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Dance
Paperback. During the patron saint fiesta in the town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset awaiting the entrance of the colourful dance troupes, or comparsas. The comparsas have become a powerful way for the local people to make sense of their place in the world. This text looks at this tradition. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 32 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ASDX; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520094
- ISBN
- 9780226520094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.15
€ 52.99
€ 41.15
Paperback. In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with just six dancers. Within twenty years, The Royal Ballet - as it became - was established as one of the world's great companies. This book portrays the extraordinary personalities who created the company and the dancers who made such an impact on their audiences. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227969
- ISBN
- 9780571227969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
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€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
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
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Paperback. Regardless of the grace of their movement, dancers experience injuries more often than the lugs bucking heads on the rugby field or in the boxing ring. Num Pages: 368 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: ASD; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471975281
- ISBN
- 9780471975281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.43
€ 87.43
Paperback. An exploration of the possibility that co-ordinated rhythmic movement and the shared feelings it evokes has been a powerful force in holding human groups together. The author maintains that people who move together to the same beat tend to bond, and examines dance as a shaper of evolution. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674502307
- ISBN
- 9780674502307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.04
€ 42.99
€ 36.04
Hardback. Discusses the development of dance from 1949 to 1984 and examines the work of dancers and choreographers. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231062787
- ISBN
- 9780231062787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.24€ 79.32
€ 104.24
€ 79.32
Paperback. Widely regarded as the foremost choreographer of contemporary ballet, George Balanchine was a major inspiration in the world of dance. This book presents a technical explanation of the stylistic approaches that he taught in New York City between 1940 and 1960. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, printed music items. BIC Classification: ASDC; ASDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032528
- ISBN
- 9780813032528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.52
€ 29.52
Paperback. Traces Arsenio Rodriguez's early career in Cuba, his influence on Cuban and Latin popular music in the 1940s, his struggle for recognition at the height of mambo-mania in the 1950s, and his importance to Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; ASD; AVGE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133864
- ISBN
- 9781592133864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow
Visiting Assitant Professor Of Dance Hannah (...
paperback. Using new archival discoveries and interviews, Honest Bodies illustrates how Anna Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism internationally from the 1930s to the 1960s. Author Hannah Kosstrin argues that Sokolow's dances embodied the relationship between Communist ideals and Jewish culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 halftones; 1 table. BIC Classification: ASDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199396931
- ISBN
- 9780199396931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.18
€ 65.18
Hardcover. Tells the story of the rise of modern ballet and its popularity through the life story of one of ballet's most glamorous stars, Irina Baronova (1919-2008), prima ballerina for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and later for Ballet Theatre in New York. Num Pages: 256 pages, 335 colour plates. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167169
- ISBN
- 9780226167169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.86€ 48.23
€ 56.86
€ 48.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; ASD; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895811575
- ISBN
- 9781895811575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879100681
- ISBN
- 9780879100681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.57
€ 25.99
€ 25.57
Paperback. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Print on Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522851458
- ISBN
- 9780522851458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Paperback. An ethnography of music and dance exploring the economic, social, and ideological constraints under which social classes and racial groups interact Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ASDX; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472035755
- ISBN
- 9780472035755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Ailey's choreography caused shock waves in the dance world of 1958 and continues to move audiences deeply. Diverse contributors discuss the impact of Ailey and his company on American Modern Dance. Editor(s): Topaz, Muriel. Series: Choreography & Dance Studies. Num Pages: 76 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 171. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783718658350
- ISBN
- 9783718658350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
paperback. An inside look at the New York City Ballet, and an intimate account of the emotional and intellectual development of a young woman dedicated to a demanding art. Toni Bentley began this journal at the age of 22, describing her daily activities and looking back on her past. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASDL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813027050
- ISBN
- 9780813027050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Explores how four influential dancers embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803262416
- ISBN
- 9780803262416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32 pages of B&W photographs. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 49. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605985787
- ISBN
- 9781605985787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.28
€ 22.28
Hardcover. This handy reference guide from Classic FM explores the world's most popular ballets, considering the great choreographers, dancers and, of course, composers who have created the most stunning performances of this incredible art form, along with plenty of musical recommendations along the way. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ASDL; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783960446
- ISBN
- 9781783960446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70