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Bottom of the Pyramid

A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life

by Nia Sioux ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Sioux’s harrowing reality TV ordeal cuts deep, and her subsequent self-assurance is endearing and infectious. It adds up to an inspiring account of reclaiming artistic agency.” - Publisher’s WeeklyWhen you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of ... Read more

$14.99 USD

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Sioux’s harrowing reality TV ordeal cuts deep, and her subsequent self-assurance is endearing and infectious. It adds up to an inspiring account of reclaiming artistic agency.” - Publisher’s WeeklyWhen you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of
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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

$14.49 USD

“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
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Buzz

The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley

by Jeffrey Spivak ...

Series series Screen Classics
A biography of the director and choreographer who kept America entertained through the Great Depression: "[A] fascinating read." — PlaybillCharacterized by grandiose song-and-dance numbers featuring ornate geometric patterns and mimicked in many modern films, Busby Berkeley's unique artistry is as recognizable and striking as ever. From his years on Broadway to the director's chair, Berkeley is ... Read more

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A biography of the director and choreographer who kept America entertained through the Great Depression: "[A] fascinating read." — PlaybillCharacterized by grandiose song-and-dance numbers featuring ornate geometric patterns and mimicked in many modern films, Busby Berkeley's unique artistry is as recognizable and striking as ever. From his years on Broadway to the director's chair, Berkeley is
... Read more
George Balanchine

The Ballet Maker

by Robert Gottlieb ...

Series Book 48 - Eminent Lives
"Gottlieb captures both the divine and human, offering an elegant, sharp, and sophisticated take on the choreographer's life." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Written by the gifted author, editor, and dance critic Robert Gottlieb, George Balanchine describes the life and art of the celebrated, revolutionary ballet choreographer and founder of The New York City Ballet.The foremost contemporary ... Read more

$11.99 USD

"Gottlieb captures both the divine and human, offering an elegant, sharp, and sophisticated take on the choreographer's life." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Written by the gifted author, editor, and dance critic Robert Gottlieb, George Balanchine describes the life and art of the celebrated, revolutionary ballet choreographer and founder of The New York City Ballet.The foremost contemporary
... Read more
The Pina Bausch Sourcebook

The Making of Tanztheater

Edited by Royd Climenhaga ...

Pina Bausch’s work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material and contextual essays that examine Pina Bausch's history, practice and legacy, and the development of Tanztheater as a new form, with sections ... Read more

$66.59 USD

Pina Bausch’s work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material and contextual essays that examine Pina Bausch's history, practice and legacy, and the development of Tanztheater as a new form, with sections
... Read more
Valuing Dance

Commodities and Gifts in Motion

by Susan Leigh Foster ...

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history ... Read more

$35.63 USD

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history
... Read more
Illustrated Handbook of Salsa Dance Patterns

by Marisol Enchufa ...

Series Book 2 - Handbook of Salsa Dance
This Handbook provides a breakdown of common positions, holds, turns, and patterns. It contains 36 dance positions, 51 dance patterns, 184 illustrations, 12 dance pattern combinations, and a curated list of links to 83 free online lessons. Each position is illustrated from multiple angles.Are you a beginner or intermediate level salsa dance enthusiast? Do you want to expand your repertoire of ... Read more

$5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This Handbook provides a breakdown of common positions, holds, turns, and patterns. It contains 36 dance positions, 51 dance patterns, 184 illustrations, 12 dance pattern combinations, and a curated list of links to 83 free online lessons. Each position is illustrated from multiple angles.Are you a beginner or intermediate level salsa dance enthusiast? Do you want to expand your repertoire of
... Read more
Your Move

A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance

by Ann Hutchinson Guest ...

Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance establishes a fresh and original framework for looking at dance. In examining the basic elements of dance - the Alphabet of Movement - and using illustrations of movement technique and notation symbols it provides a new way to see, to teach and to choreograph dance. This book gives a list of primary actions upon which all physical ... Read more

$69.29 USD

Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance establishes a fresh and original framework for looking at dance. In examining the basic elements of dance - the Alphabet of Movement - and using illustrations of movement technique and notation symbols it provides a new way to see, to teach and to choreograph dance. This book gives a list of primary actions upon which all physical
... Read more
Ce que la Danse m'a dit ...

Volume 2

by Jean-François Vazelle ...

Le parcours d'un spectateur "fou" de Danse, devenu agent d'artistes, directeur artistique et maintenant dramaturge... En collaboration avec Manuel Legris, directeur du Ballet de La Scala de Milan et Patrick De Bana, ancien soliste du Lausanne-Béjart Ballet. Dramaturgies : Cléopâtre-Ida Rubinstein (2013) Théâtre des Champs-Elysées à Paris. Apollon (2014) Spring Festival Tokyo. Sacre du Printemps ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Le parcours d'un spectateur "fou" de Danse, devenu agent d'artistes, directeur artistique et maintenant dramaturge... En collaboration avec Manuel Legris, directeur du Ballet de La Scala de Milan et Patrick De Bana, ancien soliste du Lausanne-Béjart Ballet. Dramaturgies : Cléopâtre-Ida Rubinstein (2013) Théâtre des Champs-Elysées à Paris. Apollon (2014) Spring Festival Tokyo. Sacre du Printemps
... Read more
Eurythmy Forms for Rudolf Steiner's Calendar of the Soul

CW A 23/2

by Rudolf Steiner ...

These eurythmy forms and indications (CW A 23/2), published here for the first time in English, were given by Rudolf Steiner for the weekly verses of The Calendar of the Soul. The wealth of forms and metamorphoses in the cycle of the year is study material for all students of eurythmy. The forms can also be stimulating for those who are not practicing eurythmists but are interested in deepening ... Read more

$17.09 USD

These eurythmy forms and indications (CW A 23/2), published here for the first time in English, were given by Rudolf Steiner for the weekly verses of The Calendar of the Soul. The wealth of forms and metamorphoses in the cycle of the year is study material for all students of eurythmy. The forms can also be stimulating for those who are not practicing eurythmists but are interested in deepening
... Read more
On Choreography and Making Dance Theatre

by Mark Bruce ...

There are many skills one needs to produce a piece of dance. Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theatre as: Movement, Drama, Sound and Vision. A choreographer has to study all of them to the best of their ability and learn how to combine them.There is no definitive method of choreography. Any choreographer who has a voice has learnt and executed it in their ... Read more

$17.72 USD

There are many skills one needs to produce a piece of dance. Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theatre as: Movement, Drama, Sound and Vision. A choreographer has to study all of them to the best of their ability and learn how to combine them.There is no definitive method of choreography. Any choreographer who has a voice has learnt and executed it in their
... Read more
The Martha Graham Dance Company

House of the Pelvic Truth

by Blakeley White-McGuire ...

What is the legacy of Martha Graham and why does it endure?*How and why did the philosophy and subsequent canon of Martha Graham flood out into an artistic diaspora that is still a wellspring of inspiration for contemporary artists?How do dancers that have never studied with, or worked under, Martha Graham maintain her vision?*All of these questions, and many more, are considered in this ... Read more

$25.37 USD

What is the legacy of Martha Graham and why does it endure?*How and why did the philosophy and subsequent canon of Martha Graham flood out into an artistic diaspora that is still a wellspring of inspiration for contemporary artists?How do dancers that have never studied with, or worked under, Martha Graham maintain her vision?*All of these questions, and many more, are considered in this
... Read more
Dancing Man

A Broadway Choreographer's Journey

by Bob Avian ...

Tony and Olivier Award–winning Bob Avian’s dazzling life story, Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer’s Journey, is a memoir in three acts. Act I reveals the origins of one of Broadway’s legendary choreographers who appeared onstage with stars like Barbra Streisand and Mary Martin all before he was thirty. Act II includes teaching Katharine Hepburn how to sing and dance in Coco and working with ... Read more

$16.19 USD

Tony and Olivier Award–winning Bob Avian’s dazzling life story, Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer’s Journey, is a memoir in three acts. Act I reveals the origins of one of Broadway’s legendary choreographers who appeared onstage with stars like Barbra Streisand and Mary Martin all before he was thirty. Act II includes teaching Katharine Hepburn how to sing and dance in Coco and working with
... Read more
Spiritual Herstories

Call of the Soul in Dance Research

Edited by Amanda Williamson, Barbara Sellers-Young ...

This is a collection of works by internationally recognized women leading the field of dance research and spirituality across the globe. Building on current soulful research scholarship in the discipline, these authors offer extensive and detailed research into spirituality, dance, gender, religion, somatics and women-centred dance research. Written by women dance scholars in higher education, ... Read more

$100.43 USD

This is a collection of works by internationally recognized women leading the field of dance research and spirituality across the globe. Building on current soulful research scholarship in the discipline, these authors offer extensive and detailed research into spirituality, dance, gender, religion, somatics and women-centred dance research. Written by women dance scholars in higher education,
... Read more
Nahaufnahme Sasha Waltz

Gespräche mit Michaela Schlagenwerth

by Sasha Waltz, Michaela Schlagenwerth ...

Series series Nahaufnahme
Sasha Waltz gehört zu den bedeutendsten internationalen Tanztheater-Choreographinnen. In ausführlichen Gesprächen erkundet die Tanzkritikerin Michaela Schlagenwerth die künstlerische Arbeit der Choreographin und Regisseurin. Die Interviews geben dabei einen persönlichen Einblick in das Familienunternehmen Sasha Waltz, in Arbeitsprozesse, Herangehensweisen und Phantasien. Gleichzeitig entspannt ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Sasha Waltz gehört zu den bedeutendsten internationalen Tanztheater-Choreographinnen. In ausführlichen Gesprächen erkundet die Tanzkritikerin Michaela Schlagenwerth die künstlerische Arbeit der Choreographin und Regisseurin. Die Interviews geben dabei einen persönlichen Einblick in das Familienunternehmen Sasha Waltz, in Arbeitsprozesse, Herangehensweisen und Phantasien. Gleichzeitig entspannt
... Read more
Coreografías animales

by Núria Solsona ...

¡Descubre seis sorprendentes formas en que los animales danzan para sobrevivir! En la naturaleza, muchos animales se mueven en grupo como si siguieran una coreografía secreta. En el aire, en el agua o sobre la tierra, sus movimientos son tan precisos como sorprendentes. Desde la formación en «V» de los gansos para ahorrar energía hasta las cadenas de pingüinos para conservar el calor, pasando por ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

¡Descubre seis sorprendentes formas en que los animales danzan para sobrevivir! En la naturaleza, muchos animales se mueven en grupo como si siguieran una coreografía secreta. En el aire, en el agua o sobre la tierra, sus movimientos son tan precisos como sorprendentes. Desde la formación en «V» de los gansos para ahorrar energía hasta las cadenas de pingüinos para conservar el calor, pasando por
... Read more
Frederick Ashton's Ballets

Style, Performance, Choreography, Second Edition

by Geraldine Morris ...

The second edition of Frederick Ashton's Ballets: Style, Performance, Choreography adds two further ballets to this ground-breaking study of Frederick Ashton's choreography. It not only examines the contribution these ballets made to twentieth century dance art, but also presents a detailed account of Ashton's work and dances, demonstrating his remarkable choreographic and artistic talent. Having ... Read more

$72.08 USD

The second edition of Frederick Ashton's Ballets: Style, Performance, Choreography adds two further ballets to this ground-breaking study of Frederick Ashton's choreography. It not only examines the contribution these ballets made to twentieth century dance art, but also presents a detailed account of Ashton's work and dances, demonstrating his remarkable choreographic and artistic talent. Having
... Read more
Anna Halprin

by Libby Worth, Helen Poynor ...

Series series Routledge Performance Practitioners
Anna Halprin traces the life's work of this radical dance-maker, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form. Now revised and reissued, this book:sketches the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, exploring Halprin's connections with the avant-garde theatre, ... Read more

$53.09 USD

Anna Halprin traces the life's work of this radical dance-maker, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form. Now revised and reissued, this book:sketches the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, exploring Halprin's connections with the avant-garde theatre,
... Read more
This Far

My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light

by Allison Holker ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A celebration of the healing power of family and dance, Holker’s memoir shows how to heal from tragedy without wrapping everything up in a neat bow.” – Library JournalIn this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible dance career, her relationship with Stephen “tWitch” Boss, and the resilience that has carried her forward after his death ... Read more

$14.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A celebration of the healing power of family and dance, Holker’s memoir shows how to heal from tragedy without wrapping everything up in a neat bow.” – Library JournalIn this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible dance career, her relationship with Stephen “tWitch” Boss, and the resilience that has carried her forward after his death
... Read more
The Moving Researcher

Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis in Performing Arts Education and Creative Arts Therapies

by Julio Mota, Jackie Hand, Melina Scialom, Susanne Schlicher, Rosel Grassmann, Ciane Fernandes ...

This comprehensive book will serve as a step-by-step guide to Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, updating and expanding concepts and practices.Following extensive research on the method developed by Rudolf von Laban and his disciples, this book explains movement principles, exercises, and motif symbols in detail. Organized according to the four categories of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This comprehensive book will serve as a step-by-step guide to Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, updating and expanding concepts and practices.Following extensive research on the method developed by Rudolf von Laban and his disciples, this book explains movement principles, exercises, and motif symbols in detail. Organized according to the four categories of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis
... Read more
Dance Masters

Interviews with Legends of Dance

by Janet Lynn Roseman ...

Dance Masters is a lively ensemble of conversations with seven celebrated dancers and choreographers. In these intimate interviews, dance critic Janet Lynn Roseman probes the heart of dance:* The creative process* The role of dream and rituals* The interplay between dancer and audience* The spiritual aspects of performanceThese dance masters offer rare insights into the internal world of the ... Read more

$52.19 USD

Dance Masters is a lively ensemble of conversations with seven celebrated dancers and choreographers. In these intimate interviews, dance critic Janet Lynn Roseman probes the heart of dance:* The creative process* The role of dream and rituals* The interplay between dancer and audience* The spiritual aspects of performanceThese dance masters offer rare insights into the internal world of the
... Read more
Balanchine

A special issue of the journal Choreography and Dance

Edited by Eleni Hofmeister ...

This detailed portrait of George Balanchine presents new approaches to his choreography. The book examines Balanchine from diverse perspectives and discusses unexplored aspects of his work, such as the notion of Balanchine as an architect, and his experiments with the African-American dance tradition. The articles complement and reinforce each other, taking interdisciplinary perspectives and ... Read more

$52.19 USD

This detailed portrait of George Balanchine presents new approaches to his choreography. The book examines Balanchine from diverse perspectives and discusses unexplored aspects of his work, such as the notion of Balanchine as an architect, and his experiments with the African-American dance tradition. The articles complement and reinforce each other, taking interdisciplinary perspectives and
... Read more
Playable Bodies

Dance Games and Intimate Media

by Kiri Miller ...

What happens when machines teach humans to dance? Dance video games transform players' experiences of popular music, invite experimentation with gendered and racialized movement styles, and present new possibilities for teaching, learning, and archiving choreography. Drawing on five years of research with players, game designers, and choreographers for the Just Dance and Dance Central games, ... Read more

$25.10 USD

What happens when machines teach humans to dance? Dance video games transform players' experiences of popular music, invite experimentation with gendered and racialized movement styles, and present new possibilities for teaching, learning, and archiving choreography. Drawing on five years of research with players, game designers, and choreographers for the Just Dance and Dance Central games,
... Read more
Martha Graham’s Creative Spark On The Devotional Labor Of Dance

Why You Must Keep The Unique Life-Force Of Your Creativity Open, Or Risk Depriving The World Of Your Voice

by Wisdom Library Press ...

Are you holding back your creative work until you feel completely confident, perfected, or ready? Every day you delay, you risk suppressing a singular life-force that no one else in history can bring to the world.Inspired by modern dance pioneer Martha Graham’s legendary wisdom, Martha Graham’s Creative Spark on the Devotional Labor of Dance reveals how to unlock your authentic artistic voice, ... Read more

$4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you holding back your creative work until you feel completely confident, perfected, or ready? Every day you delay, you risk suppressing a singular life-force that no one else in history can bring to the world.Inspired by modern dance pioneer Martha Graham’s legendary wisdom, Martha Graham’s Creative Spark on the Devotional Labor of Dance reveals how to unlock your authentic artistic voice,
... Read more

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