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Winner of the 2024 TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize How is decadence being staged today – as a practice, issue, pejorative, and as a site of pleasure? Where might we find it, why might we look for……続きを見る

The sound of a city is a cultural phenomenon based on the characteristic relationship between music and the cultural specificity of a given urban area. It occurs when artists from a region create mu……続きを見る

This book of highly original essays addresses the field of movement-based and dance somatics through lenses of ethics and ecology. It is based in methods of phenomenology. A new collection of essays……続きを見る

Inclusive Dance is an ethnography of disability arts, and historiographic overview of the 1980s when many new disability arts groups came to fruition. Touchdown Dance was the research 'ambition' of ……続きを見る

Written by a diverse group of authors from across the globe, Dance Cultures Around the World offers students a rich and in-depth look at 25 different cultures of dance. Through a dynamic collaborati……続きを見る

This look at Progressive-era women and innovative cultural practices "blazes a new trail in dance scholarship" ( Choice, Outstanding Academic Book of the Year). From salons to dance halls to settlem……続きを見る

The Spark will help create a legacy dance students will never forget! The Spark: The Legacy that Changed the Dance World is about the journey of creative artists and dancers-turned-teachers who are ……続きを見る

An investigation of dance-music relations in two out of the three most influential social dances of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Much music was written for the two most important dances ……続きを見る

In this book, Chloë Rae Edmonson analyzes performance sites from throughout U.S. history to reveal the material ways that drinking culture is performative, immersive performance is intoxicating, and……続きを見る

The Ghana Dance Ensemble takes Ghana's national culture and interprets it in performance using authentic dance forms adapted for local or foreign audiences. Often, says Paul Schauert, the aims of th……続きを見る

From the co-authors of the classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: A fascinating oral history of record spinning told by the groundbreaking DJs themselves. Acclaimed authors and music historians Bill……続きを見る

"A lucid and interesting history" of balletーfrom sixteenth-century French Royalty to contemporary mastersー"that reads like a novel" ( Kirkus Reviews). In this engaging history of dance, readers ar……続きを見る

This innovative textbook applies basic dance history and theory to contemporary popular culture examples in order to examine our own ways of moving inーand throughーculture. By drawing on material r……続きを見る

How is music affected by its translation, interpretation and adaptation with, through, and by dance? How might notation of dance and music act as a form of translation? How does music influence the ……続きを見る

In "Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan," Zo√´ Kincaid provides an incisive exploration of the rich traditions and cultural significance of Kabuki theatre, a dynamic artistic form that has captivated……続きを見る

First published in 1995. A collection of sixty exercise sheets for activities in dance that include such areas as shifting body areas, body direction like tilting, displacement, and destination moti……続きを見る

Fugue Analysis: A Practical Guide offers a systematic approach to the analysis of fugal counterpoint, previously unavailable to scholars and students. It focuses on the tonal repertoire of the late-……続きを見る

From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces ……続きを見る

Heralded as the father of Indian Creative Dance, and India’s cultural ambassador, Uday Shankar (1900–1977) was a dancer and choreographer who created a vibrant new Indian dance form without any ethn……続きを見る

Beginning Musical Theatre Dance introduces students to basic musical theatre dance techniques from a variety of genres, forms, and styles and explains how to put them into practice for performance o……続きを見る

How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members who, in response to absence, can perform multiple roles across an ensemble. This entertaining gui……続きを見る

This book, uncovers the multi-faceted layers of Birkin's life through meticulous research, interviews, and a deep exploration of her works, unearthing the triumphs, challenges, and personal revelati……続きを見る

This book takes choreographer William Forsythe’s choreographic and scenographic processes as a holistic lens through which to view dance as a fundamentally visuo-sonic art form and choreography as a……続きを見る

This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of ……続きを見る

This volume reshapes a contemporary understanding of research in theatre and performance arts. Bringing together distinguished scholars from all over the world, the book serves as an arena for inter……続きを見る

Kabuki's Nineteenth Century examines the theater culture of nineteenth-century Japan from the perspective of the history and materiality of the book, the nature of reception, and the making and maki……続きを見る

Tells a new story about the history of the music business and the ten technological advances that disrupted it over the last century. In recent years, narratives about the music industry tend to hew……続きを見る

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 creativ……続きを見る

In "The Dance: Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D," an anonymous Antiquary presents an extensive exploration of dance through the ages, meticulously documenting its evoluti……続きを見る

This book examines the performance strategies used by contemporary Iranian artists and activists to reimagine “Iranian-ness” in the context of Iran’s local, regional, and global position. This study……続きを見る