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Paperback. Rising from a small-time vaudeville career in the States, Loie Fuller attained international celebrity as a dancer, inventor, and one of the first women filmmakers in the world. This book demonstrates that Fuller was an artist of great psychological, emotional, and sexual expressiveness whose work illuminates the centrality of dance to modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 44 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: APFB; ASD; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141091
- ISBN
- 9780691141091
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.79
€ 42.99
€ 30.79
Paperback. Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as 'postmodern dance', creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This biography examines Halprin's life in the context of American culture - in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation. Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ASDT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260054
- ISBN
- 9780520260054
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. A landmark examination of the art and artists inspired by American dance from 1830 to 1960 Num Pages: 304 pages, 230 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 254. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211610
- ISBN
- 9780300211610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.23
€ 52.99
€ 41.23
Hardback. An exuberant history of American dance, told through the lives of virtuoso performers who have defined the art Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300201314
- ISBN
- 9780300201314
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.96
€ 36.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Akim Volynsky was a Russian literary critic, journalist, and art historian who became Saint Petersburg's most prolific ballet critic in the early part of the twentieth century. This book features a collection of his provocative and influential writings, and provides a look at life inside the world of Russian ballet at a crucial era in its history. Editor(s): Rabinowitz, Stanley J. Translator(s): Rabinowitz, Stanley J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 black-&-white illustrations in a gallery. BIC Classification: ASDL; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164497
- ISBN
- 9780300164497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.64
€ 30.99
€ 22.64
Hardback. Igor Stravinsky was a towering composer of the twentieth century and closely linked to dance. His early commissions for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - "The Firebird", "Petrouchka", and "The Rite of Spring" - put him on the international map. This survey analyses each of Stravinsky's ballet pieces. Series: Yale Music Masterworks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300118728
- ISBN
- 9780300118728
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.96
€ 40.99
€ 26.96
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. Prominent components of Louis XIV's propaganda, the arts of spectacle also became sources of a potent resistance to the monarchy in late seventeenth-century France. The author tells the story of how the festive arts deployed an intricate network of subversive satire to undermine the rhetoric of sovereign authority. Num Pages: 324 pages, 8 colour plates, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 3 tables, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; ASDL; AVGC3; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226211558
- ISBN
- 9780226211558
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.97
€ 51.99
€ 39.97
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
€ 30.01
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. Situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Focusing on new forms of appropriation in an era of multiculturalism, the author underscores the institutionalization of racial disparities and offers insights into the intersection of race and culture in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043104
- ISBN
- 9780226043104
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.46
€ 37.99
€ 29.46
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. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199377336
- ISBN
- 9780199377336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.15
€ 76.15
Paperback. This work examines the African presence in American dance forms, arguing that the Africanist aesthetic has been "invisibilised" by the pervasive force of racism. It provides evidence to correct the record, investigating the Africanist presence as a major factor in shaping American performance. Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780275963736
- ISBN
- 9780275963736
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Condition: New
€ 55.63
€ 55.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637379
- ISBN
- 9780816637379
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. In this memoir, she recalls career, professional and personal attachments, and their attendant controversies with a frankness and common sense. Num Pages: 336 pages, 38 b&w photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDL; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813025933
- ISBN
- 9780813025933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713661750
- ISBN
- 9780713661750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.43
€ 33.99
€ 30.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Gitelman, Claudia; Palfy, Barbara. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813040257
- ISBN
- 9780813040257
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.89
€ 45.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 50.23
€ 50.23
Paperback. Offers an examination and discussion of theories of dance by the pioneer of the anthropology of human movement. Suitable for graduate students in anthropology faced with the wide spectrum of theories of human movement, this title examines subjects ranging from Aboriginal and African dances to the Royal Ballet. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071348
- ISBN
- 9780252071348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.78
€ 34.99
€ 31.78