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Dance across Texas
Dance across Texas
by Betty Casey
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Looks at the history and traditions of Texas dancing and shows how to do popular Texas dances, including polkas, waltzes, and the Cotton-eyed... (read more)

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Bodily Expression in Electronic Music
Bodily Expression in Electronic Music
by Deniz Peters
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In this book, scholars and artists explore the relation between electronic music and bodily expression from perspectives including aesthetics, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, dance and interactive performance arts, sociology, computer music and sonic... (read more)

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Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Handbook
Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Handbook
by Helen Payne
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Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapyis the first book of its kind to explore the supervisory process in the psychotherapeutic practice of movement and dance. Helen Payne brings together international contributors to discuss how the language of the... (read more)

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Both Sides of the Mirror
Both Sides of the Mirror
by Anna Paskevska
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Both Sides of the Mirror starts with the premise that skeletal equilibrium promotes harmonious musculature, which in turn makes harmonious movement possible. Early training establishes neuromuscular patterns that form the foundation of later technique... (read more)

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Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey
Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey
by Julia L. Foulkes
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Traces the evolution of modern dance, noting the contributions of such performers as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Ted Shawn while revealing the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and how it challenged conventional roles. Simultaneous... (read more)

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Basic Principles of Classical Ballet: Russian Ballet Technique
Basic Principles of Classical Ballet: Russian Ballet Technique
by Agrippina I︠A︡kovlevna Vaganova
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Discusses all basic principles of ballet, grouping movement by fundamental types. Diagrams show clearly the exact foot, leg, arm, and body positions for the proper execution of many steps and movements. Offers dancers, teachers, and ballet lovers... (read more)

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Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship
Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship
by Yvonne Daniel
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" In Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship, Yvonne Daniel provides a sweeping cultural and historical examination of diaspora dance genres. In discussing relationships among African, Caribbean, and other diasporic dances, Daniel... (read more)

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Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History
Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History
by Constance Valis Hill
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Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step... (read more)

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Folk Dancing
Folk Dancing
by Erica Nielsen
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While the general term "folk dance" encompasses a surprising variety of specific dances, there are three major recreational communities or forms: international folk dance, modern western square dance, and contra dance. Throughout the last century... (read more)

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The Dance Theatre of Kurt Jooss
The Dance Theatre of Kurt Jooss
by Suzanne Walther
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and analysis of The green table / Suzanne K. Walther -- Dancing for Jooss : recreating the role of death in The green table / Christian Holder -- Jooss ballets : chronological... (read more)

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Dance As Education
Dance As Education
by Peter Brinson
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In this volume the author examines the place of dance in contemporary Britain. Doing so, he sets out to provide the historical, political and structural elements necessary to achieve a broad understanding of dance in society.... (read more)

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The Joffrey Ballet School's Book of Ballet-Fit
The Joffrey Ballet School's Book of Ballet-Fit
by Allison Kyle Leopold
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The world-renowned Joffrey Ballet School makes the art and joy of ballet available to everyone. Let Dena Simone Moss and Allison Kyle Leopold teach you everything you need to know to get in shape, beautifully sculpt your body, and truly appreciate the... (read more)

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Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien
Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien
by Brian Winter
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Presents a memoir about Brian Warner's journey into Argentina and his love affair with the tango--the heartbeat of Argentina life.... (read more)

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Cuban Ballet
Cuban Ballet
by Octavio Roca
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The unique style of Cuban ballet is galvanizing the world of dance in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and beyond. This beautifully illustrated book explores the history of Cuban ballet by focusing on the life and career of the indomitable... (read more)

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Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance
Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance
by Janice Ross
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When I learned about improvisation from Anna, it was like receiving the other half of the hemisphere. Without improvisation I would not have developed the work that I'm doing.aTrisha BrownAnna Halprinawho, with her husband, the architect Lawrence Halprin,... (read more)

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Europe Dancing
Europe Dancing
by Andree Grau
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Europe Dancingexamines the dance cultures and movements which have developed in Europe since the Second World War. Nine countries are represented in this unique collaboration between European dance scholars. The contributors chart the post-war... (read more)

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Torah in Motion: Creating Dance Midrash
Torah in Motion: Creating Dance Midrash
by JoAnne Tucker
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Explore new ways of prayer and storytelling through TORAH IN MOTION. JoAnne Tucker and Susan Freeman, both experienced in dance and Judaic studies, tell the famous stories of the Torah through modern dance. In this book they explain how they use dance to... (read more)

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Ballet Beyond Tradition
Ballet Beyond Tradition
by Anna Paskevska
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For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and... (read more)

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On Wings of Joy
On Wings of Joy
by Trudy Garfunkel
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In this four-hundred-year chronicle readers are introduced to the major dancers, choreographers and composers who influenced the development of ballet.... (read more)

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Have Harmony With Women--Heinsian WESTERN SWING
Have Harmony With Women--Heinsian WESTERN SWING
by Gary Lee Heins
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Cowboys-- You know where you stand with your horse, but have you reached your potential to satisfy the ladies on the dance floor? Using horsemanship skills, learn: thirty-three Western Swing moves; and use them with these other gaits: Montana two-step... (read more)

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