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Latin Dance
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 35.00Latin dance forms enjoy great popularity in the United States for reasons beyond being exuberant and enjoyable dance styles. The Prohibition era sent American tourists to Cuba, where they learned adaptations of Latin dances and brought them back home, while the tango of Argentina first arrived in the United States almost 100 years ago. more...
Contemporary Indian Dance
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, while cutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues. more...
Writing Dancing in the Age of Postmodernism
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 23.99A leading critic traces three decades of contemporary dance from Balanchine to breakdancing more...
Rethinking the Sylph
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 19.99A revisionist look at romanticism in ballet. more...
Ukrainian Dance
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 55.00Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of this ethnic dance, with special attention to the differences between vival dance (which requires being fully engaged in the present moment) and reflective dance (dance connected explicitly to the past).... more...
Is It All About Hips?
SAGE India 2011; US$ 24.95The first comprehensive book on Bollywood dance culture, Is It All About Hips? traces Bollywood dances as they are interpreted, created, and produced in three locations: Mumbai (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Los Angeles (USA). In this pioneering work, Sangita Shresthova brings alive the world of Bollywood dance through the chronicling and analyses... more...
Contemporary Dance in Cuba
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 38.00The lens of dance can provide a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban experience. Cuban contemporary dance, or tecnica cubana as it is known throughout Latin America, is a highly evolved hybrid of ballet, North American modern dance, Afro-Cuban tradition, flamenco and Cuban nightclub cabaret. Unlike most dance forms, tecnica was created intentionally... more...
How We Played
The History Press 2012; US$ 24.78Games make up a huge part of childhood, and memories of specific games stay with us throughout our lives. They form an integral part of growing up and stimulate imagination and creativity. From hide and seek to complex card and board games, street games that require no equipment to elaborate rainy day amusements, we all have experience of entertaining... more...
The Revival of Banned Dances
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 45.00Throughout history, humans have used dance as a benefit for mind, body, and soul. In some cases, governments or churches have banned certain dances for a variety of reasons. This work provides an exploration of dances banned around the world, then revived by a handful of brave proponents. The sixteen case studies--ranging from Argentina's Tango... more...
On Course to Win
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99Jim Saltonstall has coached multiple National, European, World and Olympic racing champions, including Ben Ainslie, one of Britains most successful Olympians. This quick reference handbook distills the wisdom of 40 years in the business to help all dinghy, yacht and windsurfers to improve their performance in one of the most challenging sports... more...









