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Still Got It, Never Lost It!

by Louie Spence ...

Still Got It, Never Lost It! tells the story of Louie Spence, star of Pineapple Dance Studios and ruthless judge on Dancing on Ice.‘I did everything my sisters did, that’s how my dancing days started – they went dancing, I went dancing and I just kept on dancing.’ – Louie SpenceFrom a very early age Louie was a little boy who loved to dance and had high ambitions. He attended every disco dance ... Read more

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Still Got It, Never Lost It! tells the story of Louie Spence, star of Pineapple Dance Studios and ruthless judge on Dancing on Ice.‘I did everything my sisters did, that’s how my dancing days started – they went dancing, I went dancing and I just kept on dancing.’ – Louie SpenceFrom a very early age Louie was a little boy who loved to dance and had high ambitions. He attended every disco dance
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Bottom of the Pyramid

A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life

by Nia Sioux ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Sioux’s harrowing reality TV ordeal cuts deep, and her subsequent self-assurance is endearing and infectious. It adds up to an inspiring account of reclaiming artistic agency.” - Publisher’s WeeklyWhen you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of ... Read more

$14.99 USD

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Sioux’s harrowing reality TV ordeal cuts deep, and her subsequent self-assurance is endearing and infectious. It adds up to an inspiring account of reclaiming artistic agency.” - Publisher’s WeeklyWhen you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of
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This Far

My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light

by Allison Holker ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A celebration of the healing power of family and dance, Holker’s memoir shows how to heal from tragedy without wrapping everything up in a neat bow.” – Library JournalIn this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible dance career, her relationship with Stephen “tWitch” Boss, and the resilience that has carried her forward after his death ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A celebration of the healing power of family and dance, Holker’s memoir shows how to heal from tragedy without wrapping everything up in a neat bow.” – Library JournalIn this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible dance career, her relationship with Stephen “tWitch” Boss, and the resilience that has carried her forward after his death
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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

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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
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George Balanchine

The Ballet Maker

by Robert Gottlieb ...

Series Book 48 - Eminent Lives
"Gottlieb captures both the divine and human, offering an elegant, sharp, and sophisticated take on the choreographer's life." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Written by the gifted author, editor, and dance critic Robert Gottlieb, George Balanchine describes the life and art of the celebrated, revolutionary ballet choreographer and founder of The New York City Ballet.The foremost contemporary ... Read more

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"Gottlieb captures both the divine and human, offering an elegant, sharp, and sophisticated take on the choreographer's life." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Written by the gifted author, editor, and dance critic Robert Gottlieb, George Balanchine describes the life and art of the celebrated, revolutionary ballet choreographer and founder of The New York City Ballet.The foremost contemporary
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A Book of Small Stories

by Dena Madole ...

Dena Madole always knew her path would be different. From an early age, she understood that she harbored an insatiable creative drive. This, coupled with a deep fascination for the natural world, kept her mind filled with ideas. While others were experiencing more traditional childhoods, she busied herself developing her abilities of observation and imagination. Years later, that same curiosity ... Read more

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Dena Madole always knew her path would be different. From an early age, she understood that she harbored an insatiable creative drive. This, coupled with a deep fascination for the natural world, kept her mind filled with ideas. While others were experiencing more traditional childhoods, she busied herself developing her abilities of observation and imagination. Years later, that same curiosity
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Body of a Dancer

by Renee D'Aoust ...

"A remarkably clear-eyed descent into New York's surreal world of modern dance peopled by the obsessed, dispossessed, sexy, suicidal, brutal, broke, and absurd."-Lance Olsen, author of Nietzsche's KissesThe award-winning writer Renée E. D'Aoust draws from her experiences as a modern dancer in New York during the nineties. Her luminous prose spotlights this passionate, often brutal world. Trained ... Read more

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"A remarkably clear-eyed descent into New York's surreal world of modern dance peopled by the obsessed, dispossessed, sexy, suicidal, brutal, broke, and absurd."-Lance Olsen, author of Nietzsche's KissesThe award-winning writer Renée E. D'Aoust draws from her experiences as a modern dancer in New York during the nineties. Her luminous prose spotlights this passionate, often brutal world. Trained
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José Limón and La Malinche

The Dancer and the Dance

Edited by Patricia Seed ...

Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
José Limón (1908-1972) was one of the leading figures of modern dance in the twentieth century. Hailed by the New York Times as "the finest male dancer of his time" when the José Limón Dance Company debuted in 1947, Limón was also a renowned choreographer who won two Dance Magazine Awards and a Capezio Dance Award, two of dance's highest honors. In addition to directing his own dance company, ... Read more

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José Limón (1908-1972) was one of the leading figures of modern dance in the twentieth century. Hailed by the New York Times as "the finest male dancer of his time" when the José Limón Dance Company debuted in 1947, Limón was also a renowned choreographer who won two Dance Magazine Awards and a Capezio Dance Award, two of dance's highest honors. In addition to directing his own dance company,
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Martha Graham in Love and War

The Life in the Work

by Mark Franko ...

Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context. Graham matured as an artist ... Read more

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Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by restoring their rich historical and personal context. Graham matured as an artist
... Read more
Katherine Dunham

Dance and the African Diaspora

by Joanna Dee Das ...

One of the most important dance artists of the twentieth century, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) created works that thrilled audiences the world over. As an African American woman, she broke barriers of race and gender, most notably as the founder of an important dance company that toured the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia for several decades. ... Read more

$28.49 USD

One of the most important dance artists of the twentieth century, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) created works that thrilled audiences the world over. As an African American woman, she broke barriers of race and gender, most notably as the founder of an important dance company that toured the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia for several decades.
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The Moving Body (Le Corps Poétique)

Teaching Creative Theatre

by Jacques Lecoq ...

Translated by David Bradby ...

Series series Theatre Makers
'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture, which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.Neutral mask, character ... Read more

$25.69 USD

'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture, which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.Neutral mask, character
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I Want to Be Ready

Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom

by Danielle Goldman ...

"Danielle Goldman's contribution to the theory and history of improvisation in dance is rich, beautiful and extraordinary. In her careful, rigorously imaginative analysis of the discipline of choreography in real time, Goldman both compels and allows us to become initiates in the mysteries of flight and preparation. She studies the massive volitional resources that one unleashes in giving oneself ... Read more

$20.89 USD

"Danielle Goldman's contribution to the theory and history of improvisation in dance is rich, beautiful and extraordinary. In her careful, rigorously imaginative analysis of the discipline of choreography in real time, Goldman both compels and allows us to become initiates in the mysteries of flight and preparation. She studies the massive volitional resources that one unleashes in giving oneself
... Read more
Pensar la danza

by Delfín Colomé ...

Series series Turner Música
Como todo mundillo artístico, el de la danza está lleno de personajes y anécdotas fascinantes que a veces pasan inadvertidas para el gran público. El crítico, director de orquesta y pianista Delfín Colomé nos lo descubre en esta recopilación de artículos en primera persona, que sólo un apasionado de la danza, entregado a ella desde hace veinte años, puede escribir. Ameno e ilustrativo, este libro ... Read more

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Como todo mundillo artístico, el de la danza está lleno de personajes y anécdotas fascinantes que a veces pasan inadvertidas para el gran público. El crítico, director de orquesta y pianista Delfín Colomé nos lo descubre en esta recopilación de artículos en primera persona, que sólo un apasionado de la danza, entregado a ella desde hace veinte años, puede escribir. Ameno e ilustrativo, este libro
... Read more
Dancers as Diplomats

American Choreography in Cultural Exchange

by Clare Croft ...

Dancers as Diplomats chronicles the role of dance and dancers in American cultural diplomacy. In the early decades of the Cold War and the twenty-first century, American dancers toured the globe on tours sponsored by the US State Department. Dancers as Diplomats tells the story of how these tours shaped and some times re-imagined ideas of the United States in unexpected, often sensational ... Read more

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Dancers as Diplomats chronicles the role of dance and dancers in American cultural diplomacy. In the early decades of the Cold War and the twenty-first century, American dancers toured the globe on tours sponsored by the US State Department. Dancers as Diplomats tells the story of how these tours shaped and some times re-imagined ideas of the United States in unexpected, often sensational
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The Birth of Breaking

Hip-Hop History from the Floor Up

by Dr. Serouj "Midus" Aprahamian ...

Series series Black Literary and Cultural Expressions
The untold story of how breaking – one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today – began as a distinctly African American expression in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s.Breaking is the first and most widely practiced hip-hop dance in the world, with around one million participants in this dynamic, multifaceted artform –and, as of 2024, Olympic sport. Yet, despite its global ... Read more

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The untold story of how breaking – one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today – began as a distinctly African American expression in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s.Breaking is the first and most widely practiced hip-hop dance in the world, with around one million participants in this dynamic, multifaceted artform –and, as of 2024, Olympic sport. Yet, despite its global
... Read more
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 the decades in which innovators were born or dance organizations were founded, the study shows the similarities and generational character that arise from shared influence. Rather than ... Read more

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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 dance organizations were founded, the study shows the similarities and generational character that arise from shared influence. Rather than
... Read more
Resistance and Support

Contact Improvisation @ 50

by Ann Cooper Albright ...

Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50 is a ground-breaking anthology that collects twenty original writings that elucidate critically important somatic and political perspectives on Contact Improvisation (CI). This form of partner dancing that was started in the United States in 1972, has spread into a vibrant global community in the twenty-first century. Resistance and Support is ... Read more

$36.89 USD

Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50 is a ground-breaking anthology that collects twenty original writings that elucidate critically important somatic and political perspectives on Contact Improvisation (CI). This form of partner dancing that was started in the United States in 1972, has spread into a vibrant global community in the twenty-first century. Resistance and Support is
... Read more
La etiqueta del baile de salón social

la más pequeña enciclopedia

by Felix Crainicu ...

La etiqueta del baile de salón social te enseña un comportamiento razonable en el espacio de baile. Te dice todo del más hermoso idioma - el baile de salón social.Este libro representa el primer paso hacia un espacio de baile mas agradable, hacia una comunidad más amigable y más grande, hacia un mayor respecto para el bailarin cerca de ti. El libro electrónico iBookstore contiene 15 videos hechos ... Read more

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La etiqueta del baile de salón social te enseña un comportamiento razonable en el espacio de baile. Te dice todo del más hermoso idioma - el baile de salón social.Este libro representa el primer paso hacia un espacio de baile mas agradable, hacia una comunidad más amigable y más grande, hacia un mayor respecto para el bailarin cerca de ti. El libro electrónico iBookstore contiene 15 videos hechos
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Stepping Left

Dance and Politics in New York City, 1928–1942

by Ellen Graff ...

Stepping Left simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of "dancing modern" was joined with the revolutionary vision ... Read more

$25.19 USD

Stepping Left simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of "dancing modern" was joined with the revolutionary vision
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跟雲門去流浪（新版）

by 林懷民 ...

Series series TONE
雲門的人走出主流社會的軌道。我們的工作常常離家，把至親好友撇在一邊遠行⋯⋯流浪是我們的宿命。——林懷民「跟雲門去流浪」是雲門舞集創辦人林懷民的海外巡演日紀。2007年暮春到夏初，六國八城的七週巡演中，林懷民在後台，在飯店，在飛機上寫下他的工作，他的見聞與心情。這是第一次，我們窺見雲門這個世界級的團隊如何克服困難，在雪梨、倫敦、里斯本、莫斯科、巴塞隆納等城，推出讓觀眾跳起來喝采的演出，以及舞台下的真實生活。林懷民親切温暖的分享家常，一路帶著讀者看雲門，看世界，看人生。遇到美好的事物，他像孩子一樣，歡呼「拍手！拍手！拍手！」他也坦述生命的哀傷，關於失敗，關於死亡。全書節奏輕快，敍事抒情，感人至深。說歸到底，林懷民原本就是一位出的作家。2019年7月，林懷民最後一次主持雲門的戶外公演，四萬多人湧入台北自由廣場，跟他告別。紐約時報以全版的篇幅，報導了這個盛會。記者問他，退休後會不會寫自傳。他說 ... Read more

$8.48 USD

雲門的人走出主流社會的軌道。我們的工作常常離家，把至親好友撇在一邊遠行⋯⋯流浪是我們的宿命。——林懷民「跟雲門去流浪」是雲門舞集創辦人林懷民的海外巡演日紀。2007年暮春到夏初，六國八城的七週巡演中，林懷民在後台，在飯店，在飛機上寫下他的工作，他的見聞與心情。這是第一次，我們窺見雲門這個世界級的團隊如何克服困難，在雪梨、倫敦、里斯本、莫斯科、巴塞隆納等城，推出讓觀眾跳起來喝采的演出，以及舞台下的真實生活。林懷民親切温暖的分享家常，一路帶著讀者看雲門，看世界，看人生。遇到美好的事物，他像孩子一樣，歡呼「拍手！拍手！拍手！」他也坦述生命的哀傷，關於失敗，關於死亡。全書節奏輕快，敍事抒情，感人至深。說歸到底，林懷民原本就是一位出的作家。2019年7月，林懷民最後一次主持雲門的戶外公演，四萬多人湧入台北自由廣場，跟他告別。紐約時報以全版的篇幅，報導了這個盛會。記者問他，退休後會不會寫自傳。他說
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Ted Shawn

His Life, Writings, and Dances

by Paul A. Scolieri ...

Ted Shawn (1891-1972) is the self-proclaimed "Father of American Dance" who helped to transform dance from a national pastime into theatrical art. In the process, he made dancing an acceptable profession for men and taught several generations of dancers, some of whom went on to become legendary choreographers and performers in their own right, most notably his protégés Martha Graham, Louise Brooks ... Read more

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Ted Shawn (1891-1972) is the self-proclaimed "Father of American Dance" who helped to transform dance from a national pastime into theatrical art. In the process, he made dancing an acceptable profession for men and taught several generations of dancers, some of whom went on to become legendary choreographers and performers in their own right, most notably his protégés Martha Graham, Louise Brooks
... Read more
Dancing Revelations

Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture

by Thomas F. DeFrantz ...

In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African American artistic group closely tied to the Civil Rights struggle. In Dancing Revelations, Thomas DeFrantz chronicles the troupe's journey from a ... Read more

$41.39 USD

In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African American artistic group closely tied to the Civil Rights struggle. In Dancing Revelations, Thomas DeFrantz chronicles the troupe's journey from a
... Read more
Martha Graham's Cold War

The Dance of American Diplomacy

by Victoria Phillips ...

Martha Graham's Cold War frames the story of Martha Graham and her particular brand of dance modernism as pro-Western Cold War propaganda used by the United States government to promote American democracy. Representing every seated president from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan, Graham performed politics in the global field for over thirty years. Why did the State Department ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Martha Graham's Cold War frames the story of Martha Graham and her particular brand of dance modernism as pro-Western Cold War propaganda used by the United States government to promote American democracy. Representing every seated president from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan, Graham performed politics in the global field for over thirty years. Why did the State Department
... Read more
Between Beats

The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance

by Christi Jay Wells ...

Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance offers a new look at the complex intersections between jazz music and popular dance over the last hundred-plus years. Author Christi Jay Wells shows how popular entertainment and cultures of social dancing were crucial to jazz music's formation and development even as jazz music came to earn a reputation as a "legitimate" art form better ... Read more

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Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance offers a new look at the complex intersections between jazz music and popular dance over the last hundred-plus years. Author Christi Jay Wells shows how popular entertainment and cultures of social dancing were crucial to jazz music's formation and development even as jazz music came to earn a reputation as a "legitimate" art form better
... Read more

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