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This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 5 Examination, Class Award and Solo Performance Award offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises required for the Examination and Class Award, and the dances required for the Examination, Class Award and Solo...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 21,99

'Denken zonder lichaam is helemaal niks.' In het voorjaar van 2015 benaderde choreografe Krisztina de Châtel Désanne van Brederode met de vraag of zij over haar leven en werk zou willen schrijven, in relatie tot filosofie. Het resultaat, Dans! Denk!, is een boek over de verbinding tussen bewegen en denken. In de woorden van De Châtel: 'Waar het om gaat, is te tonen hoezeer leven, dans en denken als eenheid kunnen worden opgevat. Dansen kan evenzeer een vorm van reflectie zijn als filosoferen ...

Releasedatum: 2017-02-07 € 9,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Intermediate Examination offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and students, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises and variations required for the Examination. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bookmarking and easy-to-use navig...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 29,99

"Miss Grant has made more information available in one book than we have ever had before. Teacher's organizations would do well to consider the use of Miss Grant's Technical Manual as an official textbook." — Dance Magazine Teacher recommended, Gail Grant's Technical Manual has long been one of the most popular and effective ballet reference guides. Completely revised and updated, this third edition is virtually a new work and should be owned by every student, dance teacher, choreographer, and...

Releasedatum: 2012-04-30 € 3,49

Although the stars of Russian ballet Anna Pavlova and Tamara Karsavina possessed a national manner of dancing, there was no truly Russian school of dancing until the 1930s. The development of this school was largely due to Mme. Vaganova (1879–1951), not only a great dancer but also the teacher of Galina Ulanova and many others and an unsurpassed theoretician. The principles of Vaganova's system are presented in this well-known book. Mme. Vaganova's aim of creating a personal approach to the Ru...

Releasedatum: 2012-04-18 € 5,99

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 and dramatizations in dance halls throughout the world. He shows us tango not only as brillian...

Releasedatum: 2005-09-20 € 9,49

An illustrated guide to anatomy and biomechanics for aerialists who want to optimize their performance and train safely Specifically designed for aerialists—including those who do trapeze, silks, and other aerial arts— Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts is an invaluable resource for those who want to optimize their performance and train safely.   Using a biomechanical and movement-based approach, Emily Scherb—a physical therapist who specializes in the care, treatment, and education of ci...

Releasedatum: 2018-08-28 € 12,99

Rymans’ Benesh for Ballet series teaches you how to read Benesh Movement Notation (BMN) using words, images, animations, and notated examples. The interactive features and reviews challenge you to learn BMN theory while brushing up on ballet vocabulary and pedagogy. This is the third book in this series. Book 1 introduces the fundamental concepts of BMN. You'll learn to read basic ballet positions from three "schools" of ballet: English, Italian, and Russian. Book 2 presents the five basic cat...

Releasedatum: 2017-01-05 € 11,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 1 Examinations, Class Awards and Solo Performance Awards offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers, and contains detailed description in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises required for the Examinations and Class Awards, and the dances required for the Solo Performance Awards. Feat...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 14,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 3 Examinations, Class Awards and Solo Performance Awards offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers, and contains detailed description in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises required for the Examinations and Class Awards, and the dances required for the Solo Performance Awards. Feat...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 14,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Primary in Dance Examination and Class Award offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the exercises and dances required for the Primary in Dance Examination and Class Award. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bo...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 14,99

First published in 2002. A step by step guide to ballet technique for the beginning dancer, perfect for dancers aged five to fifteen years old or for the adult beginner, this book is designed as a to compliment to a beginning student's ballet training. It opens with a brief description of the benefits of ballet training to young dancers and then introduces fundamentals and precepts of the technique. Clear photographs show exactly how to execute each movement. Then an eight-year course is present...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-11 € 34,99

Opening with David Mancuso’s seminal “Love Saves the Day” Valentine’s party, Tim Lawrence tells the definitive story of American dance music culture in the 1970s—from its subterranean roots in NoHo and Hell’s Kitchen to its gaudy blossoming in midtown Manhattan to its wildfire transmission through America’s suburbs and urban hotspots such as Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Newark, and Miami.Tales of nocturnal journeys, radical music making, and polymorphous sexuality f...

Releasedatum: 2004-02-02 € 24,99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW , LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels —the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Ren...

Releasedatum: 2010-11-02 € 11,99

This 293 page handbook contains 36 dance positions, 51 dance patterns, and 184 illustrations.  Each position is illustrated from multiple angles.  The author researched over 500 websites and online video lessons and curated the best 83 of them for beginner and intermediate students, providing a breakdown of common positions, holds, turns, and patterns. Are you a beginner or intermediate level salsa dance enthusiast?  Do you want to expand your repertoire of dance patterns? Do you ...

Releasedatum: 2020-02-03 € 6,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 2 Examinations, Class Awards and Solo Performance Awards offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers, and contains detailed description in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises required for the Examinations and Class Awards, and the dances required for the Solo Performance Awards. Feat...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 14,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 4 Examination, Class Award and Solo Performance Award offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises required for the Examination and Class Award, and the dances required for the Examination, Class Award and Solo...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 21,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 6 Examination and Presentation Class offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and students, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises, studies and dances required for the Examination. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bookmarkin...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 18,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Advanced 1 examination offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and students, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises and variations required for the examinations. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bookmarking and easy-to-use naviga...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 29,99

This early work on dancing is a fascinating read for any dance enthusiast. Extensively illustrated with 72 diagrams and photographs to complement comprehensive step-by-step guides to a variety of dance steps. Contents Include: The Quickstep, The Waltz, The Foxtrot, The Tango, Popular Dances, Old Time Dances, Ballroom Novelty Dances and Games, and The Practical Side of Teaching. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increa...

Releasedatum: 2011-03-23 € 8,99

Originally published in 1932, this is a wonderfully detailed guide to ballroom dancing by the then reigning world champion dancer. The book covers everything that is essential in connection with ballroom dancing, from a detailed description of the standardised figures down to the finer points which proclaim the expert dancer. It is a book that will make its appeal both to the novice and to the experienced or professional performer. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to th...

Releasedatum: 2011-03-23 € 8,99

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, from it's birth in the poverty stricken Buenos Aires, the craze of the early 20th century, right...

Releasedatum: 2014-12-08 € 8,49

La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer. Overshadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive career. An architect of twentieth-century neoclassicism, she experienced the transformative power of the Russian Revolution and created her greatest work - Les Noces - under the influence of its avant-garde. Many of her ballets rested on the probing of gender boundaries, a mistrust o...

Releasedatum: 2022-02-01 € 41,99

Championship Steps DVD™: SOBHD 2022 steps. Steps, linkings, technique and music by World Champion and former delegate to the SOBHD Technical Committee Gareth Mitchelson. This eBook, our 11th annual Championship Steps DVD™series, has been produced to be a guide to the steps and underlying technique as set for the Championship year and whether you are a dancer striving to maximise your performance, a parent seeking to better assist your son or daughter, or a dance professional working to maint...

Releasedatum: 2021-10-05 € 14,99

"Come, sit by me," says Grandmother. "Take this chalk in your hand. Now draw a dot and concentrate all your energy into this one dot. It is the beginning and the end, the navel of the world." So Fawzia Al-Rawi describes her grandmother's first lesson about the ancient craft of Oriental dance. Grandmother's Secretsalways circles back to this grandmother and this young girl, echoing the circular movements of the dance itself. Al-Rawi has written a strikingly graceful and original book that blends ...

Releasedatum: 2012-11-15 € 12,99

A Syria-born dancer offers his deeply personal story of war, statelessness, and the pursuit of the art of dance in this inspirational memoir.  DANCE OR DIE is an autobiographical coming-of-age account of Ahmad Joudeh, a young refugee who grows up in Damascus with dreams of becoming a dancer. When he is recruited by one of Syria’s top dance companies, neither bombs nor family opposition can keep him from taking classes, practicing hard, and becoming a Middle Eastern celebrity on a Lebanese...

Releasedatum: 2021-09-21 € 10,99

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities—and a look inside the fight for its future   Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance.   In Turning Pointe , journalist Chloe Angyal ca...

Releasedatum: 2021-05-04 € 14,99

De Nederlandse danskunst staat in binnen- en buitenland hoog aangeschreven. Dat is te danken aan het vooruitstrevende werk van choreografen als Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen en Toer van Schayk. Om het belang van hun creaties beter te begrijpen, is kennis van de westerse dansgeschiedenis onontbeerlijk. Het boek Van hofballet tot postmoderne dans voorziet hierin op uitstekende wijze. Het behandelt uitvoerig de verschillende stijlen per land in de loop van de geschiedenis. Bovendien gaat het in ...

Releasedatum: 2020-09-05 € 19,99

This eBook has been produced to be a guide to a dancer starting out in Highland Dancing and whether you are a dancer striving to learn or a parent seeking to better assist your son or daughter we believe that it will prove to be a valuable addition to your library. The eBook contains visual demonstrations, with a general commentary, covering the positions of the feet, arms & head together with the basic movements and steps required for the 16 pas de basques, pas de basques and highcuts, High...

Releasedatum: 2020-04-14 € 23,99

Eric Franklin’s first edition of Conditioning for Dance was a bestseller—and it is back and better than ever, offering state-of-the-art conditioning exercises for dancers. An internationally renowned master teacher, Franklin has developed a science-based method of conditioning that is taught and practiced in companies and schools around the world. In this new edition of Conditioning for Dance , he integrates the latest scientific research on strength, flexibility, and conditioning into his d...

Releasedatum: 2018-11-21 € 35,99

Human Kinetics’ Interactive Dance Series includes Beginning Tap Dance, Beginning Ballet, Beginning Modern Dance , and now Beginning Jazz Dance and Beginning Musical Theatre Dance . These titles are the traditional dance courses taught through dance, physical education, and fine arts departments for general education students, dance majors, and minors. Using the steps to success model and adaptations from the Outdoor Adventure series, these beginning dance titles contain components from these p...

Releasedatum: 2015-12-28 € 35,99

Training in somatic techniques--holistic body-centered movement that promotes awareness and well-being--provides an effective means of improving dance students' efficiency and ease of movement. However, dance educators do not always have the resources to incorporate this knowledge into their classes. This volume explains the importance of somatics, introduces fundamental somatic principles that are central to the dance technique class, and offers tips on incorporating these principles into a dan...

Releasedatum: 2012-03-06 € 19,99

The book begins with a discussion of Frncois Delsarte as a scientist who discovered how the human body moves under the stimuli of emotions. It proceeds to the laws he developed as a result of his research and continues by discussing the application of the science of Delsarte to the art of the dance. Shawn then goes on to describe how Delsarte has influenced the development of American modern Dance.

Releasedatum: 2016-12-01 € 9,49

A stunning celebration of movement and dance in hundreds of breathtaking photographs by the creative team behind NYC Dance Project. The Art of Movement is an exquisite collection of photographs by well-known dance photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory that capture the movement, flow, energy, and grace of many of the most accomplished dancers in the world. Featured are more than 70 dancers from companies including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theate...

Releasedatum: 2016-11-22 € 4,49

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Intermediate Foundation Examination offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and students, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises and variations required for the Examination. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bookmarking and easy-t...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 29,99

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 8 Examination and Presentation Class offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and students, and contains detailed description in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises and dances required for the Examination and Presentation Class. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoo...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-14 € 18,99

The ABC of Argentine Tango has been written to help people understand the beautiful dance of the social Argentine Tango. It is full of tips, descriptions, diagrams, terminology, photos and video clips to show you the way in which social Tango is danced and also ideas surrounding the culture of Argentine Tango. It has been written by two of the UK’s leading Dancers and Teachers of the Argentine Tango, one of which, Leonardo, comes from a Tango family in Buenos Aires and who has danced the Tango...

Releasedatum: 2015-12-19 € 8,99

A great resource for students of traditional Hawaiian dance, this beautiful handbook filled with archival photographs covers the origins, language, etiquette, ceremonies, and the spiritual culture of hula. Hula, the indigenous dance of Hawai'i, preserves significant aspects of Native Hawaiian culture with strong ties to health and spirituality. Kumu Hula, persons who are culturally recognized hula experts and educators, maintain and share this cultural tradition, conveying Hawaiia...

Releasedatum: 2016-07-12 € 9,99

From its earliest manifestations on the street corners of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires to its ascendancy as a global cultural form, tango has continually exceeded the confines of the dance floor or the music hall. In Tango Lessons , scholars from Latin America and the United States explore tango’s enduring vitality. The interdisciplinary group of contributors—including specialists in dance, music, anthropology, linguistics, literature, film, and fine art—take up a broad range of topics....

Releasedatum: 2014-02-07 € 22,99

"L'ABC...del Tango Argentino, Tango Vals e Tango Milonga" è da considerarsi un manuale per l'apprendimento del Tango Argentino, infatti vengono spiegati i vari movimenti e/o passi da effettuare per poter sviluppare le varie figure; le 720 foto a colori aiutano a comprendere le relative schede, di cui ben 33 schede per il Tango Argentino, 16 schede per il Tango Vals e 16 schede per il Tango Milonga.- L' autore GALLUCCI GIOVANNI ballerino e studioso di T.A., frequenta "l'Accademia per Insegnanti ...

Releasedatum: 2014-09-18 € 2,99

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 will learn how to walk onto any dance floor and perform an admirable dance, with an...

Releasedatum: 2010-01-11 € 3,99

In Always More Than One , the philosopher, visual artist, and dancer Erin Manning explores the concept of the “more than human” in the context of movement, perception, and experience. Working from Whitehead’s process philosophy and Simondon’s theory of individuation, she extends the concepts of movement and relation developed in her earlier work toward the notion of “choreographic thinking.” Here, she uses choreographic thinking to explore a mode of perception prior to the settling o...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-09 € 23,99

What can dance movement contribute to psychotherapy? This thoroughly updated edition of Dance Movement Therapy echoes the increased world-wide interest in dance movement therapy and makes a strong contribution to the emerging awareness of the nature of embodiment in psychotherapy. Recent research is incorporated, along with developments in theory and practice, to provide a comprehensive overview of this fast-growing field. Helen Payne brings together contributions from experts in the field to of...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-11 € 25,99

Dancing was important to the ancient Egyptians. One of the few books available in English on this topic, this carefully researched, profusely illustrated work investigates the origins, nature and role of dance in Egyptian culture. Features 80 figure drawings and illustrations adapted from tomb paintings, reliefs, other authentic sources. New introduction. Bibliography.

Releasedatum: 2012-12-31 € 7,49

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Releasedatum: 2011-10-25 € 8,99

Through the concept of “social choreography” Andrew Hewitt demonstrates how choreography has served not only as metaphor for modernity but also as a structuring blueprint for thinking about and shaping modern social organization. Bringing dance history and critical theory together, he shows that ideology needs to be understood as something embodied and practiced, not just as an abstract form of consciousness. Linking dance and the aesthetics of everyday movement—such as walking, stumbling,...

Releasedatum: 2005-04-08 € 22,99