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Men Who Dance : Aesthetics, Athletics & the Art of Masculinity
ISBN: 9780820472669 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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199,56 zł |
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Balanchine Variations
ISBN: 9780813032269 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do. Beginning with Apollo (1928), Balanchine's first extant work, and ending with one of his last ballets, Ballo della Regina (1978), Nancy Goldner offers detailed insights into more than twenty individual ballets. Based on lectures given across the United States, under the auspices of the Balanchine Foundation, they are intended to...
The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets t...
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105,32 zł |
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Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema
ISBN: 9780813542805 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From mid-twentieth-century films such as Grand Hotel, Waterloo Bridge, and The Red Shoes to recent box-office hits including Billy Elliot, Save the Last Dance, and The Company, ballet has found its way, time and again, onto the silver screen and into the hearts of many otherwise unlikely audiences. In Dying Swans and Madmen, Adrienne L. McLean explores the curious pairing of classical and contemporary, art and entertainment, high culture and popular culture to reveal the ambivalent place that this art form occupies in American life.
Drawing on examples that range from musicals to tragic... From mid-twentieth-century films such as Grand Hotel, Waterloo Bridge, and The Red Shoes to recent box-office hits including Billy Elliot, Save the La...
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192,56 zł |
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Dance Discourses: Keywords in Dance Research
ISBN: 9780415423083 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on politics, gender, and identities, a group of international dance scholars provide a broad overview of new methodological approaches - with specific case studies - and how they can be applied to the study of ballet and modern dance. With an introduction exploring the history of dance studies and the development of central themes and areas of concerns in the field, the book is then divided into three parts:
Focusing on politics, gender, and identities, a group of international dance scholars provide a broad overview of new methodological approaches - w... |
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810,77 zł |
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Dance as Education: Towards a National Dance Culture
ISBN: 9781850007173 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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243,18 zł |
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School of Classical Dance
ISBN: 9781852730444 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'School of Classical Dance' is the official textbook of the Vaganova School in St. Petersburg, and takes the student and teacher from the basic concepts of the syllabus to the most complex exercises taught at the end of the eight-year course. A thorough and logical presentation of the classical vocabulary, from its basic forms to advanced variations, is followed by a sample lesson for a senior class. The eight-year syllabus of the Vaganova School, now adopted by almost all Russian ballet schools, is then given in full. The authors were both long-time teachers at the Vaganova School. "A book...
'School of Classical Dance' is the official textbook of the Vaganova School in St. Petersburg, and takes the student and teacher from the basic concep...
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118,19 zł |
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Letters on Dance and Choreography
ISBN: 9781852730734 / Angielski / Twarda / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1860, the great Danish choreographer and ballert-master August Bournonville wrote a series of eight public letters expressing his views on many aspects of ballet in his time, ranging from artistic and moral considerations to cultural comment and practical advice. Brimming with vision, opinion and wit, these provocative writings provide an important and fascinating insight into the world of nineteenth-century Romantic ballet, as viewed by one of its foremost exponents. In 1860, the great Danish choreographer and ballert-master August Bournonville wrote a series of eight public letters expressing his views on many ... |
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117,95 zł |
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Dance Discourses: Keywords in Dance Research
ISBN: 9780415423090 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on politics, gender, and identities, a group of international dance scholars provide a broad overview of new methodological approaches - with specific case studies - and how they can be applied to the study of ballet and modern dance. With an introduction exploring the history of dance studies and the development of central themes and areas of concerns in the field, the book is then divided into three parts:
Focusing on politics, gender, and identities, a group of international dance scholars provide a broad overview of new methodological approaches - w... |
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212,77 zł |
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Choreographing the Folk : The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 9780816647118 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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314,17 zł |
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Choreographing the Folk: The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 9780816647125 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Choreographing the Folk' argues for the significance of Hurston's choreography, and with perceptiveness, sensitivity, and originality, Kraut illuminates the important and often-contested place of black folk dance in American culture.
'Choreographing the Folk' argues for the significance of Hurston's choreography, and with perceptiveness, sensitivity, and originality, Kraut illumina...
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111,43 zł |
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The New York Times Dance Reviews 2000
ISBN: 9781579580599 / Angielski / Twarda / 1000 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fitzroy Dearborn will henceforth publish each year - commencing with these volumes for the year 2000 - articles on and reviews of dance, television and books (and illustrations that accompanied those articles/reviews) that appeared in The New York Times in the previous year. Librarians will thus have bound sets of the complete coverage of the international dance world as provided by America's most influential newspaper.
Fitzroy Dearborn will henceforth publish each year - commencing with these volumes for the year 2000 - articles on and reviews of dance, television an...
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405,33 zł |
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Moving Words : Re-Writing Dance
ISBN: 9780415125420 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides a direct line into the most pressing issues in contemporary dance scholarship, as well as discussion of the ways in which which dance contributes to and creates culture. Instead of representing a single viewpoint, the essays in this volume reflect a range of perspectives. The contributors confront basic questions of definition and interpretation within dance studies, while at the same time examining broader issues, such as the body, gender, class, race, nationalism and cross-cultural exchange. Specific essays address such topics as the black male body in dance, gender and...
This work provides a direct line into the most pressing issues in contemporary dance scholarship, as well as discussion of the ways in which which dan...
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734,76 zł |
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Elements of Performance : A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera
ISBN: 9783718652662 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Elements of Performance" is based on Pauline Koner's course of the same name taught at the Juilliard School in New York. It discusses her theories of the primary and secondary elements of the art of performing. The primary elements are Emotion, Motivation, Focus and Dynamics and the secondary are those of the craft: stage props, hand props, cloth of different length and weight, Chinese ribbons, costumes and stage deportment.
Pauline Koner is a dancer, choreogrpaher, teacher and writer. she was artist in residence at the North Carolina School of Arts form 1965-1976 and performed at the... "Elements of Performance" is based on Pauline Koner's course of the same name taught at the Juilliard School in New York. It discusses her theories of...
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182,37 zł |
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Modern Dance in Germany and the United States: Crosscurrents and Influences
ISBN: 9783718655571 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States took the lead in modern dance innovation during the 1960s when artists such as Martha Graham, Josse Limbon, Paul Taylor, Alvin Aeiley and Alwin Nikolais overwhelmed European audiences. Subsequently, the New German Tanztheatre revitalized German theatre traditions with its new content and application of some of the United States modern dance techniques. This book discusses both parallels and distinctions between the history of modern dance in the United States and Germany. This work examines the phenomena of the modern dance movement between 1920 and 1968 in an international...
The United States took the lead in modern dance innovation during the 1960s when artists such as Martha Graham, Josse Limbon, Paul Taylor, Alvin Aeile...
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684,09 zł |
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Modern Dance in France (1920-1970): An Adventure
ISBN: 9789057020162 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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303,99 zł |
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Christensen Brothers: An American Dance Epic
ISBN: 9789057550294 / Angielski / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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278,65 zł |
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On Angels and Devils and Stages Between: Contemporary Lives in Contemporary Dance
ISBN: 9789057550775 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the revolution in American dance between 1932 and 1992, aiming to evoke the excitement of this period of change and describing the roles of key creative personalities such as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Jose Limon and Hanya Holm.
This text examines the revolution in American dance between 1932 and 1992, aiming to evoke the excitement of this period of change and describing the ...
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684,09 zł |
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The Dancer's Way: The New York City Ballet Guide to Mind, Body, and Nutrition
ISBN: 9780312342357 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the current dance scene, performers contend with choreography that involves extreme dance, multiple techniques, and acrobatic moves, exemplified in the popular reality television show, "So You Think You Can Dance." The dilemma for aspiring professionals is that dance class no longer provides sufficient preparation for performing at this level. Dancers who want to achieve their best, avoid injury, and perform at their peak will welcome the insight and advice in the pages of The Dancer's Way. The world-renowned New York City Ballet developed their proven wellness program to... In the current dance scene, performers contend with choreography that involves extreme dance, multiple techniques, and acrobatic moves, exemplified... |
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97,04 zł |
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Balanchine Then And Now
ISBN: 9780955296390 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Balanchine (1904-1983) is one of the past century's greatest choreographers, and (along with Lincoln Kirstein) the man most responsible for creating ballet culture in America, in his roles as founder of the School of American Ballet and cofounder and balletmaster of the New York City Ballet. In a career spanning more than six decades and three continents, and with more than 400 dance works to his name, Balanchine towers over the field with his repertory of masterpieces such as Apollo, Serenade, The Four Temperaments, Agon, Jewels, his work in film,...
George Balanchine (1904-1983) is one of the past century's greatest choreographers, and (along with Lincoln Kirstein) the man most responsible for cre...
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106,68 zł |
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Legacy in Dance Education: Essays and Interviews on Values, Practices, and People
ISBN: 9781604975635 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this unprecedented volume, Professor Thomas Hagood brings together the voices of key dance educators to express their views on the legacy of dance education. The book examines the values and practices dance educators live with, and what values and practices they take forward to promote or even retool and reinvent in their professional work. The book also engages in discussions of the people who embody (or have embodied) the values and practices the dance education field takes ownership of. Through working with and being exposed to teachers in the dance field, the editor and his...
In this unprecedented volume, Professor Thomas Hagood brings together the voices of key dance educators to express their views on the legacy of dance ...
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496,16 zł |