ 7.37 SGD

  • Creativity: Establish Visibility

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #3

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    Series Book 3 - Creativity: Power of Commitment
    This is the third 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

    S$ 3.88 SGD

  • Lengua y producción dancística valenciana

    by Isabel Aznar Collado ...
    En este libro se muestra el lenguaje del movimiento en las danzas folklóricas valencianas: Les Danses y la Dansà. Se profundiza en la importancia de transmitir este discurso dancístico a las futuras generaciones para que sea entendido en su contexto concreto. En esta publicación se realiza un análisis descriptivo de estas danzas y se reflexiona sobre los elementos básicos que componen la ... Read more

    S$ 11.94 SGD

  • Gods of God's Own Country - Theyyam Stories

    Confessions of a Monkey-Trapped Prodigal Son of The God's Own Country

    by Tiger Rider, Saji Madapat, EPM Mavericks ...
    Series Book 2 - The Gods of The God's Own Country
    This storybook is the second part of the book: "The Gods of The God's Own Country: THEYYAM Publishing published it as volume II because of Amazon's file size limit (650MB). The royalties from this book will be donated to those destitute Gods of the God’s Own Country for a Greater Purpose.The Gods of God's Own Country is a reminder of a forgotten culture and the communities surrounding it. Theyyam ... Read more

    S$ 6.32 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unwritten Literature of Hawaii

    The Sacred Songs of the Hula

    by Nathaniel Bright Emerson ...
    Nathaniel Bright Emerson's 'Unwritten Literature of Hawaii' delves into the rich oral traditions and storytelling techniques of Hawaiian culture. Through meticulous research and firsthand accounts, Emerson explores how Hawaiian tales were passed down through generations without the need for a written language, highlighting the importance of orality in preserving cultural heritage. Drawing on a mix ... Read more

    Was S$ 2.98 SGD Now S$ 1.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • கடவுளின் சொந்த தேசத்தின் கடவுள்கள்

    by Saji Madapat, Tiger Rider, EPM Mavericks ...
    '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

    S$ 7.37 SGD

  • Creativity: Find Your Stride

    Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2

    by Morwenna Assaf ...
    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

    S$ 3.88 SGD

  • One with the Music

    Cape Breton Step Dance Tradition and Transmission

    by Mats Melin, PhD ...
    Swedish-born traditional dancer and researcher Mats Melin has worked and performed extensively in the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland, in their schools and communities promoting Scottish traditional dance. He has also taught and performed in Sweden, Canada, USA, Russia and New Zealand. Mats has a vast knowledge of all aspects of the Scottish traditional dance scene, but ... Read more

    S$ 19.94 SGD

  • A Treasury of International Folk Dances

    A Step-By-Step Guide

    by Jim Gold ...
    CHOREOGRAPHIES ARE CREATED in the imagination and dreams of choreographers, says Jim Gold, the author of this guide to 125 international folk dances. If steps do not exist or have yet to be created, the choreographer begins to move. Soon a dance appears. A folk dance choreographer is steeped in lore, folk dance music, culture, history, art, steps, and national style. The steps he or she creates ... Read more

    S$ 13.34 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 嘉绒跳锅庄：墨尔多神山下的舞蹈、仪式与族群表述

    by 李菲著 ...
    墨尔多神山脚下，大小金川蜿蜒流淌于嘉绒藏地。在这片古老的土地上，有甲居神秘的“玛尼”，梭坡、中路欢舞的“卓”和巴底、太平桥神圣庄严的“达勒嘎”……这些鲜活的地方性族群传统与世所熟知的汉语名词“跳锅庄”，不仅是民俗学“我称”与“他称”的区别，也不能被轻率地理解为“类比性总称”与“个别专名”的类属关系，它们之间的不同是根本性的，是一个名为“嘉绒”的共同体在神圣与世俗之间践行的一套族群文化表述模式：在以“歌”与“舞”为表征的身体实践系统中，可以联结起嘉绒的历史记忆与当下现实，分辨出“我”与“他”的异与同、远与近。对于嘉绒人来说，“跳锅庄”不是游客“凝视”下的文化展演品，而是关乎其如何理解、表达传统与自我，如何在社会进程的实践情境中调整认同，从过去走向未来的根本方式之一。 ... Read more

    S$ 24.18 SGD