New German Dance Studies
ISBN: 9780252078439 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "New German Dance Studies" offers fresh histories and theoretical inquiries that resonate across fields of the humanities. Sixteen essays range from eighteenth-century theater dance to popular contemporary dances in global circulation. In an exquisite trans-Atlantic dialogue that demonstrates the complexity and multilayered history of German dance, American and European scholars and artists elaborate on definitive performers and choreography, focusing on three major thematic areas: Weimar culture and its afterlife, the German Democratic Republic, and recent conceptual trends in theater... "New German Dance Studies" offers fresh histories and theoretical inquiries that resonate across fields of the humanities. Sixteen essays range fro... |
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142,12 zł |
Middle Eastern Dance
ISBN: 9780791077757 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introduces the history, religious significance, national styles, and basic steps of traditional dance from the Middle East and North Africa, and discusses belly dancing by professional entertainers and similar dances by men.
Introduces the history, religious significance, national styles, and basic steps of traditional dance from the Middle East and North Africa, and discu...
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74,56 zł |
West African Dance in the United States University Curriculum
ISBN: 9783844332148 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. African dance has been absent in school systems worldwide for many years. The presence of cultural dances has rarely made a mark in educational institutions. The most common forms of dance studied at the university level for credit are ballet, modern, jazz and tap. There is rarely a presence of African dance. One can independently study a variety of African dances. The question is, how can a student major and graduate from an accredited university if the courses are not offered? This research delves into the aesthetics of West African dance, discussing customs, traditions, dance forms and...
African dance has been absent in school systems worldwide for many years. The presence of cultural dances has rarely made a mark in educational instit...
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253,91 zł |
Cambodian Dancers - Ancient and Modern
ISBN: 9781934431122 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Groslier's artistic vision of Cambodia's ancient dance tradition with the complete contents of his rare 1913 publication. With a Preface by Her Royal Highness Princess Buppha Devi of Cambodia, this deluxe modern edition features more than 250 hand-drawn illustrations and photos, extensive background materials, a bibliography and index. In his Foreword, Dr. Paul Cravath, author of the award-winning Cambodian dance history "Earth in Flower," notes that this is "The first commentary in any language--Asian or European--on one of the world's most refined performing arts." The book also...
George Groslier's artistic vision of Cambodia's ancient dance tradition with the complete contents of his rare 1913 publication. With a Preface by Her...
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170,65 zł |
African American Dance: An Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780786471577 / Angielski / Miękka / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This generously illustrated exploration of African American dance history follows the dynamics of the dance forms throughout each generation.
This generously illustrated exploration of African American dance history follows the dynamics of the dance forms throughout each generation.
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185,92 zł |
Ancestral Imprints: Histories of Irish Traditional Music and Dance
ISBN: 9781859184929 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about the history and practice of recording Irish traditional music and dance, and the variety of documents that exist as a result of the activities of collectors both in Ireland and in North America.
Essay topics range from analyses of nineteenth-century printed documents, to the earliest wax cylinder recordings, to famous, rather large collections, and small all but unknown ones. Authors examine the role of the fieldworker/collector, the impact of broadcasting on regional style, the idea of -Irish- versus -American- style in early uilleann pipe recordings,... This book is about the history and practice of recording Irish traditional music and dance, and the variety of documents that exist as a result of the...
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242,91 zł |
Post-Apartheid Dance: Many Bodies Many Voices Many Stories
ISBN: 9781443840361 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The intention of this work is to present perspectives on post-apartheid dance in South Africa by South African authors. Beginning with an historical context for dance in SA, the book moves on to reflect the multiplicity of bodies, voices and stories suggested by the title. Given the diversity of conflicting realities experienced by artists in this country, contentious issues have deliberately been juxtaposed in an attempt to draw attention to the complexity of dancing on the ashes of apartheid. Although the focus is dance since 1994, all chapters are rooted in an historical analysis and offer...
The intention of this work is to present perspectives on post-apartheid dance in South Africa by South African authors. Beginning with an historical c...
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203,04 zł |
The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia
ISBN: 9780816679942 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
In The Dance That Makes You Vanish, an examination of the relationship between female...
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121,80 zł |
Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance: Awakening Spirituality Through Movement and Ritual
ISBN: 9781620552506 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shows how dance, the highest expression of spirituality in cultures and traditions all over the world, is being integrated into the lives of women today - The first book to explore women's spiritual expression--women's ways--through a study of dance - Investigates how dance came to be excluded from worship, and reveals how dance is once again being brought into spiritual practices - Includes resources for further instruction in sacred dance Today we primarily think of dance as a form of entertainment or as a way to exercise or socialize. There was a time, however, when dance...
Shows how dance, the highest expression of spirituality in cultures and traditions all over the world, is being integrated into the lives of women tod...
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98,49 zł |
Disturbances and Dislocations; Understanding Teaching and Learning Experiences in Indigenous Australian Women's Music and Dance
ISBN: 9783039108251 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the biggest debates in Australian Indigenous education today revolves around the many contested and competing ways of knowledge about Indigenous cultures and the means by which Indigenous intellectual traditions and knowledges make the journey into mainstream educational settings. Grounded in Bakhtin s theories of dialogue and voice, this book explores the polyphonic nature of power relations, performance roles and pedagogical texts in the context of teaching and learning Indigenous Australian women s music and dance. In this discussion, the author focuses on her experiences as a...
One of the biggest debates in Australian Indigenous education today revolves around the many contested and competing ways of knowledge about Indigenou...
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781,79 zł |
Movement and Mimesis: The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition
ISBN: 9789401055949 / Angielski / Miękka / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most comprehensive view of the evolution of dancing in India is one that is derived from Sanskrit textual sources. These texts are the basic material that students of the dance in India must examine in order to uncover its past. Since the rebirth of informed interest in dancing in early twentieth century, its antiquity has been acknowledged but precisely what the art was in antiquity remains unclear. Discovering the oldest forms of dancing in India requires, as do other historical quests, a reconstruction of the past and, again as in other historical investigations, the primary sources of...
The most comprehensive view of the evolution of dancing in India is one that is derived from Sanskrit textual sources. These texts are the basic mater...
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193,63 zł |
Handbook of Basic Dance Terminology: Dictionary of Vocabulary for Middle Eastern Dance Studies
ISBN: 9781449961695 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dictionary of Vocabulary for Middle Eastern Dance Studies. 1. Basic movements used in dance. Terms used in all dance forms that belly dancers should be familiar with. Quotations from Kahlil Gibran that pertain to the dance and the culture of the Middle East.Bios and pictures of the movers and shakersin our dance form today.
Dictionary of Vocabulary for Middle Eastern Dance Studies. 1. Basic movements used in dance. Terms used in all dance forms that belly dancers should b...
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62,93 zł |
Dancing the New World: Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest
ISBN: 9780292744929 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014 From Christopher Columbus to "first anthropologist" Friar Bernardino de Sahagun, fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers, conquistadors, clerics, scientists, and travelers wrote about the "Indian" dances they encountered throughout the New World. This was especially true of Spanish missionaries who intensively studied and documented... Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014 |
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248,79 zł |
Identity and Diversity: Celebrating Dance in Taiwan
ISBN: 9780415643481 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reflecting the breadth and diversity of dance in the Asia-Pacific region, this volume provides an in-depth and comprehensive study of Taiwan's dance history. Taiwan is home to several indigenous tribes with unique rituals and folk dance traditions, with an array of eclectic influences including martial arts and Peking Opera from China, and dance forms such as contemporary, neo-classical, post-modern, jazz, ballroom, and hip-hop from the West. Dance in Taiwan, led by pioneers such as choreographers Liu Feng-shueh and Lin Hwai-min, continues to have a strong presence in both performance and...
Reflecting the breadth and diversity of dance in the Asia-Pacific region, this volume provides an in-depth and comprehensive study of Taiwan's dance h...
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736,21 zł |
Sweating Saris: Indian Dance as Transnational Labor
ISBN: 9781439904305 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seeing Indian dancers as gendered labour highlights the politics of Asian American racialization, migration, and citizenship
Seeing Indian dancers as gendered labour highlights the politics of Asian American racialization, migration, and citizenship
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142,12 zł |
City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America
ISBN: 9781479890354 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps. In City Folk, Daniel J. Walkowitz argues that the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the 'old left.' He situates folk dancing within surprisingly diverse contexts, from progressive... This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S... |
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131,95 zł |
Dancing at the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland
ISBN: 9781845455903 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dancing at the crossroads used to be young peoples opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, dancing at the crossroads also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial show) and competitive dancing to dance theatre, conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition which is also becoming a prominent part of...
Dancing at the crossroads used to be young peoples opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - un...
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121,60 zł |
Dancing the Feminine: Gender and Identity Performances by Indonesian Migrant Women
ISBN: 9781845198183 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Migration makes a profound impression on identity (gender and sexuality, culture, class, status), its expressions, and performance. Research in this field has demonstrated that migrant communities often cast women as bearers of cultural reproduction. This is especially the case when women choose to become representatives of their community through cultural dance performances. The performances that author Monika Winarnita analyzes are dramas of human interaction brought up through fissures and resolutions between the performers and their various audiences. The book provides analysis of these...
Migration makes a profound impression on identity (gender and sexuality, culture, class, status), its expressions, and performance. Research in this f...
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186,80 zł |
Doople: The Eternal Law of African Dance
ISBN: 9781138173439 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The African dancer requires complete technical mastery and must respect the precise rules handed down by the society of the Masques de Sagesse. Alphonse Tirou is from the Ouenon people of the Ivory Coast. His major study is the first written record of this oral tradition and it explains the movements, codes and meanings of the traditional African dance. It is extremely valuable reading for all those studying or interested in Africa, as dance is such an essential part of this continent's cultural heritage.A former student of the National Institute of Arts at Abidjan, Alphonse Tirou has been a...
The African dancer requires complete technical mastery and must respect the precise rules handed down by the society of the Masques de Sagesse. Alphon...
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685,43 zł |
Finger Cymbals: Play Them Correctly!: Handbook for playing Zills correctly
ISBN: 9781466373334 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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44,94 zł |