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Dance Composition
Taylor and Francis 2014; US$ 33.95First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. more...
The Place of Dance
Wesleyan University Press 2014; US$ 23.99An essential guide to embodied awareness more...
The Intimate Act Of Choreography
University of Pittsburgh Press 1982; US$ 19.95 US$ 16.96A comprehensive book that covers all aspects of choreography from the most fundamental techniques to highly sophisticated artistic concerns. The Intimate Act of Choreography presents the what and how of choreography in a workable format that begins with basics- - time, space, force -- and moves on to the more complex issues faced by the intermediate... more...
The Moment Of Movement
University of Pittsburgh Press 1988; US$ 27.95 US$ 23.76Dance improvisation, the intriguing phenomenon of the creative process alive in the moving body, exists powerfully, sublimely - lending insight, solving problems, allowing moments of transcendence, diversion, and delight. Flourishing especially since the postmodern movement of the 1960s, it has come into its own in the performing arts. ... 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...
The Everyday Dancer
Faber & Faber 2011; US$ 11.66The Everyday Dancer is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand experience of the profession. Structured around the daily schedule, The Everyday Dancer goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to uncover the everyday realities of a career in dance. Starting out with the obligatory daily 'class',... 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...