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¡Dale Mambo! A Perspective on Salsa Dancing

by Jason Harry ...

Whether your goal is simply to make sense of Salsa music, or to explore the world of Salsa dancing and improve your skills on the dance floor, this book is for you! Here you will find a lot of useful tips and unique concepts that can help you make progress faster as you take your Salsa dancing to the next level! Dance instructors can teach you the moves, but this book will provide additional Salsa ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Whether your goal is simply to make sense of Salsa music, or to explore the world of Salsa dancing and improve your skills on the dance floor, this book is for you! Here you will find a lot of useful tips and unique concepts that can help you make progress faster as you take your Salsa dancing to the next level! Dance instructors can teach you the moves, but this book will provide additional Salsa
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Waltzing

A Manual for Dancing and Living

by Richard Powers, Nick Enge ...

In the 85 chapters of this guidebook, you will find many ideas about waltzing, dancing, and living. Dance descriptions and tips to improve your dancing are accompanied by down-to-earth ways to find greater fulfillment in your dancing and in your life. 25 different kinds of waltz are completely described, including: cross-step waltz, Viennese waltz, box step waltz, rotary waltz, polka, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

In the 85 chapters of this guidebook, you will find many ideas about waltzing, dancing, and living. Dance descriptions and tips to improve your dancing are accompanied by down-to-earth ways to find greater fulfillment in your dancing and in your life. 25 different kinds of waltz are completely described, including: cross-step waltz, Viennese waltz, box step waltz, rotary waltz, polka,
... Read more
Behind the Burly Q

The Story of Burlesque in America

by Leslie Zemeckis ...

By the director of the hit documentary Behind the Burly Q comes the first ever oral history of American Burlesque--as told by the performers who lived it, often speaking out here for the first time. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new ... Read more

$11.99 USD

By the director of the hit documentary Behind the Burly Q comes the first ever oral history of American Burlesque--as told by the performers who lived it, often speaking out here for the first time. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new
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102 Amazing Niall Horan Facts! (One Direction)

by Annalisa Taylor ...

Learn all about your favorite One Direction member!This fact book on Niall Horan includes:-What kinds of girls he likes to date.-All about his first kiss.-His upcoming plans with One Direction for 2013.-His favorite movies, foods, restaurants, sports, hobbies, songs, and more!Do you know all about him? Download today and find out! ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Learn all about your favorite One Direction member!This fact book on Niall Horan includes:-What kinds of girls he likes to date.-All about his first kiss.-His upcoming plans with One Direction for 2013.-His favorite movies, foods, restaurants, sports, hobbies, songs, and more!Do you know all about him? Download today and find out!
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BTS: Icons of K-Pop

by Adrian Besley ...

Seven men. Seven years. 31 million Twitter followers. 11 billion YouTube views. 13 billion Spotify streams. Sold out world tours. BTS are a global phenomenon – this is their story.This fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling biography covers their journey from debut to Map of the Soul: 7, and looks at how this group of guys from South Korea have taken over the world.RM, Jin, SUGA, j ... Read more

$7.19 USD

Seven men. Seven years. 31 million Twitter followers. 11 billion YouTube views. 13 billion Spotify streams. Sold out world tours. BTS are a global phenomenon – this is their story.This fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling biography covers their journey from debut to Map of the Soul: 7, and looks at how this group of guys from South Korea have taken over the world.RM, Jin, SUGA, j
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Ballroom Dancing: Learn Romantic Ballroom Dance Steps & Types of Dance to Ignite the Passion

Ballroom Dancing - The Sure-Fire Way to Romance

by Desiree Victoria Carey ...

Series series "Quick Start Guide" Series
**UPDATED FOR 2019**Ballroom Dancing: Learn Romantic Ballroom Dance Steps & Types of Dance to Ignite the PassionDid you know that dancing is the fastest way to the ignite romance? If you've been trying to win her (or his) heart, dancing is the best way to do it! " Dancing with the Stars" is one of the most popular shows on TV. Anyone who can dance is sure to make lots of friends and tons of ... Read more

$7.97 USD

**UPDATED FOR 2019**Ballroom Dancing: Learn Romantic Ballroom Dance Steps & Types of Dance to Ignite the PassionDid you know that dancing is the fastest way to the ignite romance? If you've been trying to win her (or his) heart, dancing is the best way to do it! " Dancing with the Stars" is one of the most popular shows on TV. Anyone who can dance is sure to make lots of friends and tons of
... Read more
The Meaning Of Tango

The Story of the Argentinian Dance

by Christine Denniston ...

From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world – a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance. The Tango was the cornerstone of Argentine culture, and has lasted for more than a hundred years, popular today in America, Japan and Europe.'The Meaning of Tango' traces the roots of this captivating dance, ... Read more

$7.99 USD

From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world – a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance. The Tango was the cornerstone of Argentine culture, and has lasted for more than a hundred years, popular today in America, Japan and Europe.'The Meaning of Tango' traces the roots of this captivating dance,
... Read more
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

$30.59 USD

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
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Billie Eilish

From e-girl to Icon: The Unofficial Biography

by Adrian Besley ...

With number one songs all over the world, a Bond theme, an armful of Grammys and over 70 million Instagram followers to her name, Billie Eilish is a global star.She has collaborated with Justin Bieber and Khalid, headlined Glastonbury and Coachella, and appeared in Calvin Klein ad campaigns. In her short career she has become an icon for Generation Z. Her postponed world tour is already sold out, ... Read more

$8.69 USD

With number one songs all over the world, a Bond theme, an armful of Grammys and over 70 million Instagram followers to her name, Billie Eilish is a global star.She has collaborated with Justin Bieber and Khalid, headlined Glastonbury and Coachella, and appeared in Calvin Klein ad campaigns. In her short career she has become an icon for Generation Z. Her postponed world tour is already sold out,
... Read more
Nueva Historia del Flamenco

by Juan Vergillos ...

Esta obra es imprescindible por la cantidad ingente de nuevos datos que ofrece para la comprensión del cante, el toque y el baile jondo en su contexto histórico. Pero también por lo novedoso de su enfoque: en ella se pone de manifiesto que el flamenco es una evolución de los cantos y bailes nacionales y de palillos de finales del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX. También aporta la hipótesis, ... Read more

$6.62 USD

Esta obra es imprescindible por la cantidad ingente de nuevos datos que ofrece para la comprensión del cante, el toque y el baile jondo en su contexto histórico. Pero también por lo novedoso de su enfoque: en ella se pone de manifiesto que el flamenco es una evolución de los cantos y bailes nacionales y de palillos de finales del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX. También aporta la hipótesis,
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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

$31.49 USD

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
Tango. Technical Guide to Fundamentals and analysis of emotional behaviors in dance

by Carlo Colajanni ...

A technical guide to the fundamentals of argentine tango, essential, rich in details, tips, and practical advice; true private lessons enclosed in a book that you can use to approach the study of dance in a correct way, optimizing times and methods of learning without getting lost in the meanders of stylistic connotations and ‘figures’. And also, a guide to the exploration of one’s inner world to ... Read more

$14.26 USD

A technical guide to the fundamentals of argentine tango, essential, rich in details, tips, and practical advice; true private lessons enclosed in a book that you can use to approach the study of dance in a correct way, optimizing times and methods of learning without getting lost in the meanders of stylistic connotations and ‘figures’. And also, a guide to the exploration of one’s inner world to
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Valuing Dance

Commodities and Gifts in Motion

by Susan Leigh Foster ...

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history ... Read more

$37.79 USD

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history
... Read more
Foundation

B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York

by Joseph G. Schloss ...

B-boying is a form of Afro-diasporic competitive dance that developed in the Bronx, NY in the early 1970s. Widely - though incorrectly - known as "breakdancing," it is often dismissed as a form of urban acrobatics set to music. In reality, however, b-boying is a deeply traditional and profoundly expressive art form that has been passed down from teacher to student for almost four decades. ... Read more

$28.49 USD

B-boying is a form of Afro-diasporic competitive dance that developed in the Bronx, NY in the early 1970s. Widely - though incorrectly - known as "breakdancing," it is often dismissed as a form of urban acrobatics set to music. In reality, however, b-boying is a deeply traditional and profoundly expressive art form that has been passed down from teacher to student for almost four decades.
... Read more
Every Man's Survival Guide to Ballroom Dancing: Ace Your Wedding Dance and Keep Cool on a Cruise, at a Formal, and in Dance Classes

by James Joseph ...

Overcome Your Fear of Dancing!New to dance? Can't dance? Hate to dance? This book is an insider's guide to social dancing. It's everything you should have learned in dance classes, but didn't.Are you rhythmically challenged? Do you finish dance classes more confused than when you started? Do you wish you knew how to slow dance?In this book--part guerrilla manual and part cotillion handbook--you ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Overcome Your Fear of Dancing!New to dance? Can't dance? Hate to dance? This book is an insider's guide to social dancing. It's everything you should have learned in dance classes, but didn't.Are you rhythmically challenged? Do you finish dance classes more confused than when you started? Do you wish you knew how to slow dance?In this book--part guerrilla manual and part cotillion handbook--you
... Read more
YES TO SOCIAL DANCE

35+ Partner Dance Styles to Stay Fit, Find Joy & Make Connections

by Myra Kolm ...

Never feel bored, lonely, or out of shape again... Just say “YES” to social dance!ARE YOU• Simply curious and longing for a fun-filled and challenging activity to improve your health and social life?• A social dance student who just started taking couple dance classes and needs a little boost?• An experienced dancer who grabs every opportunity to learn more about your passion?• A competitive ... Read more

$9.49 USD

Never feel bored, lonely, or out of shape again... Just say “YES” to social dance!ARE YOU• Simply curious and longing for a fun-filled and challenging activity to improve your health and social life?• A social dance student who just started taking couple dance classes and needs a little boost?• An experienced dancer who grabs every opportunity to learn more about your passion?• A competitive
... Read more
EXO

K-Pop Superstars

by Adrian Besley ...

A K-pop band like no other, EXO have been dominating charts and stealing hearts since they debuted in 2012.For the first time, this unofficial biography will tell their extraordinary story. Extensively researched, this book weaves in the backstories of each of the nine individual members with the story of the band as a whole, as well as detailing the support from their incredible fanbase, EXO-L.As ... Read more

$8.69 USD

A K-pop band like no other, EXO have been dominating charts and stealing hearts since they debuted in 2012.For the first time, this unofficial biography will tell their extraordinary story. Extensively researched, this book weaves in the backstories of each of the nine individual members with the story of the band as a whole, as well as detailing the support from their incredible fanbase, EXO-L.As
... Read more
Better Late Than Never

From Barrow Boy to Ballroom

by Len Goodman ...

Better Late Than Never is the extraordinary true story of how a man born into poverty in London's East End went on to find stardom late in life when he was chosen to be head judge on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. Len Goodman tells all about his new-found fame, his experiences on Strictly Come Dancing, and also on the no.1 US show Dancing with the Stars and his encounters with the likes of Heather ... Read more

$14.59 USD

Better Late Than Never is the extraordinary true story of how a man born into poverty in London's East End went on to find stardom late in life when he was chosen to be head judge on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. Len Goodman tells all about his new-found fame, his experiences on Strictly Come Dancing, and also on the no.1 US show Dancing with the Stars and his encounters with the likes of Heather
... Read more
Performing Electronic Music Live

by Kirsten Hermes ...

Series series Audio Engineering Society Presents
Performing Electronic Music Live lays out conceptual approaches, tools, and techniques for electronic music performance, from DJing, DAWs, MIDI controllers, traditional instruments, live sound design, hardware setups, custom software and hardware, to live visuals, venue acoustics, and live show promotion. Through case studies and contrasting tutorials by successful artists, Kirsten Hermes explores ... Read more

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Performing Electronic Music Live lays out conceptual approaches, tools, and techniques for electronic music performance, from DJing, DAWs, MIDI controllers, traditional instruments, live sound design, hardware setups, custom software and hardware, to live visuals, venue acoustics, and live show promotion. Through case studies and contrasting tutorials by successful artists, Kirsten Hermes explores
... Read more
Understand K-pop: Deconstructing the Obsession and Toxicity in K-pop Stan Culture

Kiss, Kill, K-pop, #1

by Arushi Raj ...

Series Book 1 - Kiss, Kill, K-pop
Though K-pop has spread globally, a lot of English language discussion about it is dominated by American media. This led me to write this book to add the South Asian perspective in the discourse on this global music phenomenon.What's in the book?Delineation of all kinds of K-pop fans; from the creative ones to the crazies.Analysis of K-pop Stan culture vis-a-vis Korean Idol industries' marketing ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Though K-pop has spread globally, a lot of English language discussion about it is dominated by American media. This led me to write this book to add the South Asian perspective in the discourse on this global music phenomenon.What's in the book?Delineation of all kinds of K-pop fans; from the creative ones to the crazies.Analysis of K-pop Stan culture vis-a-vis Korean Idol industries' marketing
... Read more
Dança Contempop

Corpos, afetos e imagens (mo)vendo-se

by Odailso Berté ...

Das descrições realizadas, emerge a dança contempop, um entrecruzamento de dança contemporânea e cultura pop que enfatiza relações de afeto e prazer com diferentes artefatos culturais e articula procedimentos pedagógicos e criativos a partir da relação corpoimagem. Ao narrar trechos de sua trajetória, o autor evidencia suas afeições por imagens de Frida Kahlo, Pina Bausch e Madonna, relacionando ... Read more

$7.89 USD

Das descrições realizadas, emerge a dança contempop, um entrecruzamento de dança contemporânea e cultura pop que enfatiza relações de afeto e prazer com diferentes artefatos culturais e articula procedimentos pedagógicos e criativos a partir da relação corpoimagem. Ao narrar trechos de sua trajetória, o autor evidencia suas afeições por imagens de Frida Kahlo, Pina Bausch e Madonna, relacionando
... Read more
The Art of Dance Composition

Writing the Body

by Jenefer Davies ...

The Art of Dance Composition: Writing the Body is an introduction to modern dance composition, providing clear and structured approaches to designing and defining movement that demystify the creative process.The book introduces the concepts of creating authentic movement, processes for gathering and ordering compositional elements, and the ways in which theme, story, and design relate to bodies ... Read more

$55.99 USD

The Art of Dance Composition: Writing the Body is an introduction to modern dance composition, providing clear and structured approaches to designing and defining movement that demystify the creative process.The book introduces the concepts of creating authentic movement, processes for gathering and ordering compositional elements, and the ways in which theme, story, and design relate to bodies
... Read more
Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes

Recipes and Crafts to Bring Home the Magic

by Radio City Entertainment ...

Make the holidays memorable when you bring home the magic of the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes**!**Combining the glamour, nostalgia, and joy of the legendary production with at-home inspiration, this giftable volume invites you to create your own holiday magic at home. From crowd-pleasing recipes perfect for seasonal gatherings to elegant DIY crafts that capture the magic ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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Make the holidays memorable when you bring home the magic of the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes**!**Combining the glamour, nostalgia, and joy of the legendary production with at-home inspiration, this giftable volume invites you to create your own holiday magic at home. From crowd-pleasing recipes perfect for seasonal gatherings to elegant DIY crafts that capture the magic
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The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics

Edited by Rebekah J. Kowal, Gerald Siegmund, Randy Martin ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
In recent decades, dance has become a vehicle for querying assumptions about what it means to be embodied, in turn illuminating intersections among the political, the social, the aesthetical, and the phenomenological. The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics edited by internationally lauded scholars Rebekah Kowal, Gerald Siegmund, and the late Randy Martin presents a compendium of newly ... Read more

$44.09 USD

In recent decades, dance has become a vehicle for querying assumptions about what it means to be embodied, in turn illuminating intersections among the political, the social, the aesthetical, and the phenomenological. The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics edited by internationally lauded scholars Rebekah Kowal, Gerald Siegmund, and the late Randy Martin presents a compendium of newly
... Read more

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