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Paperback. Teachers and students who love Catherine Rollin's duet series Dances for Two will enjoy the third book in her solo series based on dance rhythms. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 303 x 91 x 31. Weight: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Alfred Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739090510
- ISBN
- 9780739090510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.69
€ 9.69
Hardcover. Employing a cultural theory approach, this book explores the relationship between popular dance and value. It traces the shifting value systems that underpin popular dance scholarship and considers how different dancing communities articulate complex expressions of judgment, significance and worth through their embodied practice. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579958
- ISBN
- 9780230579958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. This book examines the notion of 'embodied value' through the complex and paradoxical articulations of significance, judgment and worth that are expressed through the dancing body within the field of popular dance practice. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437372
- ISBN
- 9781137437372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.06
€ 72.06
Paperback. Employing a cultural theory approach, this book explores the relationship between popular dance and value. It traces the shifting value systems that underpin popular dance scholarship and considers how different dancing communities articulate complex expressions of judgment, significance and worth through their embodied practice. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368389
- ISBN
- 9781349368389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context. Editor(s): Fensham, Rachel; Carter, Alexandra. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278448
- ISBN
- 9780230278448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context. Editor(s): Carter, A. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326211
- ISBN
- 9781349326211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. This volume explores the influence of African American music on world culture. It brings together issues of race, gender, politics, history and dance, includes discussions of dance instruction songs, the blues aesthetic, and Katherine Dunham's controversial ballet about lynching, "Southland". Editor(s): DeFrantz, Thomas F. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 73 b&w photograhs, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299173142
- ISBN
- 9780299173142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.33
€ 32.33
Paperback. The private and performance lives of five female dancers in Western dance history Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077791
- ISBN
- 9780252077791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. As the author traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company to an international music industry giant, she looks at cultural politics at the grassroots level and sees the music not as a mere soundtrack for its historical moment but as an active agent in politics of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AVGQ; JFC; JFSL3; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- a
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005464
- ISBN
- 9780674005464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ASD; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784994334
- ISBN
- 9781784994334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.55
€ 157.55
Paperback. Tracing the historical figure of Vaslav Nijinsky in contemporary documents and later reminiscences, Dancing Genius opens up questions about authorship in dance, about critical evaluation of performance practice, and the manner in which past events are turned into history. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; ASD; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488223
- ISBN
- 9781349488223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Paperback. Explains the cognitive, emotional, and physical dimensions of dance in a spectrum of stress management approaches. This book offers lessons learned from the experiences of people of different cultures and historical periods, as well as knowledge, on how to resist, reduce, and dance away stress in the disquieting times of the 21st century. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; VFMG; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759108592
- ISBN
- 9780759108592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.63
€ 77.63
Paperback. This text explores the relationship between dancing bodies and sexual identity on the concert stage, in nightclubs, in film, in the courts and on the streets and tracks the intersections of dance and human sexuality in the twentieth century as the definition of each has shifted and expanded. Editor(s): Desmond, Jane C. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299170547
- ISBN
- 9780299170547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442. Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. 260 pages, 11 ills. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455758
- ISBN
- 9780857455758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Hardback. Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption, but also as vernaculars connecting individuals who may have little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities the book suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work productively together. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000032
- ISBN
- 9780230000032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. "Dancing Communities" examines performances that create urban communities by blurring, or reinforcing, complex cultural and ethnic boundaries. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; JFD; JFSJ; JFSL; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349279432
- ISBN
- 9781349279432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption and vernaculars connecting individuals with little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities, this book, now in paperback with a new preface, suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work together. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASDT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302334
- ISBN
- 9780230302334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30, 8 figures. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ2; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626324
- ISBN
- 9781442626324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30, 8 figures. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ2; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648678
- ISBN
- 9781442648678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735510
- ISBN
- 9781613735510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.77
€ 18.99
€ 18.77