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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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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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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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Rock 'N' Roll Dances of the 1950s
Rock 'N' Roll Dances of the 1950s
by Lisa Jo Sagolla
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"This descriptive and analytic study examines how 1950s rock 'n' roll dancing illuminates the larger cultural context out of which the dancing arose"--... (read more)

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Choreographing Identities: Folk Dance, Ethnicity and Festival in the United States and Canada
Choreographing Identities: Folk Dance, Ethnicity and Festival in the United States and Canada
by Anthony Shay
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Throughout its history, the United States has become a new home for thousands of immigrants, all of whom have brought their own traditions and expressions of ethnicity. Not least among these customs are folk dances, which over time have become visual... (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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Ancient Egyptian Dances
Ancient Egyptian Dances
by Irena Lexová
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Dancing was important to the ancient Egyptians. One of the few books available in English on this topic, this carefully researched, profusely illustrated work investigates the origins, nature and role of dance in Egyptian culture. Features 80 figure... (read more)

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Don’ts for Dancers
Don’ts for Dancers
by Karsinova
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Following hot on the heels of the best-selling Don'ts for Husbands, Don'ts for Wives and Don'ts for Golfers this facsimile copy of the original edition contains everything youever needed to know, from what to wear at a fancy dress party to how tohold... (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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Writing about Dance
Writing about Dance
by Wendy Oliver
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Writing About Danceguides students through various processes of writing about dance, from the informal (journal writing and free writing) to the formal (critiques, essays, and research papers). When students learn both practical and artistic aspects of... (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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Native American Dance Steps
Native American Dance Steps
by Bessie Evans
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This well-researched book provides details of the varied steps that certain Native American groupshave used to express their dance ideas — from skips, jumps, and hop steps, to an Indian form of the pas de bourrée. Similarities to Oriental dances... (read more)

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Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home
Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home
by Maria Finn
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Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss, about learning how to follow and how to lead, how to live with... (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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Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out
Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out
by Nadine George-Graves
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Provocative, moving, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic. These are a few words that have been used to describe the ground-breaking Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women. Their unique aesthetic borrows from classical and contemporary dance... (read more)

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Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics
Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics
by Mark Franko
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..". almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." -- Signs ..". [an] important step... in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between... (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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Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal
Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal
by Francesca Castaldi
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Structured as a polyrhythmic ensemble, the narrative in Francesca Castaldi's Choreographies of African Identities "sounds" three interrelated interpretations of the work of the National Ballet of Senegal, each interpretation overlapping with the others... (read more)

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