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Paper Tangos (98 Edition) by Julie Taylor Publisher Comments Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation’s sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerizes dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. In Paper Tangos, Julie Taylor—a... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet by Gail Grant Publisher Comments From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions that vary from the Russian to the French or Italian schools are also... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ballet for Dummies by Scott Speck Publisher Comments Whether you want to participate in ballet or just watch it, the ballet experience can excite and inspire you. Ballet is among the most beautiful forms of expression ever devised: an exquisite mix of sight and sound, stunning, aesthetics, and awesome... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Thinking Body by Mabel Elsworth Todd Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Belly Dancing for Fitness (04 Edition) by Dallal Publisher Comments 200 step by step photos, as well as a 16 page colour section of traditional dress and accessories.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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New Dance Experience (2ND 03 Edition) by Myron Howard Nadel Synopsis Using a global approach, this collection of 22 original essays considers ballet, modern, jazz, and tap dance, Broadway and movie dance, folk, ethnic, and social dance.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dancing Longer, Dancing Stronger: A Dancer's Guide to Improving Technique and Preventing Injury by Andrea Watkins Publisher Comments Featuring ballet, jazz, modern, and aerobic, this book includes exercises to complement in-class work or to enhance performance.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology (07 Edition) by Karen Clippinger Publisher Comments All dancers are looking to achieve optimal performance--and Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology will help them do just that. This text helps dancers learn anatomical and biomechanical principles as they apply to dance performance. It focuses on optimal dance... (read more) List Price $84.50 Your price: $63.50 New - Hardcover
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Aerial Dance (08 Edition) by Jayne 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) List Price $40.95 Your price: $31.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Time and the Dancing Image (88 Edition) by Deborah Jowitt Publisher Comments "If dance itself is a way of making ideas both visual and visceral, Deborah Jowitt has discovered a literary voice in Time and the Dancing Image in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought, in its relation to theatrical dancing, becomes sensuous."-... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tango : the Dance, the Song, the Story (95 Edition) by Simon Collier Publisher Comments 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Of the Presence of the Body (04 Edition) by Lepecki Publisher Comments Writing at the dynamic intersection of dance and performance studies.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Terpsichore in Sneakers : Post-modern Dance (77 Edition) by Sally Banes Publisher Comments A dance critic's essays on post-modern dance.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond Words (2ND 11 Edition) by Carol-lynne Moore Publisher Comments Beyond Words presents a range of illuminating approaches to examining every day social interactions, to help the reader understand human movement in new ways. Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto build on the principles that they expertly explored in the... (read more) List Price $43.25 Your price: $26.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rhythmic Activities and Dance -with CD (2ND 06 Edition) by John Price Bennett Publisher Comments Rhythmic Activities and Dance, Second Edition, is a collection of some of the most popular recreational dance forms, geared for teachers of K-12 students and for recreation directors and leaders who want to teach easy rhythms and dances for fun and... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Site Dance (10 Edition) by Melanie Kloetzel Synopsis Explore dance outside the theater with the world's most innovative choreographers "Kloetzel and Pavlik have created a valuable resource, documenting a wide range of site-specific dance events through a combination of interviews, practitioners... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Century of Dance : a Hundred Years of Musical Movement, From Waltz To Hip Hop (00 Edition) by Ian Driver Publisher Comments The last hundred years have seen dance become an increasingly integral element of popular culture. From ballroom dancing to breakdancing, A Century of Dance offers an intimate, engaging exploration of the choreographers, dancers, and impressarios, as... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Labanotation 4TH Edition by Ann Hutchinso Guest Publisher Comments Initiated by the movement genius Rudolf Laban, and refined through fifty years of work by teachers here and abroad, Labanotation, the first wholly successful system for recording human movement, is now having the effect on ballet and other forms of the... (read more) List Price $45.95 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dance: a Creative Art Experience by Margaret H'doubler Publisher Comments A landmark book in dance education is now back in print, its message as valid today as it was more than fifty years... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fit and Healthy Dancer (99 Edition) by Yiannis Koutedakis Publisher Comments 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) List Price $80.00 Your price: $52.00 Used - Trade Paper
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