What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a youth craze that has long surpassed all others.
Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history.
In African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, scholar and musician Bruce Conforth tells the story of one of the most unusual collections of African American folk music ever amassed-and the remarkable story of the man who produced it: Lawrence Gellert.
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves.
This guide provides an overview of the history of hip hop culture and an exploration of its dance style, appropriate both for student research projects and general interest reading.
This encyclopedia collects and organizes theoretical and historical content on the topic of video games, covering the people, systems, technologies, and theoretical concepts as well as the games themselves.
Mas de 250 paginas ricamente acompanadas de fotografias e ilustraciones ineditas recorren la figura irrepetible de Alicia Alonso, la gran diva de la danza del siglo XX.
En este libro se exponen las tensiones que la formacion en danza tradicional plantea a las carreras que preparan profesionalmente a los artistas danzarios.
Con un lenguaje cercano y riguroso, El cerebro endanza se dirige a lectores interesados en la cienciay el bienestar y tambien a amantes de la danza,las artes escenicas y la cultura contemporanea.
"El lenguaje corporal del niño preescolar", de Perla Jaritonsky, es una guía esencial para docentes de nivel preescolar que desean enriquecer la creatividad y el desarrollo integral de sus alumnos.
Aus der Verbindung westafrikanisch-animistischer Tanztraditionen und humanistischer Psychologie hat Stephanie Bangoura eine Tanzpädagogik entwickelt, die spirituelle und heilsame Potenziale des Tanzes erschließt.
Based on the pioneering experiences in Buenos Aires linking Tango and Mental Health, psychologist Maria Teresa Gil Ogliastri created and developed a working methodology called NEUROTANGO, grounded in her postgraduate thesis in Dance Movement Therapy at the National University of the Arts: "e;Contributions of Tango in the Context of DMT for the Social Interaction of Adults with Intellectual, Visual, and Motor Disabilities.
From Cleopatra's gilded barge to the age of Instagram, Mythologies of Fame unravels how humanity has built, worshiped, and destroyed its idols for more than two thousand years.
