Dance

Digital technologies have transformed archives in every area of their form and function, and as technologies mature so does their capacity to change our understanding and experience of material and performative cultural production.

This book provides insight into the relationship between embodied processes and products of remembering and belonging among British Bangladeshi women in Tower Hamlets, London.

In this book, educator-actor-playwright-director Elizabeth Hess offers systematic and original explorations in performance technique.

Jasmin Vardimon's Dance Theatre offers an unusual, intimate insight into the devising and training processes of a choreographer in the midst of her practice.

Both a refraction of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a protest against Western values, butoh is a form of Japanese dance theater that emerged in the aftermath of World War II.

This is a book about collaboration in the arts, which explores how working together seems to achieve more than the sum of the parts.

In this compelling text, choreographer and psychotherapist Beatrice Allegranti invites the reader into the transdisciplinary Moving Kinship project.

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the contemporary social study of the body which has raised important theoretical and methodological questions regarding traditional social and cultural analysis.

The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies offers a full overview of the histories, practices, and critical and theoretical foundations of the rapidly changing landscape of screendance.

This book expands the understanding of conditions defining the creation and circulation of contemporary dance that differ across Europe.

Within qualitative research in the social sciences, the last decade has witnessed a growing interest in the use of visual methods.

Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi is the first book in any language entirely devoted to a historical inquiry into Chinese theatre through Nuoxi and Mulianxi, the two most representative and predominant forms of Chinese temple theatre.

For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths.

The Argentine tango is one of the world's best-known partner dances.

Dance, Music and Cultures of Decolonisation in the Indian Diaspora provides fascinating examples of dance and music projects across the Indian Diaspora to highlight that decolonisation is a creative process, as well as a historical and political one.

Das Thema Tanz und Bildende Kunst im Feld seiner wechselseitigen Beziehungen erfreut sich - nicht zuletzt befördert durch postmodern-interdisziplinäres Denken - eines steigenden Interesses in der Fachwelt.

This study analyses the Finnish National Theatre's activities throughout the decades during which the post-war generation with its new societal and theatrical views was rising to power, and during which Europe, divided by the Iron Curtain, was maturing to break the boundaries dividing it.

Integrative Performance serves a crucial need of 21st-century performers by providing a transdisciplinary approach to training.

This book commences with the history of Indian, Egyptian, Arab, and flamenco dance, then compares and contrasts the history of both classical ballet and flamenco.

Human movement influences an individual's perceptions and ability to interact with the world.

The first and only book to focus on dance on the Internet, Sita Popat's fascinating Invisible Connections examines how Internet and communication technologies offer dance and theatre new platforms for creating and performing work, and how opportunities for remote interaction and collaboration are available on a scale never before imaginable.

This book explores the therapeutic use of touch, focusing on an in-depth case study of work in an NHS setting with a client with learning disabilities, and situating this within a wide theoretical context.

David Brown explores the ways in which the symbolic associations of the body and what we do with it have helped shape religious experience and continue to do so.

"… ein unglücklicher Bursche, der herumspringt, ohne zu wissen warum, eine Kreatur, die dafür gemacht ist, eine Muskete, ein Schwert, eine Uniform zu tragen.

This book is a biography in the form of an oral history about a woman whose founding of Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 1950 shifted live professional theater away from Broadway and inspired the creation of non-profit theaters around the country.

The Miriam Tradition works from the premise that religious values form in and through movement, with ritual and dance developing patterns for enacting those values.

Out of Time?

This book explores the process of improvisation and outlines the ideal conditions for an inspirational creative state.

Comprehensive and accessible coverage of the study of conflict Managing Conflict Through Communication helps students approach conflict constructively and learn more positive conflict management and resolution skills.

The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies offers a full overview of the histories, practices, and critical and theoretical foundations of the rapidly changing landscape of screendance.

This book illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works of leading European choreographers.

Brazil has one of the most vibrant theater cultures in the world, home to a wide variety of theatrical expression.

Europe Dancing examines the dance cultures and movements which have developed in Europe since the Second World War.

Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912-1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in M-G-M musicals, especially Singin in the Rain.

Now available in paperback, Days on Earth--originally published in 1988 (Yale University Press)--traces the dance career and artistic development of one of the founders of American modern dance.

This unparalleled collection, international and innovative in scope, analyzes the dynamic tensions between masculinity and dance.

"e;'Irmgard Bartenieff has a profound knowledge of the human body and how it moves.

Combining black feminist theory, philosophy, and performance studies, Sarah Jane Cervenak ruminates on the significance of physical and mental roaming for black freedom.

This detailed portrait of George Balanchine presents new approaches to his choreography.

Music was everywhere in pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg, Virginia.

Creative Arts Therapy Careers is a collection of essays written by and interviews with registered drama therapists, dance/movement therapists, music therapists, art therapists, poetry therapists, and expressive arts therapists.

The inside story of the life of Cheryl Burke, TV star, dancer, choreographer, and two-time champion on the top-rated TV hit series Dancing with the StarsCheryl Burke has been dancing since the age of four and competing since she was thirteen years old.

Examining historical, clinical, and artistic material, in both written and visual form, this book traces the figure of the contemporary hysteric as she rebels against the impossible demands made upon her.

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater.

This book strives to unmask the racial inequity at the root of the emergence of modern physical culture systems in the US Progressive Era (1890s-1920s).

How is music affected by its translation, interpretation and adaptation with, through, and by dance?

n recent years, the post structuralist theories seem to have created a split in theatrological research.

This book investigates how Pragmatist philosophy as a philosophical method contributes to the understanding and practice of interdisciplinary dance research.