A Basic Reference Guide to Appalachian Mountain Square Dance Figures...more

Brilliant artists share stories on artistic life and business, full of lessons we can all learn about living a creative ......more

A revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey "A rich, multitudinous window......more

Yvonne Wright attended a ballroom dancing class with her friend at the age of 11, where she became captivated with dance......more

Highly original essays by award-winning Sondra Fraleigh address the field of movement-based and dance somatics through l......more

The author examines the stylistic and technical innovations that distinguish modern dance from traditional dance forms. ......more

"Dancing makes you feel heaps better" - Diana In 1981, after the wedding of the century, Anne Allan, a dancer, and balle......more

This book sheds light on the choreographic practice of French choreographer Jérôme Bel, who is active in the fields of p......more

Focusing on staging processes in contemporary dance and art performance creates new opportunities to study creative part......more

A multivoiced dance history book, authored by twelve diverse choreographers In an effort to deepen our understanding of ......more

This book, with its focus on the dancing body, is the first of its kind within the larger context of dance in India. The......more

This book explores drag performance in London since 2009 via the pubs, bars and clubs that make LGBTQ+ communities thriv......more

Corps de ballet literally means the "body" of the ballet company, and it refers to the group of dancers who are not prin......more

Corps de ballet literally means the "body" of the ballet company, and it refers to the group of dancers who are not prin......more

Dance is a profound and universal art form that transcends linguistic and cultural barriers, serving as a powerful mediu......more

This book takes choreographer William Forsythe’s choreographic and scenographic processes as a holistic lens through whi......more

America and Europe’s Greatest Jugglers was a booklet distributed by Edward Van Wyck, one of America’s first juggling pro......more

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

A fantastic look into the history of Ballet, showcasing both power and grace. A fine new art calendar from Flame Tree. A......more

Since the late 19th century, film has been the ultimate medium by which to express and illuminate the darker, wilder rec......more

A new expanded edition documenting the seminal notation theory instrumental to dance, behavioral science and more fields......more

Dance Pedagogy is a comprehensive resource designed for dance students and teaching artists to develop skills and strate......more

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum in 2024, this publication tells the story of......more

★★★★★ "Claim Your Confidence NOW" This workbook is designed to guide dance artists to learn about the 8 essential steps ......more

This book argues that dramaturgy makes things visible and does so in two distinct and interrelating ways: creative proce......more

"Enter the groundbreaking and glorious world of queer dance. Two women hold each other tight as they dance the two-step.......more

During his lifetime the great Danish choreographer August Bournonville (1805 - 1879) created more than fifty ballets. As......more

How do filmmakers guide viewer attention through the frame using the movement of bodies on screen? What do they seek to ......more

How do filmmakers guide viewer attention through the frame using the movement of bodies on screen? What do they seek to ......more

Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experim......more

The ’Female’ Dancer aims to question dancers’ relationships with ’female’ through the examination and understandings of ......more

The ’Female’ Dancer aims to question dancers’ relationships with ’female’ through the examination and understandings of ......more

This publication brings together current scholarship that focuses on the significance of performing arts heritage of roy......more

What is materiality in dance and performance? What role does the material play in the formation for the cultural memory ......more

This book is the result of a collaborative and transdisciplinary effort towards a first definition of "dance data", with......more

Dance, Ageing and Collaborative Arts-based Research contributes a critical and comprehensive perspective on the role of ......more

This book investigates theories and practices shaped by a performance’s relationship to the archive. The essays in the v......more

For the price of just one group class, this book is a practical guide for learning the leader’s part of the fast and smo......more

Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg offers fascinating new looks at five classic story ballets: Giselle (1841), P......more

This book shows how over the hundred years between the Vienna Congress and the dissolution of the Empire, the waltz alte......more

A choreographed tour through urban landscapes interrogates the ways in which human bodies clash with built environments ......more

Performing the Greek Crisis explores the impact of the Greek financial crisis (2009-19) on the performing arts sector in......more

Body Impossible theorizes the concept of virtuosity in contemporary dance and performance through a study of the career ......more

Body Impossible theorizes the concept of virtuosity in contemporary dance and performance through a study of the career ......more

This book is about surviving grief, and charts a journey of exceptional love. Now, aged 77, the burden of ambition has l......more

This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence ......more

Kinethic California: Dancing Funk and Disco Era Kinships documents the emergence of new forms of black social and vernac......more

Kinethic California: Dancing Funk and Disco Era Kinships documents the emergence of new forms of black social and vernac......more

Predominantly white casting in ballet has led many to wonder, "Where are all the black swans?" This book sheds light on ......more

This major new anthology of the minuet in the Nordic countries comprehensively explores the dance as a historical, socia......more

This major new anthology of the minuet in the Nordic countries comprehensively explores the dance as a historical, socia......more

This edited collection assembles international perspectives from artists, academics, and curators in the field to bring ......more

In Western neo-liberal society, the human body is increasingly used as an identity project and designable object . Antje......more

This book is a collection of chapters by playwrights, directors, devisers, scholars, and educators whose praxis involves......more

The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women’s dance - Ferghana, Khiva and ......more

The quotes woven throughout this art and dance coloring book vividly capture the ebbs and flows of life’s struggles and ......more

A Celebration of Diversity is written for the K-12 teacher. The information include in this text will fully equip the cl......more

"This book theorizes dance technique as the Greek techne translated as art, and shows how movement can inspire epistemic......more

Dance-based dance literacy using a constructivist approach supports creativity and learning. Examples of applications of......more

Equality Dancesport uses a queer feminist lens to examine the materialisation of gender and sexuality through moving and......more

The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait ......more

The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait ......more

This book is about the folk: the folk in folk dance, the folk in folklore, the folk in folk wisdom. When we see folk dan......more

A complete history of ballet in Minnesota by a professional dancer and creative force in the Twin Cities artistic commun......more

This book provides a critical understanding of dance studies in India, bringing together various embodied practices iden......more

Geographies of Us: Ecosomatic Essays and Practice Pages is the first edited collection in the field of ecosomatics. With......more

First critical biography of this visionary artist written by a dance scholar Simone Forti, groundbreaking improvisor, ha......more

This book is a practical and theoretical exploration of the embodied imagining processes of devised performance in which......more

This book is a practical and theoretical exploration of the embodied imagining processes of devised performance in which......more

Dance Production: Design and Technology, Second Edition is an introduction to the skills needed to plan, design, and exe......more

Improve dance performance and flexibility with an illustrated guide. Discover the pure power and aesthetic beauty of dan......more

Improve dance performance and flexibility with an illustrated guide. Discover the pure power and aesthetic beauty of dan......more

’Prodigy Performance’ provides guidance for aspiring dancers, emphasizing the importance of mindset, goal-setting, posit......more

’Prodigy Performance’ provides guidance for aspiring dancers, emphasizing the importance of mindset, goal-setting, posit......more

God is revealing Himself more and more through the Arts, which are proving to be more visible and are impacting the live......more