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Writing in Motion
Wesleyan University Press 2010; US$ 19.99A treasure trove of writings by America's only dancing philosopher. more...
The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet
Random House Children's Books 2011; US$ 3.99Illus. in full color. The magic of the beloved ballet is captured in this affordable edition. Art by a Caldecott Honor Book artist complements a succinct narration that is ideal for young children. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
William Forsythe and the Practice of Choreography
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 30.95William Forsythe?s reinvigoration of classical ballet during his 20-year tenure at the Ballett Frankfurt saw him lauded as one of the greatest choreographers of the postwar era. His current work with The Forsythe Company has gone even further to challenge and investigate fundamental assumptions about choreography itself. William Forsythe and... more...
Mirrors and Scrims
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 21.99How ballet repertory adapts, evolves, and reflects contemporary culture more...
How To Do Things with Dance
Wesleyan University Press 2010; US$ 19.99How American modern dance contributed to aesthetic and social change in the 1950s 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...
Choreography Observed
University of Iowa Press 1997; US$ 35.00For over twenty years Jack Anderson has been writing about dance performances. His essays and reviews have appeared in daily newspapers, specialist monthlies, and critical quarterlies. For the last ten years he has been a dance critic for the New York Times. In Choreography Observed, Jack Anderson has selected writings that focus most directly... more...
Art without Boundaries
University of Iowa Press 1753; US$ 34.95Out of his long history as dance critic for the New York Times, Jack Anderson gives us this important, comprehensive history of one of the liveliest and most unpredictable of the arts. Treating modern dance as a self-renewing art, Anderson follows its changes over the decades and discusses the visionary choreographers who have devised new modes... more...









