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Conditioning for Dance
Conditioning for Dance
by Eric Franklin
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Even the best sense of rhythm, the most careful technical training, and the most astute dance intuition aren't enough to make a dancer truly excel; you also need focused strength, balance, and flexibility to execute the movements with power and grace... (read more)

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Thinking Body
Thinking Body
by Mabel Elsworth Todd
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A classic study of physiology and the effect of psychological processes on movement that has a mind/body approach, which makes it a favorite of dancers.... (read more)

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Interpreting News
Interpreting News
by Graham Meikle
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This core introductory text offers a comprehensive overview of how news has been theorised and understood in key Media Studies traditions. It explores how news is constructed, distributed and received and includes up-to-date examples and discussion of... (read more)

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Age and Dancing: Older People and Community Dance Practice
Age and Dancing: Older People and Community Dance Practice
by Diane (edt) Amans
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This highly readable introduction to dance with older people combines key debates and issues in the field with practical guidance, as well as a resources section including numerous "toolkit materials." Diane Amans, leading practitioner in Community... (read more)

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Tango: The Dance, the Song, the Story
Tango: The Dance, the Song, the Story
by Simon Collier
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Born in the slums of Buenos Aires in the last decades of the 19th century, the tango has remained spectacularly alive for over 100 years and today is the focus of a new cult. What is the secret of the tango's appeal? Historian Simon Collier traces the... (read more)

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Inside Ballet Technique: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Ballet Class
Inside Ballet Technique: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Ballet Class
by Valerie Grieg
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A Dance Book Club main selection, this guide offers a general explanation of anatomy, kinesiology, and technique for ballet dancers, students, and teachers.... (read more)

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Dancing Our Way Home
Dancing Our Way Home
by Alana Shaw
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Enter the intoxicating world of performing in community with a step-by-step guide that combines practical exercises and improvisational forms. Proven methods reach out to classes, children in after-school programs, youth at risk and culturally and socio... (read more)

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The Magic Pointe Shoes
The Magic Pointe Shoes
by Patricia Storelli
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The Magic of Pointe Shoes is an invaluable guide to students, teachers and dancers. This is an amazing book that will help you unlock all the mysteries about pointe shoes. Katia Garza, Artist, Orlando BalletThe Magic of Pointe Shoes is the only book... (read more)

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Ballroom Dancing
Ballroom Dancing
by Alex Moore
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For nearly 70 years, Alex Moore's "Ballroom Dancing" has been a favorite guide to standard techniques of ballroom dancing-for beginners, for competition dancers, and for students of ballroom dance courses. Now in its tenth edition, this classic and... (read more)

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The Fit and Healthy Dancer
The Fit and Healthy Dancer
by Yiannis Koutedakis
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Regardless of the grace of their movement, dancers experience injuries more often than the lugs bucking heads on the rugby field or in the boxing ring. On average, dancers are only marginally fitter than the average person on the street, smoke far too... (read more)

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Always More Than One: Individuation's Dance
Always More Than One: Individuation's Dance
by Erin Manning
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In Always More Than One, the philosopher, visual artist, and dancer Erin Manning explores the concept of the "more than human" in the context of movement, perception, and experience. Working from Whitehead's process philosophy and Simondon's... (read more)

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The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
by Debra Craine
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With over 2,500 entries covering all aspects of dance, this unique dictionary is the only one of its kind available. It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of dance in paperback, ranging from classical ballet to the cutting edge of modern... (read more)

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Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History
Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History
by Jack Anderson
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Now expanded and updated, this second edition of the original bestseller is an engaging interpretation of dance history—from the Ancient Greeks and European royal courts to the rise of the “American“ ballet and the explosion of modern... (read more)

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Dance Composition: A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making [With DVD]
Dance Composition: A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making [With DVD]
by Jacqueline M Smith Autard
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Dance composition – the discipline that translates ideas into dances – is an important part of dance education. This book, a bestseller for over twenty years, is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and is a popular textbook... (read more)

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Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
by Lynn Garafola
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In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction of impresario extraordinaire Serge Diaghilev (1872–1929), the Ballets Russes radically transformed... (read more)

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Choreography
Choreography
by Sandra Cerny Minton
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Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation is the complete guide to understanding the entire process of choreography, from concept to stage production. Thousands of dancers and dance instructors have used the first two editions of this book to... (read more)

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Dance Production and Management
Dance Production and Management
by Heather Trommer-beardslee
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Everything from early conceptual work through performance and touring are covered in this how to book for dance management. Dancers will create a fictional company and follow it through a myriad of steps and complexities necessary for a successful... (read more)

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The Dancer's Survival Manual: Everything You Need to Know from the First Class to Career Change
The Dancer's Survival Manual: Everything You Need to Know from the First Class to Career Change
by Marian Horosko
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A road map to plan your career in dance   "Impressive. . . . I recommend this book for parents, teachers, and dancers of all ages."--Karen Kain, Artistic Director, National Ballet of Canada   "An invaluable book where students... (read more)

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Looking At Contemporary Dance (12 Edition)
Looking At Contemporary Dance (12 Edition)
by Marc Raymond Strauss
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With a focus on dance innovation from the late 19th century to the present, this history provides dance students with accessible information on the major contributors to the art. Organized chronologically by the decades in which innovators were born or... (read more)

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Nutrition for the Dancer
Nutrition for the Dancer
by Zerlina Mastin
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The tremendous physical mastery of a 21st century dancer undoubtedly rivals that of an athlete, but the importance and significance of nutrition could not be any more different. However, merely likening the strength, Agility and physicality of a dancer... (read more)

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