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Architecture books onlineIntroducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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