3,979円 The first of its kind, this volume presents research-based fictionalized case studies from experts in the field of dance education, examining theory and practice developed from real-world scenarios that call for ethical decision-making. Dilemmas faced by dance educators in the studio, on stage, i...

10,938円 This book is the first to consider contemporary African dance theatre aesthetics in the context of phenomenology, whiteness, and the gaze. Rather than a discussion of African dance per se, the author challenges hegemonic perceptions of contemporary African dance theatre to interrogate the extent ...

526円 La danse orientale est aujourd’hui bien connue et elle est pratiquée partout dans le monde, plus seulement en Orient, par de nombreuses femmes, et même par des hommes. C’est que cette danse est envoûtante, aussi agréable à regarder qu’à pratiquer. Les rythmes ensorcelants de la musique orientale ...

10,280円 Social Partner Dance: Body, Sound, and Space is an ethnographic theory of social partner dancing built on participant observation and interviews with instructors of tango, lindy hop, salsa, blues, and various other forms. The work establishes a general analytical language for the study of these d...

500円 Tras el análisis de los ocho elementos fundamentales que acaecen y convergen en toda acción dancística, el autor describe cuáles son las circunstancias externas –éstas sociales, estéticas e históricas–, que establecen finalmente las características de esta experiencia. En el libro se considera a ...

5,305円 Known for creating classic films including His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Bringing Up Baby, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks is one of the best-known Hollywood ‘auteurs’, but the important role that music plays in his films has been generally neglected by film critics and scholars. In ...

6,060円 In 1866, when the ballet La Source debuted, the public at the Paris Opera may have been content to dream about its setting in the verdant Caucasus, its exotic Circassians, veiled Georgians, and powerful Khan. Yet the ballet's botany also played to a public thinking about ethnic and exotic others ...

4,310円 Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins examines stagings of masculinity, whiteness, and Latinidad in the work of US modern dance choreographers, José Limón (1908-1972) and Erick Hawkins (1908-1994). Focusing on the period between 1945 to 1980, this book analyzes Limón and Hawkins’ work during a t...

2,387円 Winner of The de la Torre Bueno® First Book Award (2021) Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983–2009). It is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originating ...

6,201円 Dance is often considered an ephemeral art, one that disappears nearly as soon as it materializes, leaving no physical object behind. Yet some dance practice involves people trying to embody something that exists before - and survives beyond - their particular acts of dancing. What exactly is tha...

617円 El baile calabaceado, tradición de la fiesta del vaquero Además de la investigación documental y de campo, contiene un capítulo que propone un conjunto de conceptos clave para analizar cualquier fenómeno dancístico y social similar; entre ellos están los conceptos: tradición, teatralización, hibr...

2,427円 Leave it all on the floor... Queen of Latin Ballroom, Shirley Ballas has a spectacular dance career spanning over 40 years – she has Cha-Cha'd her way across the world's dance floors to become a multi-award-winning ballroom champion and one of the most renowned dancers in the world. In 1996, Shir...