Choreography Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC On Choreography and Making Dance Theatre
Book SynopsisThere are many skills one needs to produce a piece of dance. Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theatre as: Movement, Drama, Sound and Vision. A choreographer has to study all of them to the best of their ability and learn how to combine them. There is no definitive method of choreography. Any choreographer who has a voice has learnt and executed it in their way. Choreographers pick up things here and there from what they see, who they work with, and assemble a craft themselves. So much of what they do as artists is intuition and instinct. Creativity cannot be tamed and fully understood or concluded. Artists are dealing with imagination.
£33.55
Valiz In-Between Dance Cultures: The Migratory Artistic
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£18.52
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance
Book SynopsisContributors to this volume address such topics as the role of the 1960s Asian American movement in creating Japanese American taiko groups, and the experience of internment during World War II influencing butoh dance in Canada. The volume includes first-person narratives, interviews, ethnography, cultural studies, and performance studies.Trade ReviewA methodologically diverse and eclectic approach to Asian American dance studies, where dance is both method and content. These essays illuminate the ways that dance shapes, troubles, and pushes against the contours of what counts as Asian American cultural production.""- Priya Srinivasan, author of Sweating Saris""Confirms the vibrant and diverse presence of contemporary Asian American dance on the stage and in the world. This fresh new scholarship inspires us all to consider the strategies and achievements of generations of artists and researchers working at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies. An absolute must for anyone concerned with the future of dance scholarship.""- Thomas F. DeFrantz, editor of Dancing Many Drums""A methodologically diverse and eclectic approach to Asian American dance studies, where dance is both method and content. These essays illuminate the ways that dance shapes, troubles, and pushes against the contours of what counts as Asian American cultural production."" - Priya Srinivasan, author of Sweating Saris""Confirms the vibrant and diverse presence of contemporary Asian American dance on the stage and in the world. This fresh new scholarship inspires us all to consider the strategies and achievements of generations of artists and researchers working at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies. An absolute must for anyone concerned with the future of dance scholarship."" - Thomas F. DeFrantz, editor of Dancing Many DrumsTable of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Yutian Wong Part I: Dancing Citizenship 1. A New Taiko Folk Dance: San Jose Taiko and Asian American Movements Angela K. Ahlgren 2. We Should Bring Our Muzukashii Roko Kawai 3. Asian Canadian Dance: Cross-Cultural Currents in Vancouver's Kokoro Dance and Co.ERASGA Dance Eury Colin Chang 4. ""Started in the Streets . . ."": Reality TV, Neoliberalism and the Performance of Asian American Entrepreneurship on America's Best Dance Crew, Season 1 Brian Su-Jen Chung Part II: Choreographing Aesthetics 5. Mediated Meditations: Choreographies of Shen Wei and Kun-Yang Lin Ellen V. P. Gerdes 6. An Asian American Land: Eiko & Koma Choreograph Cultural Politics Rosemary Candelario 7. Ambivalent Selves: The Asian Female Body in Contemporary American Dance Maura Nguyen Donohue Afterword Yutian Wong and Denise Uyehara Bibliography Contributors Index
£16.11
Yale University Press Drumming
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£23.75
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Balanchine the Teacher
Book SynopsisWidely regarded as the foremost choreographer of contemporary ballet, George Balanchine was a major inspiration in the world of dance. This book presents a technical explanation of the stylistic approaches that he taught in New York City between 1940 and 1960.Trade ReviewPresents us with far more than any other ballet technique books - a rare look into Balanchine's studio from its earliest days to the time of his company's pinnacle years. A major contribution to the preservation of the Balanchine legacy. - Tamara Tomic-Vajagic, correspondent, Orchestra Dance Magazine ""The most compelling aspect of the book for me was the detail of the classes that George Balanchine taught! It's all there! This book is invaluable for all dancers! "" - Vida Brown Olinick, former ballet mistress, New York City Ballet
£18.86
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Broadway Balanchine and Beyond A Memoir
Book SynopsisIn this memoir of a roller coaster career on the New York stage, former actor and dancer Bettijane Sills offers a highly personal look at the art and practice of George Balanchine, one of ballet's greatest choreographers, and the inner workings of his world-renowned company during its golden years.
£15.26
Seagull Books London Ltd Rhythm Field
Book SynopsisMolissa Fenley, one of the most influential artists of postmodern dance, has had a lasting impact on performance. This is a vivid and probing portrait of Fenley's four-decade career, written by her fellow artists. It offers several scholarly analyses of the choreographer's work, and is, above all, a vibrant record from the field.
£32.30
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Dancing Man A Broadway Choreographers Journey
Book SynopsisTony and Olivier Award-winning Bob Avian's dazzling life story, Dancing Man, is candid, witty, sometimes shocking, and always entertaining. Here at last is the ultimate up-close and personal insider's view from a front row seat at the creation of the biggest, brightest, and best Broadway musicals of the past fifty years.
£33.71
Monash University Publishing Shelley Lasica: WHEN I AM NOT THERE
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£44.95
Classiques Garnier Saisir Le Mouvement
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£45.00
