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Mao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
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From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as... ( read more)
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100 Lessons in Classical Ballet
by Vera S. Kostrovitskaya
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The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School, which trained Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Makarova, including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher, scholar, or student of the dance can afford to miss. A serious,... ( read more)
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Bellydance
by Dolphina
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For women who are eager to exercise their mind, body, and spirit, bellydancing is a no-impact exercise that burns fat, increases flexibility, and complements the natural movements of the body. Providing a structured approach to learning the basics, with... ( read more)
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Mark Morris's L'Allegro, Il Pensoroso, Ed Il Moderato: A Celebration
by Jeffrey Escoffier
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Mark Morris' 1988 dance, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, set to music by Handel and poems by John Milton, and inspired by watercolors by William Blake, has been called a work of "utopian grandeur," "a masterpiece of craft, invention, and feeling,... ( read more)
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Breaking Bounds: The Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield
by Lois Greenfield
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In this collection of 87 duotone images that virtually leap off the page, Lois Greenfield's revolutionary photographs capture the explosive energy and beauty of dancers' bodies in motion. Made between 1982 and 1991, they are the result of a collaboration... ( read more)
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Classical Ballet Technique
by Gretchen Ward Warren
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-- A comprehensive teaching guide presenting every movement in the classical repertoire, demonstrated by professional dancers in 2,600 photographs.... ( read more)
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Kiss & Tango: Diary of a Dancehall Seductress
by Marina Palmer
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Approaching her dreaded thirtieth birthday, Marina Palmer suddenly found herself adrift in anxiety. A successful but bored advertising executive -- on the therapist's couch thrice weekly and with no lasting love in her life -- she longed for true passion... ( read more)
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Diet for Dancers: A Complete Guide to Nutrition and Weight Control
by Robin D Chmelar
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The first diet book based on research with dancers, this guide provides information about proper dietary procedures that will enable people to reach and/or maintain their optimal body weight for dancing. Areas discussed include weight... ( read more)
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Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show
by Rachel Shteir
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The fascinating, untold story of the history of undressing: over fifty years of taking it off. Striptease combined sexual display and parody, cool eros and wisecracking Bacchanalian humor. Striptease could be savage, patriotic, irreverent, vulgar... ( read more)
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Writing in the Dark, Dancing in the New Yorker: An Arlene Croce Reader (Arlene Croce Reader)
by Arlene Croce
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The best of America's best writer on dance "Theoretically, I am ready to go to anything-once. If it moves, I'm interested; if it moves to music, I'm in love." From 1973 until 1996 Arlene Croce was The New Yorker's dance critic, a post created for her... ( read more)
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