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The Makers of Modern Dance in Germany: Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, Kurt Jooss by Isa Partsch-Bergsohn Publisher Comments The book weaves together the connections among these extraordinary artists, "The Makers of Modern Dance in Germany" contains interviews, personal recollections and translations from German publications.... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Writing Dancing in Age of Postmodernism (94 Edition) by Sally Banes Publisher Comments A leading critic traces three decades of contemporary dance from Balanchine to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Kazuo Ohno's World by Kazuo Ohno Publisher Comments Photographs and words illuminate Butoh dance.... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Vision of Modern Dance : in the Words of Its Creators (2ND 98 Edition) by Jean Brown Publisher Comments This is the moving story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists who created it. The powerful words of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Ruth St. Denis, and twenty nine other modern dance artists come to life in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery by Eric Franklin Publisher Comments Destined to become a classic text and reference, Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery shows you how to use imaging techniques to improve posture and alignment and release excess tension. The book's 195 illustrations will help you visualize the images and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible by Sally (edt) Banes Publisher Comments The 1960s was a pivotal decade in dance, an era of intense experimentation and rich invention. In this volume an impressive range of dance critics and scholars examine the pioneering choreographers and companies of the era, such as Anna Halprin’s... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $24.25 New - Trade Paper
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Dancer Prepares : Modern Dance for Beginners (5TH 05 Edition) by James W. Penrod Publisher Comments Designed for beginning and intermediate courses, this accessible, easy-to-read text provides students with concrete, practical information on both the technical and creative aspects of modern dance. It also covers the basics of anatomy, including posture... (read more) List Price $44.10 Your price: $36.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Aerial Dance (Special Book/DVD Package) by Jayne C. Bernasconi Publisher Comments Aerial Dance is the first book to showcase this newest dance genre. The book traces the historical roots of this latest art form, which is rapidly gaining in popularity. It also defines its place in the lineage of modern dance and addresses aesthetics... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero by Elizabeth Streb Publisher Comments Elizabeth Streb has been testing the potential of the human body since childhood. Can she fly? Can she run up walls? Can she break through glass? How fast can she go? With clarity and humor—and with a world-class dance troupe called STREB&mdash... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Destined to Dance: A Novel about Martha Graham by Marcy Heidish Publisher Comments DESTINED TO DANCEThey called her a genius. They called her a goddess. They called her a monster.Which title best fits Martha Graham, iconic Mother of Modern Dance?Find out - in the first historical novel about this great American diva. DESTINED TO DANCE... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Swing Dancing: A Flowmotion Book: Put on Your Dancing Shoes and Get with Hip-Swinging, Toe-Tapping Swing Dancing by Simon Selmon Publisher Comments How do you get in the swing of things? Perhaps with the East Coast version, and its cool turns? Or, maybe you want the acrobatic lindy hop. Whichever you choose, these dances are loads of fun, and great exercise. The show-it-all sequences in the book... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance: Finding a Balance by Elisabeth Schwaiger Publisher Comments This book explores the nexus between gender, ageing and culture in dancers practicing a variety of genres. It challenges existing cultural norms which equate ageing with bodily decline and draws on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to explore... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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William Forsythe: Suspense by Markus Weisbeck Publisher Comments Around the world, the American-born avant-garde choreographer William Forsythe is considered one of the most significant and innovative figures in contemporary dance. As the Director of the Ballett Frankfurt from 1984 to 2004, he transcended the... (read more) Your price: $55.00 New - Trade Paper
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New Dance by Margery J Turner Publisher Comments Dealing exclusively with developments in modern dance since 1951, this book is for anyone who wishes to understand and experience nonliteral dance: students and teachers, dancers and critics.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Talk about Contemporary Dance (Talk about) by Philippe Noisette Publisher Comments A densely illustrated and comprehensive introduction to an art form that is enjoying a boon in popularity due to its links with pop culture, fashion, and music. This engaging and unpretentious introduction to contemporary dance explores the discipline in... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Alien Bodies: Representations of Modernity, 'Race' and Nation in Early Modern Dance by Ramsay Burt Publisher Comments Blurring the conventional distinction between modern dance and ballet, African American dance, gymnastics and dancing as popular entertainment, i Alien Bodies /i looks at the way the dance of the 1920s and 1930s mediated the experience of modernity... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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Converging Movements: Modern Dance and Jewish Culture at the 92nd Street y by Naomi M. Jackson Publisher Comments A groundbreaking study of the 92nd Street Y and its major influence on 20th-century American culture.... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Writing in the Dark, Dancing in the New Yorker by Arlene Croce Publisher Comments “Cool, fully engaged, brilliant and tough.” —Rick Whitaker, The Washington Post Book World 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... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Making Music for Modern Dance: Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art by Katherine (edt) Teck Publisher Comments Making Music for Modern Dance traces the collaborative approaches, working procedures, and aesthetic views of the artists who forged a new and distinctly American art form during the first half of the 20th century. The book offers riveting first-hand... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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I Want to Be Ready: Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom by Danielle Goldman Publisher Comments Danielle Goldman's contribution to the theory and history of improvisation in dance is rich, beautiful and extraordinary. In her careful, rigorously imaginative analysis of the discipline of choreography in real time, Goldman both compels and allows us... (read more) Your price: $31.75 New - Trade Paper
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