Dance
Results 169 - 192 of 317
Dance
Hardcover. A dazzling exploration of a seductive, glittery culture Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDR; JFCA; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722664
- ISBN
- 9780814722664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Paperback. Examining social and popular dance forms from a variety of critical and cultural perspectives Editor(s): Malnig, Julie. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: ASD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252075650
- ISBN
- 9780252075650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerises dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. This title examines the poetics of the tango while describing author's own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 89 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ASD; AVGF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321910
- ISBN
- 9780822321910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. From a writer who is as dazzling on the dance-floor as she is on the page, here is the hidden story of tango: the world's most passionate dance. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ASDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272851
- ISBN
- 9781846272851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
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€ 23.95
€ 25.99
€ 23.95
Hardback. For centuries, the rite of the tarantula was the only cure for those 'bitten' or 'possessed' by the mythic Apulian spider. Its victims had to dance to the local tarantella or 'pizzica' for days on end. Today, the pizzica has returned to the limelight, bringing to the forefront issues of performance, gender, identity and well-being. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 19 ills. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASDX; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454456
- ISBN
- 9781845454456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.06
€ 164.06
Hardback. Interprets the explosion of German body culture between the two wars - nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance from solo dancing to mass movement choirs. This book presents the work of such well-known figures as Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, and Oskar Schlemmer. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 439 pages, 84. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 439
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206632
- ISBN
- 9780520206632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.70€ 53.21
€ 68.70
€ 53.21
Paperback. In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; ASD; HRQX5; HRQX9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171135
- ISBN
- 9780226171135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
€ 30.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton Book Company United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871271921
- ISBN
- 9780871271921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.18
€ 39.18
Paperback. This is the first book about the theatre career of Fred and Adele Astaire, detailing their years in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in London, their impact culturally, and the essence of their partnership on and off the stage. Num Pages: 272 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; ASZH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199358946
- ISBN
- 9780199358946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.26
€ 25.99
€ 23.26
Hardback. Examines the conceptualization and staging of race through the performance, sometimes coerced, of black dance from the slave ship to the minstrel stage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; ASD; GTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038259
- ISBN
- 9780252038259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Paperback. Prapto's Amerta Movement has inspired thousands of people. But what is Amerta Movement? And what is it about Prapto's work that so touches therapists, artists, musicians, dancers, teachers, performers and laypeople? 30 movement practitioners from around the world (who all trained with him) describe the impact of Prapto's Amerta Movement on them. Editor(s): Bloom, Katya; Galanter, Margit; Reeve, Sandra. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Triarchy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909470323
- ISBN
- 9781909470323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.67
€ 33.99
€ 28.67
Hardcover. A stunning celebration of movement and dance in hundreds of breathtaking photographs of more than 60 dancers from American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, Boston Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet, and many more. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 full colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 327 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2342.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316318587
- ISBN
- 9780316318587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.61
€ 69.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 125 halftones, 20 line illustratons. BIC Classification: ASD; MFGV; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195341010
- ISBN
- 9780195341010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.12
€ 97.12
Paperback. Landscape of the Now takes readers on a deep journey into the underlying processes and structures of movement improvisation. Based on interviews with Steve Paxton, Simone Forti, Nancy Stark Smith, and others, this book offers the rare opportunity to find some clarity in what is often a complex and confusing creative experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199988266
- ISBN
- 9780199988266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.66
€ 71.66
Hardback. This is three books in one: an impressionistic account (based on the aestheticism of Walter Pater) of the dancer's homoerotic career, a deconstructive analysis of his gay male reception (drawn from the semiotics of Roland Barthes), and an exploration of the limitations of that analysis. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASDL; BG; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729499
- ISBN
- 9780804729499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.41
€ 81.41
Hardback. This book provides philosophical grounds for an emerging area of scholarship: the study of religion and dance. In the first part, LaMothe investigates why scholars in religious studies have tended to overlook dance, or rhythmic bodily movement, in favor of textual expressions of religious life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; HRAB; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224036
- ISBN
- 9780823224036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.45
€ 94.45
Paperback. Playable Bodies shows how dance video games work as engines of humor, social risk, and intimacy, urging players to dance like nobody's watching-while being tracked by motion-sensing interfaces in their living rooms. Author Kiri Miller looks at game design and player experiences across media platforms, presenting a new theory of "intimate media." Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190257842
- ISBN
- 9780190257842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Paperback. Presents the story of how a man born into poverty in London's East End went on to find stardom late in life when he was chosen to be head judge on BBC1's "Strictly Come Dancing". This title tells about his East End roots, his experiences on "Strictly Come Dancing", and also on the number 1 US show "Dancing with Stars". Num Pages: 352 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: APT; ASDR; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091928032
- ISBN
- 9780091928032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040226
- ISBN
- 9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKP; ANF; ASD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415741637
- ISBN
- 9780415741637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.10
€ 50.10
Hardcover. Karina, a professional dancer who fled wartime Germany, and dance historian Kant (U. of Pennsylvania) counter revisionist histories of dance in the Nazi era. In their first-hand accounts and analysis, they emphasize dancers' collaboration with the regime and the regime's infusion of its Aryan/anti-S Translator(s): Steinberg, Jonathan. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 illustrations, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ASD; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813008
- ISBN
- 9781571813008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.72
€ 182.72
Paperback. This is the paperback edition of a landmark book that confronts the reality of being a dancer and offers practical and much-needed advice for grappling with the challenges dancers face. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; VFJ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787964061
- ISBN
- 9780787964061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.36
€ 23.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Guarino, Lindsay; Oliver, Wendy. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061290
- ISBN
- 9780813061290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80