Schrifttanz
Valerie Preston-Dunlop & Susanne Lahusen
DanceBooks
An annotated collection of translations from the seminal German modern dance journal of the 1920s and 1930s
$22.99
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The Erick Hawkins Modern Dance Technique
Renata Celichowska
Princeton Book Company
The Hawkins dance technique embodies the philosophy that dance should integrate the body, mind, and soul while always following scientific principles This system of dance training-an approach that continu...
$39.99
Through the Body - A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre
Dymphna Callery
Nick Hern Books
Physical theatre is emerging as a vibrant and increasingly popular form Theatre practitioners such as Frantic Assembly, DV8, Ridiculusmus amd Theatre de Complicite have been evolving new approaches to theat...
$19.99
Holistic Bodywork for Performers
Janet Free & Nicky Ramsay
Crowood Press
Performers employ a range of holistic practices to help prepare their bodies and minds for the creative process This book gives hands-on practical guidance for some of the most important bodywork practices ...
$29.99
Dancing Longer - Dancing Stronger
Andrea Watkins & Priscilla Clarkson
DanceBooks
Provides sensible exercises for ballet, jazz, modern, and aerobics dancers that can be performed outside of dance class to improve technique and lessen the danger of injury Includes specific strengthening ...
$45
School of Classical Dance
Vera Kostrovitskaya & Alexei Pisarev
DanceBooks
One of the most important of all Russian ballet technique manuals The author was for many years Agrippina Vaganova's assistant, and in this 500 page book she describes in detail the full eight-year official...
$22.99
The Moment of Movement - Dance Improvisation
Lynne Anne Blom & L. Tarin Chaplin
DanceBooks
Reprint of definitive work on dance improvisation ... "Lucid presentation of 200 examples for students of movement improvisation, beginning and advanced. Speaks clearly to young teachers. Tested in class, w...
$22.99
Ballet in Leicester Square - the Alhambra and the Empire - 1860 - 1915
Ivor Guest
DanceBooks
More than half a century separated the golden age of the romantic ballet and the revelation of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes The intervening period has often been cursorily passed over by historians, and he...
$49.99
The Art of Making Dances
Doris Humphrey
DanceBooks
One of the first and most important books on choreographing modern dance, a lucid and practical source book
$22.99
World Ballet and Dance 1992-1993
Bent Schonberg
DanceBooks
An international yearbook providing detailed coverage of classical and contemporary dance companies around the world
$22.99
Frederick Ashton and his Ballets
David Vaughan
DanceBooks
This revised edition of Vaughan's seminal work includes a new final chapter and an updated chronology of work, and is an essential book both for historian of 20th Century ballet and for lovers of Ashton's...
$59.99
Maria Fay's Floor Barre - the BOOK
Maria Fay
DanceBooks
In her long and varied career as a dancer, teacher, choreographer and coach, Maria Fay became constantly aware of the existence of too many injured dancers She became convinced that many of the traumatic ...
$24.99
History and the Morris Dance
John Cutting
DanceBooks
'Where did morris come from, and what was it for?' After thirty years of dancing, teaching, and research, John Cutting attempts to answer these questions From the earliest known references (1137 in Spain,...
$22.99
Rudolf Laban - An Introduction to His Work and Influence
John Hodgson & Valerie Preston-Dunlop
DanceBooks
This book sets Laban's work in perspective and gives a sound basis for genuine understanding of his influence It gives a wonderful explanation of Laban and how the Labanotation came into existence It's for...
$22.99
A Dancer's Guide to Getting Work
Jenny Belingy & John Byrne
Methuen
If you were born to dance, but are having difficulty with the first steps to stardom, this is the book for you From finding the right training to getting an agent, from performing in music videos to working...
$27.99
Michel Fokine and his Ballets
Cyril W Beaumont
DanceBooks
A reprint of a 1935 book giving a detailed analysis of Fokine's early ballets. Dated, but still full of invaluable information
$22.99
The Dancing Master
Pierre Rameau
DanceBooks
Pierre Rameau's Le Maître à Danser is the standard work on the technique of eighteenth century dancing. It was first published in Paris in 1725, and bore the printed recommendation of the celebrated dance...
$22.99
Aspects of Folk Dance In Europe
Helen Wingrave & Robert Harrold
DanceBooks
An introduction to European folk dance, providing a survey of traditional dance styles, with background information on music, costume, and folk customs
$16.99
World Ballet and Dance 1991-1992
Bent Schonberg
DanceBooks
An international yearbook providing detailed coverage of classical and contemporary dance companies around the world
$22.99
Classical Ballet Terms - An Illustrated Dictionary
Richard Glasstone
DanceBooks
Wherever ballet is taught in the world, and in whatever language, it retains one common denominator - the technical terms used are in French Yet there are many discrepancies in the perceived meaning, spell...
$19.99