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Patricia Neal
The University Press of Kentucky 2006; US$ 24.95With her commanding presence, legendary actress Patricia Neal (1926-2010) anchored such classic movies as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), A Face in the Crowd (1957), and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). She is perhaps most well known for her crowning acting achievement: her performance as Alma in Hud (1963), which earned her the Academy... more...
Bust a Move
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99Bust a Move by None has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. more...
The Laban Sourcebook
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 45.95Rudolf Laban (1879 – 1958) was a pioneer in dance and movement, who found an extraordinary range of application for his ideas; from industry to drama, education and therapy. Laban believed that you can understand about human beings by observing how they move, and devised two complimentary methods of notating the shape and quality of movements. ... more...
Writing in the Dark, Dancing in The New Yorker
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003; US$ 6.79The best of America's best writer on dance "Theoretically, I am ready to go to anything-once. If it moves, I'm interested; if it moves to music, I'm in love." From 1973 until 1996 Arlene Croce was The New Yorker's dance critic, a post created for her. Her entertaining, forthright, passionate reviews and essays have revealed the logic and... more...
Craig Revel Horwood's Ballroom Dancing
Hodder & Stoughton 2010; US$ 18.99Is this the right book for me? Whether you are an absolute beginner, a Strictly Come Dancing wannabe or simply want a fun way to get fit, Craig Revel Horwood's guide to ballroom dancing offers something for everyone. Learn how to become a ballroom babe or a Latin lover as Craig shows you all the basic moves in a fun, lively and straightforward... more...
Apollo's Angels
Granta Publications 2013; US$ 19.99A groundbreaking and beautifully written history of ballet, from its origins to the present, by a dancer turned historian and critic – will do for ballet what Alex Ross’s The Rest Is Noise did for music. more...
Twelve Minutes of Love
Granta Publications 2011; US$ 9.99After a decade-long love affair with the dance, Kapka uses her personal story to open up the hidden world of tango, with its aficionados and desperados, its endless practice and its fleeting passions more...
Merce Cunningham
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 30.51Merce Cunningham reached the age of 75 in 1994, an age at which many creative artists are content to rest on their laurels, or at least to leave behind whatever controversies they may have caused during their careers. No so Cunningham. In the first place, his 70s have been a time of intense creativity in which he has choreographed as many as four new... more...
Looking at Contemporary Dance
Princeton Book Company 2012; US$ 24.99With a focus on dance innovation from the late 19th century to the present, this history provides dance students with accessible information on the major contributors to the art. Organized chronologically by the decades in which innovators were born or dance organizations were founded, the study shows the similarities and generational character that... more...
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