Dance & other performing arts
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Dance & other performing arts
Hardcover. This book investigates the expanding parameters for site-specific performance to account for the form's increasing popularity in the twenty-first century. Leading practitioners and theorists interrogate issues of performance and site to broaden our understanding of the role that place plays in performance and the ways that performance influences it Editor(s): Birch, Anna; Tompkins, Joanne. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364059
- ISBN
- 9780230364059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardcover. Explores the uncalculated and incalculable elements in historical re-enactment - unexpected emotions, unplanned developments - and locates them in countries where settlers were trying to establish national identities derived from metropolitan cultures inevitably affected by the land itself and the people who had been there before them. Editor(s): Agnew, Vanessa; Lamb, Jonathan. Series: Re-Enactment History. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZ; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576063
- ISBN
- 9780230576063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
Hardcover. Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller. Editor(s): Hass, Lawrence; Coppa, Francesca; Peck, James. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZG; ASZH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607880
- ISBN
- 9780230607880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardcover. Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives presents the work of dance scholars whose professional fieldwork spans several continents and includes studies of the dance and movement systems of varied global communities. Editor(s): Dankworth, Linda E.; David, Ann R. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASDC; ASDT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009432
- ISBN
- 9781137009432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardcover. Religious life and public life are both passionately performed, but often understood to exclude one another. This book's array of voices investigates the publics hailed by religious performances and the challenges they offer to theories of the democratic public sphere. Editor(s): Edelman, Joshua; Chambers, Claire; Du Toit, Simon. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGR; AN; AS; HRAM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338624
- ISBN
- 9781137338624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. Ten international dramaturg-scholars advance proposals that reset notions of agency in contemporary dance creation. Dramaturgy becomes driven by artistic inquiry, distributed among collaborating artists, embedded in improvisation tasks, or weaved through audience engagement, and the dramaturg becomes a facilitator of dramaturgical awareness. Editor(s): Hansen, Pil; Callison, Darcey. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373212
- ISBN
- 9781137373212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.87
€ 111.87
Hardcover. Choreographic Dwellings: Practising Place offers new readings of the kinaesthetic experiences of site-specific and nomadic performance, parkour, installation and walking practices. It extends the remit of the choreographic by reframing the kinaesthetic qualities of place as action. Editor(s): Schiller, Gretchen; Rubidge, Sarah. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AFKP; ASDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385666
- ISBN
- 9781137385666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Paperback. This volume, now available in paperback, explores what it means to create and experience urban performance - as both an aesthetic and a political practice - in the burgeoning world where cities are built by globalization and neoliberal capital. Editor(s): Hopkins, D. J.; Solga, Kim. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; JFFS; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520258
- ISBN
- 9781137520258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OMNIBUS PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617742644
- ISBN
- 9781617742644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.26
€ 10.26
Hardcover. Nadine George-Graves provides a historical narrative of their achievements and uses black feminist theories, feminist theories of performance, and theories of class and popular culture to analyze the many layers of performance in which the Whitman Sisters participated, on and off the stage. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASZH; HBT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312225629
- ISBN
- 9780312225629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.41
€ 154.41
Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257689
- ISBN
- 9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.30€ 63.19
€ 82.30
€ 63.19
Paperback. Series: EXPLORING PIANO CLASSICS. A Masterwork Method for the Developing Pianist. The Technizue books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns, scales, cadences, and arpeggios in the major and minor keys of the Repertoire books), exercises and etudes, and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 227 x 243 x 30. Weight: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Alfred Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739084847
- ISBN
- 9780739084847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.89
€ 11.89
Paperback. Series: EXPLORING PIANO CLASSICS. The Repertoire books include pieces from the major style periods, selected and graded based on festival, competition, and examination lists from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Background information on each style period, its instruments, composers, and the music itself is included. The CD recordings of the repertoire, performed by internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus, provide an indispensable tool for appropriate musical interpretation. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 218 x 299 x 26. Weight: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Alfred Publishing
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739084854
- ISBN
- 9780739084854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.61
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 275 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; ASDL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 457 x 313 x 55. Weight in Grams: 4398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847830411
- ISBN
- 9780847830411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.49
€ 107.49
Num Pages: 176 pages, 99 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1446.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764338601
- ISBN
- 9780764338601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.69
€ 47.99
€ 31.69
paperback. Exploring the ways undergraduate theatre programs can play a significant role in accomplishing the aims and learning outcomes of a contemporary liberal education, Kindelan argues that theatre's signature pedagogy helps all undergraduates become actively engaged in developing critical and value-focused skills. Series: The Arts in Higher Education. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JNF; JNKC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435692
- ISBN
- 9781349435692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. A Third Tutor For Electronic Keyboard. Keyed UP is an exciting and innovative approach to teaching and learning the electronic keyboard. Nancy Litten carefully guides the student through a series of well-known and catchy melodies and adds learning concepts along the way. So the student simply enjoys the journey whilst acquiring new skills - as Nancy puts it in the preface. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 302 x 232 x 4. Weight in Grams: 216. 50 pages. A Third Tutor For Electronic Keyboard. Keyed UP is an exciting and innovative approach to teaching and learning the electronic keyboard. Nancy Litten carefully guides the student through a series of well-known and catchy melodies and adds learning concepts along the way. So the student simply enjoys the journey whilst acquiring new skills - as Nancy puts it in the preface. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 302 x 232 x 4. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Alfred Music Publishing
- Number of pages
- 50
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955544286
- ISBN
- 9780955544286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.78
€ 14.99
€ 14.78
Series: KEYED UP. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 303 x 229 x 6. Weight: 214.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Alfred Publishing Co.(UK)Ltd
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955544262
- ISBN
- 9780955544262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.78
€ 14.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. This book provides practical information on anatomy for dancers using images, storytelling, and experiential exercises. Based on over 30,000 hours of training, Functional Awareness(R) improves dance technique with tools to enable the dancer to recruit effort efficiently and move with ease in class, on stage, and daily life. Num Pages: 104 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190498146
- ISBN
- 9780190498146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.61
€ 37.61
Hardcover. Building on ethnographic research in multiple locations, this book reveals the complexity of odissi as it is practiced today, at the intersection of identity, nationalism, tradition, and neoliberal economics. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333682
- ISBN
- 9781785333682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.46
€ 158.46