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    Dance in the Age of Performance

    by Andre Lepecki ...
    How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age?André Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of ‘performance’ in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Exhausting Dance

    Performance and the Politics of Movement

    by Andre Lepecki ...
    The only scholarly book in English dedicated to recent European contemporary dance, Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement examines the work of key contemporary choreographers who have transformed the dance scene since the early 1990s in Europe and the US.Through their vivid and explicit dialogue with performance art, visual arts and critical theory from the past thirty years, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Senses in Performance

    Edited by Sally Banes, Andre Lepecki ...
    Series series Worlds of Performance
    This ground-breaking anthology is the first to be dedicated to assessing critically the role of the human sensorium in performance.Senses in Performance presents a multifaceted approach to the methodological, theoretical, practical and historical challenges facing the scholar and the artist. This volume examines the subtle actions of the human senses including taste, touch, smell and vision in all ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    A New Aesthetics

    by Erika Fischer-Lichte ...
    Translated by Saskya Jain ...
    In this book, Erika Fischer-Lichte traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. In setting performance art on an equal footing with the traditional art object, she heralds a new aesthetics.The peculiar mode of experience that a performance provokes – blurring distinctions between artist and audience, body and mind, art and life – is here framed as the breeding ground for ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Cult Sci-Fi Movies

    Discover the 10 Best Intergalactic, Astonishing, Far-Out, and Epic Cinema Classics

    by Danny Peary ...
    Cult Sci-Fi Movies is a collection of 10 essays that examine, dissect, defend, and exalt the greats of classic cult sci-fi films. Film geeks, cinema snobs, VHS collectors, and anyone else who likes their entertainment a little on the weird side will appreciate author Danny Peary's in-depth approach to their favorite sci-fi films ranging from Barbarella to Liquid Sky. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Tango

    The Art History of Love (With a Foreword by David Byrne)

    by Robert Farris Thompson ...
    In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, "the fabulous dance of the past hundred years–and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.”Thompson traces tango’s evolution in the nineteenth century under European, Andalusian-Gaucho, and African influences through its representations by Hollywood ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Craig Revel Horwood's Ballroom Dancing

    A guide to mastering the basic steps for absolute beginners

    by Craig Revel Horwood ...
    Is this the right book for me?Whether you are an absolute beginner, a Strictly Come Dancing wannabe or simply want a fun way to get fit, Craig Revel Horwood's guide to ballroom dancing offers something for everyone. Learn how to become a ballroom babe or a Latin lover as Craig shows you all the basic moves in a fun, lively and straightforward way. Easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations will ... Read more

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  • Theatre of Movement and Gesture

    by Jacques Lecoq ...
    Translated by Joel Anderson, D Bradby, Luke Kernaghan, DICK MCCAW ...
    Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Kristina Rihanoff: Dancing Out of Darkness - My Story

    by Kristina Rhianoff ...
    Kristina was born in 1977 in Vladivostok, East Russia, a bleak naval town closed to foreigners under Soviet rule. Despite the limitations this imposed, Kristina’s early years were spent in a creative home, in which her father’s love of music saw her dancing from an early age. It was Latin music, in particular, that stirred her passion.From the age of seven, Kristina was already winning ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Performance Theory

    by Richard Schechner ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Few have had quite as much impact in both the academy and in the world of theatre production as Richard Schechner. For more than four decades his work has challenged conventional definitions of theatre, ritual and performance. When this seminal collection first appeared, Schechner's approach was not only novel, it was revolutionary: drama is not just something that occurs on stage, but something ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Films in My Life

    by François Truffaut ...
    From a cinematic grand master, "one of the most readable books of movie criticism, and one of the most instructive" ( American Film Institute).An icon. A rebel. A legend. The films of François Truffaut defined an exhilarating new form of cinema for moviegoers the world over. But before Truffaut became a great director, he was a critic who stood at the vanguard, pioneering an innovative way to view ... Read more

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  • Salsa Dancing For Beginners

    by Leo Boone ...
    This book covers several topics including:Chapter 1: Salsa Dancing HistoryChapter 2: Learn To Dance Salsa With Passion - 5 SecretsChapter 3: How To Dance - Five Golden Tips And Tricks To Know How To DanceSmooth Salsa SpinsChapter 4: How To Dance - Secret Tips To Learn How To Dance Like A SalsaProfessionalChapter 5: Salsa Class - A Countdown Of The 7 Things A Salsa Dancer Should TryChapter 6: Learn ... Read more

    $6.97 USD