Dance

In A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love.

The authoritative edition of Othello from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.

Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew.

David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New Yorker described as ';the most exciting male dancer in the western world,' presents a look at his artistic lifeup to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury that almost cost him his career.

The first of its kind, this book focuses on the value of inclusivity in the tap dance studio, instructing on how to bring the rhythmic world of tap dance into the lives of individuals living with disabilities or mobility issues.

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

This book is an exploration into the history, aesthetics, social reality, regulation, and transformation of dance and dance music in Egypt.

For decades, eighteenth-century Paris had been declining into a baroque backwater.

What does it mean to give life to movement?

Daniel Lewis's legacy as a hugely influential choreographer and teacher of modern dance is celebrated in this biography.

The first of its kind, this volume presents research-based fictionalized case studies from experts in the field of dance education, examining theory and practice developed from real-world scenarios that call for ethical decision-making.

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One of the few studies that cover both Broadway and Hollywood musicals, this book explores a majority of the most famous musicals over the past two centuries plus a select number of overlooked gems.

This collection of new essays explores the many ways in which writing relates to corporeality and how the two work together to create, resist or mark the body of the "e;Other.

Part memoir, part dance history and ethnography, this critical study explores ballet's power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women's agency, and spiritual experience.

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

Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds.

Raqs sharqi, the Egyptian dance form also known as belly dance, has for generations captured imaginations around the globe.

Dance music has seen an unprecedented explosion in the 21st century as a stampede of subgenres, such as dance pop and EDM (electronic dance music), have come to define the pop music scene worldwide.

From the vaudeville gyrations of New York Giants star pitchers Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, to Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra as hoofing infielders in Take Me Out to the Ball Game, to the stage and screen versions of Damn Yankees, the connection between baseball and dance is an intimate, perhaps surprising one.

International vaudeville star and Broadway prima ballerina Jeanne Devereaux performed for millions across America and Europe from age eleven until her retirement at forty.

The guitar-based music known as bachata was born in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s.

The 1990s produced some of the greatest artists and hits in dance music history.

Issues of race, class, gender and religion permeate the study of contemporary dance, resulting in cultural clashes in classrooms and studios.

Music was everywhere in pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg, Virginia.

Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years.

Both Buddhism and dance invite the practitioner into present-moment embodiment.

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.

This study surveys music and dance from a global perspective, viewing them as a composite whole found in every culture.

American dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) won four Tony awards for her work on Broadway and also appeared in films and on television.

Flamenco dance and bullfighting are parallel arts with shared traditions, performance conventions and vocabularies of movement.

Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as "e;belly dance.

A professional dancer's career, like a professional athlete's, lasts an average of 10 to 15 years.

In the late 1980s the rave phenomenon swept the youth culture of the United Kingdom, incorporating the generations' two newest social stimulants: modern electronic dance music and a notorious designer drug known as Ecstasy.

In these essays, dancers and scholars from around the world carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice.

The Natyasastra is the deep repository of Indian performance studies.

Prominent dance critic Arlene Croce wrote for The New Yorker during the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

The story of this groundbreaking summer dance program is told through the voices of staff, faculty, and students.

Choreographer Alex Romero created Jailhouse Rock, the iconic Elvis Presley production number, but never received screen credit for his contribution.

Tracing the African American dance from the Diaspora to the dance floor, this book covers a social history germane not only to the African American experience, but also to the global experience of laborers who learn lessons from hip hop dance.

This book has systematic directions for those who are creating a dance company for young audiences: how to handle bookings, write effective grants, handle crowds of children, keep their interest high and deal with the unexpected--backstage, or onstage or costume!

The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire.

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.

The prom has been a fixture in the life of American teenagers for as long as high schools have existed.

Bondage Bungalow Fantasies offers a fascinating follow-up to Dominatrix on Trial, the memoirs of Terri Jean Bedford, Canadas most famous dominatrix.

If youre looking for a fun, effective, low-impact workout that will build stamina, enhance flexibility, and improve your cardiovascular well-being, look no more.

Over the last three decades, several film production companies have held the rights to make a Doctor Who movie.

Twin Bill consists of two plays tied together by their themes of love and lust in mature men and women.

LUST, LUCRE, and LIQUOR is mock-melodrama featuring a catalogue of hair-raising escapes typical of plays of a hundred years ago and more.

Nourishing Dance: An Essential Guide on Nutrition, Body Image, and Eating Disorders is written with an insider's understanding of the unique needs and pressures of the dance world and the expertise of an eating disorder specialist, dietitian, clinician, and educator.