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Ballet Beyond Tradition
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 31.46For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of progressive training. Ballet Beyond Tradition seeks to reconcile... more...
Turning the Tune
Berghahn Books 2009; US$ 27.95The last century has seen radical social changes in Ireland, which have impacted all aspects of local life but none more so than traditional Irish music, an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. The author focuses on a small village in County Clare, which became a kind of pilgrimage site for those interested in experiencing... 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$ 39.33Rudolf 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$ 30.15Merce 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...
