Dance

What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining?

Long before the satirical comedy of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the comic operas of W.

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.

The lens of dance can provide a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban experience.

Performing Arts in Changing Societies is a detailed exploration of genre development within the fields of dance, theatre, and opera in selected European countries during the decades before and after 1800.

The operatic culture of late eighteenth-century Naples represents the fullest expression of a matrix of creators, practitioners, theorists, patrons, and entrepreneurs linking aristocratic, public and religious spheres of contemporary society.

Haidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transformation from a passing amusement to an enduring art form by mapping the creation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, established in 1935.

Sarah Thomas's study moves beyond the image of the brooding, destructive man at odds with employers and his own star status to explore the complexity of Mason's career and star persona.

Dance and film have shared a dynamic relationship since the advent of cinema--a natural interplay that developed into the genre known as screendance.

Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection the feminine ideal.

First Published in 1993.

This book is a compendium of resources largely by and for artists and scholars interested in engaging in conversations of justice, diversity, and historiography in the fields of theatre and performance studies.

Theatre and Internationalization examines how internationalization affects the processes and aesthetics of theatre, and how this art form responds dramatically and thematically to internationalization beyond the stage.

The beginner's guide to mental magic No rabbits.

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

This encyclopedia collects and organizes theoretical and historical content on the topic of video games, covering the people, systems, technologies, and theoretical concepts as well as the games themselves.

This book examines a creative approach to exploring choreographic practice artistically, theoretically, and pedagogically.

B-boying is a form of Afro-diasporic competitive dance that developed in the Bronx, NY in the early 1970s.

'What a multi-sensory pleasure in learning!

Beyond Dance: Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis offers students of dance and movement a brief introduction to the life and work of Rudolf Laban, and how this work has been extended into the fields of movement therapy, communications, early childhood development, and other fields.

Our entire human structure is built for movement, for all aspects of life.

This book of highly original essays addresses the field of movement-based and dance somatics through lenses of ethics and ecology.

First Published in 1997.

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.

Discover what goes on behind the curtains of your favorite musical Do you want to know more about the fascinating history of Broadway musicals, the stars of yesterday and today, and what goes on behind the curtain of a musical production?

This edited collection examines the potential of dance training for developing socially engaged individuals capable of forging ethical human relations for an ever-changing world and in turn frames dance as a fundamental part of human experience.

There was a time is screen culture when the facial close-up was a spectacular and mysterious image.

This volume brings together philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on improvisation.

While female performers in the early 20th century were regularly advertised as dancers, mimics, singers, or actresses, they wove together techniques and elements drawn from a wide variety of genres and media.

Dance has been connected to the practices and ideologies that have shaped notions of a Nordic region for more than a century and it is ingrained into the culture and society of the region.

Foreword by Cate BlanchettWith contributions by Geoffrey Rush, Baz Luhrmann, Miranda Otto and Hugo Weaving amongst others.

This book is a collection of essays that capture the artistic voices at play during a staging process.

London during the Blitz was a time of hardship, heroism and hope.

This book describes the terminology, dancing and teaching techniques used for modern line dancing.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a respected qualification gaining increasing currency around the world, and which has been adopted by a wide variety of schools, both public and private.

Although much has been written about the dancer and prolific choreographer Martha Graham, no publication has specifically examined her radical period, the body of innovative work from the 1930s and 40s which culminated in the full-length Clytemnestra of 1958.

 This volume reshapes a contemporary understanding of research in theatre and performance arts.

Jose Limn is universally recognized as one of the most important modern dancers of the 20th century.

How do conscious experience, subjectivity, and free will arise from the brain and the body?

Dance has the power to change the lives of young people.

How do great athletes defy the power law of practice, according to which improvements in skill eventually plateau?

This volume seeks to instigate a discussion about dementia in theatre.

This vintage book is a detailed guide to learning a variety of ballroom dances, with step-by-step instructions, simple diagrams, tips on etiquette, and much more.

During its three and half decades, the Alvin Ailey Company has left lasting markers on the playing field of American Modern Dance.

The Guerilla Performance and Multimedia Handbook is the ultimate guide for artists at all stages of their careers engaged in creating original performance and multimedia work, including hybrids of theatre, visual art, installation, physical theatre, dance, CD-Rom and web design.

Researching Popular Entertainment is an essential volume for scholars delving into the vibrant yet complex world of popular entertainment.

Burridge and Svendler Nielsen bring together many perspectives from around the world on dancing experiences through life of senior artists and educators, whether as professionals working with community dance groups, in education or for recreation and well-being.