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How To Do Things with Dance: Performing Change in Postwar America

by Rebekah J. Kowal

How American modern dance contributed to aesthetic and social change in the 1950s

Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance

by Sally Banes

A dance critic's essays on post-modern dance.

The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together

by Twyla Tharp & Jesse Kornbluth

In a career that has spanned four decades, choreographer Twyla Tharp has collaborated with great musicians, designers, thousands of dancers, and almost a hundred companies. She's experienced the thrill of shared...

The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet

by Eliza Gaynor Minden

A New Classic for Today's Dancer

The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin...

No Way Home: A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World

by Carlos Acosta

Carlos Acosta, the Cuban dancer considered to be one of the world's greatest performers, fearlessly depicts his journey from adolescent troublemaker to international superstar in his captivating memoir, No Way...

Dance with Demons: The Life of Jerome Robbins: The Life of Jerome Robbins

by Greg Lawrence

His legendary shows included Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, West Side Story, Gypsy, and Funny Girl. His celebrity colleagues included Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Stephen Sondheim, Natalie Wood, Ethel...

Dancing on Water: A Life in Ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT

by Elena Tchernichova, Joel Lobenthal & Joseph Brodsky

The pageantry and drama of a life in dance

Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance Floor and in Life

by Cheryl Burke & Tom Bergeron

The inside story of the life of Cheryl Burke, TV star, dancer, choreographer, and two-time champion on the top-rated TV hit series Dancing with the Stars

Cheryl Burke has been dancing since the age of four and...

Dance Masters: Interviews with Legends of Dance

by Janet Lynn Roseman

Dance Masters is a lively ensemble of conversations with seven celebrated dancers and choreographers. In these intimate interviews, dance critic Janet Lynn Roseman probes the heart of dance:

* The creative...

Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance

by Ann Hutchinson Guest

Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance establishes a fresh and original framework for looking at dance. In examining the basic elements of dance - the Alphabet of Movement - and using illustrations...

Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress

by Judith Lynne Hanna

Dancing for Health explains the cognitive, emotional, and physical dimensions of dance in a spectrum of stress management approaches. Designed for anyone interested in health and healing, this book offers lessons...

Rudolf Laban: The Dancer of the Crystal

by Evelyn Doerr

This biography of the dancer, choreographer, and artist Rudolf Laban offers a biographical discussion presenting Laban as a pioneering figure of European expressionism and the founding father of modern dance,...

Looking at Contemporary Dance: A Guide for the Internet Age

by Marc Raymond Strauss & Myron Howard Nadel

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...

Brotherhood In Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers

by Constance Valis Hill

Tap dance innovators and stars Harold and Fayard Nicholas are the focus of this biography that not only tells of their performances with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway and their many appearances in films, but...

On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century

by C. Carr

The state of performance art in the 80s and 90s, documented by the form's leading critic.

Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis

by Suzanne Shelton

A biography of dancer and choreographer Ruth St. Denis. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.

How to Become a Good Dancer

by , Arthur Murray

This early work by Arthur Murray is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Its 250 pages contain a wealth of information on how to learn the art of dancing and include chapters on the Fox Trot,...

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

by Washabaugh

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain illustrates the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural identity....

Teaching Dancing with Ideokinetic Principles

by Drid Williams

In examining ideokinesis and its application to the teaching and practice of dancing, Drid Williams introduces readers to the work of Dr. Lulu Sweigard (1895-1974), a pioneer of ideokinetic principles. Drawing...

Ballroom Dancing

by Alex Moore

Now in its tenth edition, this classic and comprehensive handbook has been revised to bring it up to date in keeping with changes on the dance floor and in the rules of dance competitions. The Quickstep, Waltz,...