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Seven Guitars

de August Wilson ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson comes a captivating and resonant play—winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award.It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson comes a captivating and resonant play—winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award.It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a
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Big Deal

Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical

de Kevin Winkler ...

Series series Broadway Legacies
Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and ... Leer más

$20.51 USD

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and
... Leer más
Mura Dehn

Champion of Black Social Dance and the Traditional Jazz Dance Company

de Kim Chandler Vaccaro ...

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United States in the 1930s.For the first time the efforts of Dehn to record, analyse and champion the development of jazz dance in America during the 1930s, 40s and 50s are brought to life. The book ... Leer más

$25.37 USD

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United States in the 1930s.For the first time the efforts of Dehn to record, analyse and champion the development of jazz dance in America during the 1930s, 40s and 50s are brought to life. The book
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Becomings

Pregnancy, Phenomenology, and Postmodern Dance

de Johanna Kirk ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This book explores postmodern choreographic engagements of pregnant bodies in the US over the last 70 years.Johanna Kirk discusses how choreographers negotiate identification with the look of their pregnant bodies to maintain a sense of integrity as artists and to control representations of their gender and physical abilities while pregnant. Across chapters, the artists discussed include Anna ... Leer más

$58.49 USD

This book explores postmodern choreographic engagements of pregnant bodies in the US over the last 70 years.Johanna Kirk discusses how choreographers negotiate identification with the look of their pregnant bodies to maintain a sense of integrity as artists and to control representations of their gender and physical abilities while pregnant. Across chapters, the artists discussed include Anna
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Dance Appreciation

de Amanda Clark, Sara Pecina ...

Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This new edition has been revised and updated to include contemporary considerations of the art of dance along with enhanced discussion questions and prompts for the dance student.This book unfolds a brief history of dance with engaging insight into the social, cultural, ... Leer más

$54.89 USD

Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This new edition has been revised and updated to include contemporary considerations of the art of dance along with enhanced discussion questions and prompts for the dance student.This book unfolds a brief history of dance with engaging insight into the social, cultural,
... Leer más
Second Skin

Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface

de Anne Anlin Cheng ...

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and ... Leer más

$35.63 USD

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and
... Leer más
The Greatest Male Drummers of All Time: Top 100

de alex trostanetskiy ...

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 ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

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
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The Greatest Maestros of All Time: Top 100

de alex trostanetskiy ...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Maestros 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 Maestros of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Maestros 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 Maestros of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and
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Bob Berg Iconic Jazz Style

de Olegario Diaz ...

Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listeners–the qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequently be measured by the behavior of their fellow professionals in the audience. Bob Berg, the lean, flint-featured American saxophonist, often received that kind of attention. Berg's particular skill ... Leer más

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Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listeners–the qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequently be measured by the behavior of their fellow professionals in the audience. Bob Berg, the lean, flint-featured American saxophonist, often received that kind of attention. Berg's particular skill
... Leer más
Floating Bones

A Dancer's Tensegretic Body as Teacher

de Cynthia Roses-Thema ...

Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of tensegretic ... Leer más

$30.59 USD

Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of tensegretic
... Leer más
Look Before You Leap

de Dianne Leathem ...

Look Before You Leap guides parents towards helping their children to achieve their greatest success in dance. As we pull back the curtain on the dance industry, it has never been more important for parents and students to become as informed as possible to avoid the damage that is being done to children through the world-wide epidemics of extreme training, over-training, unqualified teachers and ... Leer más

$8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Look Before You Leap guides parents towards helping their children to achieve their greatest success in dance. As we pull back the curtain on the dance industry, it has never been more important for parents and students to become as informed as possible to avoid the damage that is being done to children through the world-wide epidemics of extreme training, over-training, unqualified teachers and
... Leer más
A lifetime of Jazz

de Tony Carter ...

Tony Carter, a retired college professor and project manager, has spent a lifetime immersed in the world of Jazz. His passion for the genre began in his teenage years, sparked by the discovery of Kid Ory's "Muskrat Ramble." This ignited a lifelong love for Traditional Jazz, which expanded as he explored the vibrant Jazz scene in the USA.Even during his time in 1960s Liverpool, amidst the height of ... Leer más

$7.19 USD

Tony Carter, a retired college professor and project manager, has spent a lifetime immersed in the world of Jazz. His passion for the genre began in his teenage years, sparked by the discovery of Kid Ory's "Muskrat Ramble." This ignited a lifelong love for Traditional Jazz, which expanded as he explored the vibrant Jazz scene in the USA.Even during his time in 1960s Liverpool, amidst the height of
... Leer más
Josephine Baker

de Robert Grey Reynolds ...

Josephine Baker was the epitome of the American emigre who found her niche in Paris during the years after the First World War. She arrived in France in 1925 following a stint as a bit player in Shuffle Along, the first all-Negro Broadway play. She performed her trademark black bottom dance to the delight of French audiences, dancing entirely nude on some occasions. When she toured central Europe ... Leer más

$3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Josephine Baker was the epitome of the American emigre who found her niche in Paris during the years after the First World War. She arrived in France in 1925 following a stint as a bit player in Shuffle Along, the first all-Negro Broadway play. She performed her trademark black bottom dance to the delight of French audiences, dancing entirely nude on some occasions. When she toured central Europe
... Leer más
Never Stop Moving

Peter Goss

de Patrick Germain-Thomas, Peter Goss, Emmanuel Carrère ...

« Peter Goss est un sorcier. Il a une connaissance presque infinie du corps humain en général et de chacun de nos corps en particulier – à nous qui suivons son enseignement. Il est un maître attentif et exigeant. » Emmanuel CarrèreTel que l'exprime Emmanuel Carrère dans sa préface, Peter Goss est un maître, l'un des grands pédagogues actuels de la danse et du yoga.Ce livre raconte son histoire, de ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

« Peter Goss est un sorcier. Il a une connaissance presque infinie du corps humain en général et de chacun de nos corps en particulier – à nous qui suivons son enseignement. Il est un maître attentif et exigeant. » Emmanuel CarrèreTel que l'exprime Emmanuel Carrère dans sa préface, Peter Goss est un maître, l'un des grands pédagogues actuels de la danse et du yoga.Ce livre raconte son histoire, de
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Simplified Lindy Hop for Men

de Gabor Palos ...

For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader's part of the swing dance known as Lindy Hop. Includes information on swing music and swing dancing, description of basic and intermediate 8-count and 6-count steps, Charleston steps, break steps and footwork variations, dancing to fast and slow music, tips on learning to dance, group classes, practicing ... Leer más

$9.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader's part of the swing dance known as Lindy Hop. Includes information on swing music and swing dancing, description of basic and intermediate 8-count and 6-count steps, Charleston steps, break steps and footwork variations, dancing to fast and slow music, tips on learning to dance, group classes, practicing
... Leer más
Identity and Diversity

Celebrating Dance in Taiwan

Edición de Wang Yunyu, Stephanie Burridge ...

Series series Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific
Reflecting the breadth and diversity of dance in the Asia–Pacific region, this volume provides an in-depth and comprehensive study of Taiwan’s dance history. Taiwan is home to several indigenous tribes with unique rituals and folk dance traditions, with an array of eclectic influences including martial arts and Peking Opera from China, and dance forms such as contemporary, neo-classical, post ... Leer más

$74.69 USD

Reflecting the breadth and diversity of dance in the Asia–Pacific region, this volume provides an in-depth and comprehensive study of Taiwan’s dance history. Taiwan is home to several indigenous tribes with unique rituals and folk dance traditions, with an array of eclectic influences including martial arts and Peking Opera from China, and dance forms such as contemporary, neo-classical, post
... Leer más
Kinetic Atmospheres

Performance and Immersion

de Johannes Birringer ...

This book offers a sustained and deeply experiential pragmatic study of performance environments, here defined at unstable, emerging, and multisensational atmospheres, open to interactions and travels in augmented virtualities. Birringer’s writings challenge common assumptions about embodiment and the digital, exploring and refining artistic research into physical movement behavior, gesture, ... Leer más

$52.19 USD

This book offers a sustained and deeply experiential pragmatic study of performance environments, here defined at unstable, emerging, and multisensational atmospheres, open to interactions and travels in augmented virtualities. Birringer’s writings challenge common assumptions about embodiment and the digital, exploring and refining artistic research into physical movement behavior, gesture,
... Leer más
Embodied Nostalgia

Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and the Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre

de Phoebe Rumsey ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage as a site of embodied history, cultural memory, and nostalgia, and asks what social dance is doing performatively, dramaturgically, and critically in musical theatre.The case studies in this volume are all Broadway musicals set during the Jazz Age (1910 ... Leer más

$54.89 USD

Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage as a site of embodied history, cultural memory, and nostalgia, and asks what social dance is doing performatively, dramaturgically, and critically in musical theatre.The case studies in this volume are all Broadway musicals set during the Jazz Age (1910
... Leer más
The Greatest Violinists of All Time: Top 100

de alex trostanetskiy ...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Violinists 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 Violinists of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Violinists 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 Violinists of All Time: Top 100 did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy
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Danses jazz

Une poétique de la relation

de Éliane Seguin ...

Apparues aux États-Unis, ouvertes à toutes les influences, les danses jazz portent depuis toujours les traits de la mixité. Se pencher sur le jazz, c'est observer un art du présent, ouvert à tous les mouvements possibles, hybride dans ses techniques, éclectique dans son inspiration, mélangeant les temps, les lieux, les espaces.Sous-tendu par la question des échanges interculturels et du métissage, ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Apparues aux États-Unis, ouvertes à toutes les influences, les danses jazz portent depuis toujours les traits de la mixité. Se pencher sur le jazz, c'est observer un art du présent, ouvert à tous les mouvements possibles, hybride dans ses techniques, éclectique dans son inspiration, mélangeant les temps, les lieux, les espaces.Sous-tendu par la question des échanges interculturels et du métissage,
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Twigg Redemption

By Ty Branch

de Allen Smith ...

Twigg Redemption by Ty Branch is a smooth jazz tenor saxophone track from the EP, "Twigg Redemption". ... Leer más

$2.32 USD

Twigg Redemption by Ty Branch is a smooth jazz tenor saxophone track from the EP, "Twigg Redemption".
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Jazz Practice In The Modern Era

Methodology for the Aspiring Artist

de Antonio Underwood ...

Jazz Practice in the Modern Era: Methodology for the Aspiring Artist is an essential and visionary guide for the next generation of musicians, those who seek to break free from traditional confines and explore jazz as both an art form and a cultural language. In this groundbreaking manual, acclaimed composer, performer, and educator Antonio Underwood presents a transformative methodology that ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Jazz Practice in the Modern Era: Methodology for the Aspiring Artist is an essential and visionary guide for the next generation of musicians, those who seek to break free from traditional confines and explore jazz as both an art form and a cultural language. In this groundbreaking manual, acclaimed composer, performer, and educator Antonio Underwood presents a transformative methodology that
... Leer más
Dance Education around the World

Perspectives on dance, young people and change

Edición de 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 ... Leer más

$65.69 USD

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
... Leer más
The Inherent Potential in Art Performance

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

de 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 ... Leer más

$30.59 USD

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
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