Dance

Indian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities explores what happens when a national-cultural production is reproduced outside the immediate social, political and cultural context of its origin.

Gestural Imaginaries: Dance and Cultural Theory in the Early Twentieth Century offers a new interpretation of European modernist dance by addressing it as guiding medium in a vibrant field of gestural culture that ranged across art and philosophy.

This book is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media.

Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis.

This book considers dancer, teacher, and choreographer Mary Wigman, a leading innovator in Expressionist dance whose radical explorations of movement and dance theory are credited with expanding the scope of dance as a theatrical art.

Increasingly, choreographic process is examined, shared and discussed in a variety of academic, artistic and performative contexts.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "e;Salt"e; Evelyn and Jewel "e;Pepper"e; Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia.

A transdisciplinary approach to practice-as-research, complete with its own elaborate theory of practice and a set of four multi-year-performance research projects through which the theory plays out.

A circus, a production of Shakespeare, an evening of song and ventriloquism, a performance by a 'learned pig' - all of these offered an evening's entertainment to the citizens of early nineteenth-century Upper Canada.

The need to 'rethink' and question the nature of dance history has not diminished since the first edition of Rethinking Dance History.

This innovative collection showcases the interconnectedness of translation and the performing arts, drawing on examples spanning languages, eras, and modes of performance to argue for the importance of re-envisioning translation beyond writing.

Dance and Organisation is the first comprehensive work to integrate dance theory and methods into the study of management, which have developed an interest in the arts and the humanities.

In response to a scarcity of writings on the intersections between dance and Christianity, Dancing to Transform examines the religious lives of American Christians who, despite the historically tenuous place of dance within Christianity, are also professional dancers.

How can various technologies, from the more conventional to the very new, be used to archive, share and understand dance movement?

One of the most important ballet choreographers of all time, Marius Petipa (1818 - 1910) created works that are now mainstays of the ballet repertoire.

This book critically examines matters of age and aging in relation to dance.

This collection brings together scholarship and creative writing that brings together two of the most innovative fields to emerge from critical and cultural studies in the past few decades: Disability studies and performance studies.

By examining the development of modern dance in the USA in the inter-war period, Thomas develops a framework for analysing dance from a sociological perspective.

Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danzn first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in nineteenth-century Cuba.

Dance and Light examines the interconnected relationship between movement and design, the fluid partnership that exists between the two disciplines, and the approaches that designers can take to enhance dance performances through lighting design.

The popularity of yoga and Zen meditation has heightened awareness of somatic practices.

Irish dancing has emerged as a leading genre among the pantheon of world dance forms.

As a wildly popular local dance show, Soul Train provided a venue for Chicago's soul singers and political activists and gave African American teenagers their first significant chance to see and identify with their peers on television.

An essential introductory textbook that provides a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the key processes involved in developing and managing a theatre in the 21st century.

In Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship, Yvonne Daniel provides a sweeping cultural and historical examination of diaspora dance genres.

Designing Presence offers a unique insight into the training that has helped people around the world to cultivate more presence in both professional and personal settings.

Paris at the turn of the century - Art Nouveau, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Folies Bergere.

Suspend your disbelief you can make it as a screenwriter Behind every blockbuster film and binge-worthy show, there s a screenwriter and that writer could be you!

Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective.

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.

Dramaturgies of Interweaving explores present-day dramaturgies that interweave performance cultures in the fields of theater, performance, dance, and other arts.

In the earliest years of the 20th century, North American ballroom dancers favored the waltz or the polka.

In Choreographing Agonism, author Goran Petrovic Lotina offers new insight into the connections between politics and performance.

This core textbook provides a clear and accessible introduction to the key concepts of phenomenology in relation to theatre, showing how they shed light on the works of influential theatre-makers such as Brecht, Artaud, and Stanislavski.

Demonstrates the centrality of chorality in the social, religious and technological practices of individuals and communities.

When political protest is read as epidemic madness, religious ecstasy as nervous disease, and angular dance moves as dark and uncouth, the 'disorder' being described is choreomania.

You can struggle for years to get a foot in the door with Hollywood producers--or you can take a page from the book that offers proven advice from twenty-one of the industry's best and brightest!

A fun, fact-filled, and thoroughly researched journey of country and western dancing from the roots of Western Swing to Hank Williams, the Urban Cowboy two-step of John Travolta, and the nationwide sensation of country line dancing.

Kathakali Dance-Drama provides a comprehensive introduction to the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India for the first time.

How do we define movement in performance?

"e;Few volumes tackle the issue of gender and dance with such currency.

From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry.

This book uses the Afro-Brazilian art of capoeira to examine how security has been pursued from below and what significance this has for security analysis and policy.

Tranches de vie est constitué d'une part de sketchs que nous avons écrits à quatre mains et qui faisaient partie d'un spectacle intitulé La farce de l'âge, créé au Théâtre du Rideau Vert, en 1990.

Performance generating systems are systematic and task-based dramaturgies that generate performance for or with an audience.

Foremost stage directors describe their working process: JoAnne Akalaitis, Arvin Brown, Ren Buch, Martha Clarke, Gordon Davidson, Robert Falls, Zelda Fichandler, Richard Foreman, Adrian Hall, John Hirsch, Mark Lamos, Marshall W.

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Contemporary Choreography presents a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and innovative challenges to traditional understandings of dance making.