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Psychology for Dancers - Theory and Practice to Fulfil Your Potential (Hardcover): Cathy Schofield, Lucy Start Psychology for Dancers - Theory and Practice to Fulfil Your Potential (Hardcover)
Cathy Schofield, Lucy Start
R4,300 Discovery Miles 43 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Psychology for Dancers: Theory and Practice to Fulfil Your Potential examines how psychological theory can be related to dance practice. Aimed at the dancer who wants to maximize their potential but has no grounding in psychology, the book begins with an examination of basic psychological concepts, approaches and methods, before applying theory to dance. The book explores why dance is so important in many people's lives: as a form of fitness, a profession, or visual entertainment. Each chapter then examines a different aspect of psychology related to dance in an applied context. Self-perception is examined as dancers are under great scrutiny; a grounded sense of self will ensure a positive perception of self-worth and body image, and suggestions are made as to how a healthy and motivational climate can be created. The book also places an emphasis on how cognitive skills are as important as technical skills, including the ability to learn and recall steps and choreography as efficiently as possible. Social factors are related to the dance context, with a discussion of effective leadership and communication skills and the importance of group cohesion. Finally, there is a review of the impact of emotions on dance practice and how best to manage these emotions. Each chapter reviews important psychological theories, offering practical suggestions on how they can be applied to dance practice. Psychology for Dancers is an invaluable resource for students, professionals, and teachers of dance.

Rudolf Laban (Hardcover): Franc Chamberlain Rudolf Laban (Hardcover)
Franc Chamberlain; Karen Bradley
R4,280 Discovery Miles 42 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rudolf Laban was one of the leading dance theorists of the twentieth century. His work on dance analysis and notation raised the status of dance as both an art form and a scholarly discipline. This is the first book to combine: an overview of Laban's life, work and influences an exploration of his key ideas, including the revolutionary "Laban Movement Analysis" system analysis of his works Die Grunen Clowns and The Mastery of Movement and their relevance to dance theater from the 1920s onwards a detailed exercise-based breakdown of Laban's key teachings. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.

Moves - A Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement (Hardcover): Katya Bloom, Rosa Shreeves Moves - A Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement (Hardcover)
Katya Bloom, Rosa Shreeves
R4,292 Discovery Miles 42 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The aim of this publication is to deepen awareness of the body and the self through meditative movement and dance, rekindle the imagination by developing greater self-awareness, and to provide starting points to create expressive movement. The book suggests a wealth of exercises which stem from the natural movement of the body.

Anna Sokolow - The Rebellious Spirit (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed): Larry Warren Anna Sokolow - The Rebellious Spirit (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
Larry Warren
R2,240 Discovery Miles 22 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A pioneer choreographer in modern American dance, Anna Sokolow has led a bewildering, active international life. Her meticulous biographer Larry Warren once looked up Anna Sokolow in a few reference books and found that she was born in three different years and that her parents were from Poland except when they were in Russia, and found many other inaccuracies. Drawing on material from nearly 100 interviews, Larry Warren has created a fascinating account and assessment of the life and work of Anna Sokolow, whose nomadic career was divided between New York, Mexico, and Israel. Setting her work on more than 70 dance companies, Anna Sokolow not only pioneered the development of a personal approach to movement, which has become part of the language of contemporary dance, but also created such masterpieces as Rooms, dealing with loneliness and alienation, and Dreams, which concerns the inner torment of victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

Moves - A Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement (Paperback): Katya Bloom, Rosa Shreeves Moves - A Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement (Paperback)
Katya Bloom, Rosa Shreeves
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The aim of this publication is to deepen awareness of the body and the self through meditative movement and dance, rekindle the imagination by developing greater self-awareness, and to provide starting points to create expressive movement. The book suggests a wealth of exercises which stem from the natural movement of the body.

Alien Bodies - Representations of modernity, 'race' and nation in early modern dance (Hardcover): Ramsay Burt Alien Bodies - Representations of modernity, 'race' and nation in early modern dance (Hardcover)
Ramsay Burt
R4,304 Discovery Miles 43 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Alien Bodies is a fascinating examination of dance in Germany, France, and the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Ranging across ballet and modern dance, dance in the cinema and Revue, Ramsay Burt looks at the work of European, African American, and white American artists.
Among the artists who feature are:
* Josephine Baker
* Jean Borlin
* George Balanchine
* Jean Cocteau
* Valeska Gert
* Katherine Dunham
* Fernand Leger
* Kurt Jooss
* Doris Humphrey
Concerned with how artists responded to the alienating experiences of modern life, Alien Bodies focuses on issues of:
* national and 'racial' identity
* the new spaces of modernity
* fascists uses of mass spectacles
* ritual and primitivism in modern dance
* the 'New Woman' and the slender modern body

Alien Bodies - Representations of Modernity, 'Race' and Nation in Early Modern Dance (Paperback): Ramsay Burt Alien Bodies - Representations of Modernity, 'Race' and Nation in Early Modern Dance (Paperback)
Ramsay Burt
R1,576 Discovery Miles 15 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Alien Bodies is a fascinating examination of dance in Germany, France, and the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Ranging across ballet and modern dance, dance in the cinema and Revue, Ramsay Burt looks at the work of European, African American, and white American artists.
Among the artists who feature are:
* Josephine Baker
* Jean Borlin
* George Balanchine
* Jean Cocteau
* Valeska Gert
* Katherine Dunham
* Fernand Leger
* Kurt Jooss
* Doris Humphrey
Concerned with how artists responded to the alienating experiences of modern life, Alien Bodies focuses on issues of:
* national and 'racial' identity
* the new spaces of modernity
* fascists uses of mass spectacles
* ritual and primitivism in modern dance
* the 'New Woman' and the slender modern body

The Dance Theatre of Kurt Jooss (Paperback): Suzanne Walther The Dance Theatre of Kurt Jooss (Paperback)
Suzanne Walther
R1,210 Discovery Miles 12 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1997. This is Volume 3, Part 2 in the Choreography and Dance journal and looks at the dance and the theatre of Kurt Jooss, in context of his times of birth, his evolution of as an artist, Jooss as a teacher and his ballets.

Dance and Gender - An Evidence-based Approach (Hardcover): Wendy Oliver, Doug Risner Dance and Gender - An Evidence-based Approach (Hardcover)
Wendy Oliver, Doug Risner
R2,259 Discovery Miles 22 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Driven by facts and hard data, this volume reveals how gender dynamics affect the lives of dancers, choreographers, directors, students, educators, and others who are involved in the world of dance. It unpacks real issues that matter-not just to dance communities but also to broader societal trends in the West. In these studies, dancers and dance scholars take readers into classrooms, rehearsals, performances, festivals, competitions, college dance departments, and company administrations. They ask incisive questions and analyze data to learn about the role of gender in attitudes, stereotypes, pedagogy, funding inequities, representation, casting, and body image. Dance is an important part of our larger cultural fabric, and this volume adds powerful findings to today's discussions about living in a gendered society.

Moving Words - Re-Writing Dance (Paperback, New): Gay Morris Moving Words - Re-Writing Dance (Paperback, New)
Gay Morris
R1,341 Discovery Miles 13 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Moving Words provides a direct line into the most pressing issues in contemporary dance scholarship, as well as insights into ways in which dance contributes to and creates culture. Instead of representing a single viewpoint, the essays in this volume reflect a range of perspectives and represents the debates swirling within dance.
The contributors confront basic questions of definition and interpretation within dance studies, while at the same time examining broader issues, such as the body, gender, class, race, nationalism and cross-cultural exchange. Specific essays address such topics as the black male body in dance, gender and subversions in the dances of Mark Morris, race and nationalism in Martha Graham's 'American Document', and the history of oriental dance.

Moving Words - Re-Writing Dance (Hardcover): Gay Morris Moving Words - Re-Writing Dance (Hardcover)
Gay Morris
R5,129 R4,305 Discovery Miles 43 050 Save R824 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work provides a direct line into the most pressing issues in contemporary dance scholarship, as well as discussion of the ways in which which dance contributes to and creates culture. Instead of representing a single viewpoint, the essays in this volume reflect a range of perspectives. The contributors confront basic questions of definition and interpretation within dance studies, while at the same time examining broader issues, such as the body, gender, class, race, nationalism and cross-cultural exchange. Specific essays address such topics as the black male body in dance, gender and subversions in the dances of Mark Morris, race and nationalism in Martha Graham's American Document, and the history of oriental dance. The text should be of interest to historians and critics in a variety of fields. It offers students, scholars and critics of performance and culture an overview of the debates swirling within dance, as well as research articles in dance history, theory and criticism.

Dance Matters Too - Markets, Memories, Identities (Hardcover): Pallabi Chakravorty, Nilanjana Gupta Dance Matters Too - Markets, Memories, Identities (Hardcover)
Pallabi Chakravorty, Nilanjana Gupta
R4,319 Discovery Miles 43 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dance Matters Too: Markets, Memories, Identities is a rich intellectual contribution to the growing field of dance studies in India. It forges new avenues of scholarly inquiry and critical engagement and opens the field in innovative ways. This volume builds on Dance Matters (2009), which mapped the interdisciplinary breadth of the field. The chapters presented here continue to underline the uniqueness of a field that is a blend of critical scholarship on aesthetics and performance with the humanities and social sciences. Including diverse material, analytical approaches and perspectives from scholars and practitioners, this multidimensional volume explores debates on dance preservation and tradition in globalizing India, multimedia choreographies and the circulation of dance via electronic media, embodiment and memory, power, democracy and bourgeoning markets, classification and censorship, and corporatization and Bollywood. This tour de force will appeal to those in dance and performance studies, cultural studies, sociology as well as to readers interested in tradition, modernity, gender and globalization.

Staging British South Asian Culture - Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre (Hardcover): Jerri Daboo Staging British South Asian Culture - Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre (Hardcover)
Jerri Daboo
R4,298 Discovery Miles 42 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre looks afresh at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. From Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams to the finals of Britain's Got Talent, Jerri Daboo reconsiders the centrality of Bollywood and bhangra to theatre made for or about British South Asian communities. Addressing rarely discussed theatre companies such as Rifco, and phenomena such as the emergence of large- scale Bollywood revue performances, this volume goes some way towards remedying the lack of critical discourse around British South Asian theatre. A timely contribution to this growing field, Staging British South Asian Culture is essential reading for any scholar or student interested in exploring the highly contested questions of identity and representation for British South Asian communities.

Alvin Ailey - An American Visionary (Paperback): Muriel Topaz Alvin Ailey - An American Visionary (Paperback)
Muriel Topaz
R1,316 R1,189 Discovery Miles 11 890 Save R127 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Dance, Modernity and Culture (Paperback): Helen Thomas Dance, Modernity and Culture (Paperback)
Helen Thomas
R1,696 Discovery Miles 16 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days




eBook available with sample pages: HB:0415087937

Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance - Exercise Sheets (Paperback): Ann Hutchinson Guest Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance - Exercise Sheets (Paperback)
Ann Hutchinson Guest
R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Dance, Modernity and Culture (Hardcover): Helen Thomas Dance, Modernity and Culture (Hardcover)
Helen Thomas
R5,119 R4,295 Discovery Miles 42 950 Save R824 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In "Dance, Modernity and Culture," Helen Thomas provides an original, interdisciplinary, approach to the study of dance. By examining the development of modern dance in the US during the inter-war period she develops a framework for analyzing dance from a sociological perspective.
In applying her approach to the works of St Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham, amongst others, she relates the emergence of modern dance to contemporaneous artistic developments, and locates dance within a wider social and economic context. Thus, she draws attention to the importance of popular culture in the development of modern dance, music and painting, and the crucial role women played in establishing dance as an art form. By way of exemplification, she looks at the work of Yvonne Rainer in order to demonstrate how this sociological approach might be applied to a post-modern work.
"Dance, Modernity and Culture" explores an area of art practice that has long been marginalized by sociologists of art. As an important contribution to dance scholarship this book will be essential reading for all those interested in the performing arts.

Performance Research: On America (Hardcover): Ric Allsopp, Richard (General Editor) Gough, Guest Editor Nick Kaye, Claire... Performance Research: On America (Hardcover)
Ric Allsopp, Richard (General Editor) Gough, Guest Editor Nick Kaye, Claire Macdonald
R3,861 Discovery Miles 38 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On America will respond to the powerful presence in contemporary culture of aesthetic forms and political strategies derived from North America. Counterpointing Letters from Europe, this book will address the use and abuse of images of and from North America, the deconstruction in performance theory and practice of North American art, film and performance, and the presentation of America as genre and fiction.

Mary Wigman (Hardcover): Mary Anne Santos Newhall Mary Wigman (Hardcover)
Mary Anne Santos Newhall
R4,293 Discovery Miles 42 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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. Now reissued, this book combines: a full account of Wigman's life and work an analysis of her key ideas detailed discussion of her aesthetic theories, including the use of space as an "invisible partner" and the transcendent nature of performance a commentary on her key works, including Hexentanz and The Seven Dances of Life an extensive collection of practical exercises designed to provide an understanding of Wigman's choreographic principles and her uniquely immersive approach to dance. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.

Territories of the Visual in Spain and Spanish America - Visual Studies and UK Hispanism (Paperback): Jo Evans, Julia Biggane,... Territories of the Visual in Spain and Spanish America - Visual Studies and UK Hispanism (Paperback)
Jo Evans, Julia Biggane, Nuria Triana-Toribio
R1,066 Discovery Miles 10 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While studying the theory and contemporary impact of 'embodied' viewing, this book celebrates the emergence and development of Visual Studies as a major subject of research and teaching in the field of Hispanic Studies within the UK over the last thirty years. By exploring current routes of investigation, as well as analysing future pathways for study in the field, seven highly distinguished Spanish and Latin American scholars examine their own entry into Visual Studies, and discuss the major trends and changes which occurred in the field as matters of the visual gradually became embedded in higher-education curricula and research trajectories. Each scholar also lays out a current research project, or interest, concerning Spain or Latin America within the visual field. The projects variously explore different media - including film, sculpture, photography, dance, and performance art - spread across a wide array of geographical locales, including Mexico, Cuba, mainland Spain, and the Canary Islands. Offering a map of current and future research in the field, this book provides the first history of visual studies within UK Hispanism. It will be of lasting value to a wide range of scholars and advanced students of Spanish and Latin American cultural, visual, and film studies. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Bulletin of Spanish Studies.

Dance and Dancers in the Victorian and Edwardian Music Hall Ballet (Hardcover): Alexandra Carter Dance and Dancers in the Victorian and Edwardian Music Hall Ballet (Hardcover)
Alexandra Carter
R4,293 Discovery Miles 42 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2005. The Victorian and Edwardian music hall ballet has been a neglected facet of dance historiography, falling prey principally to the misguided assumption that any ballet not performed at the Opera House or 'legitimate' theatre necessarily meant it was of low cultural and artistic merit. Here Alexandra Carter identifies the traditional marginalization of the working class female participants in ballet historiography, and moves on to reinstate the 'lost' period of the music hall ballet and to apply a critical account of that period. Carter examines the working conditions of the dancers, the identities and professional lives of the ballet girls and the ways in which the ballet of the music hall embodied the sexual psyche of the period, particularly in its representations of the ballet girl and the ballerina. By drawing on newspapers, journals, theatre programmes, contemporary fiction, poetry and autobiography, Carter firmly locates the period in its social, economic and artistic context. The book culminates in the argument that there are direct links between the music hall ballet and what has been termed the 'birth' of British ballet in the 1930s; a link so long ignored by dance historians. This work will appeal not only to those interested in nineteenth century studies, but also to those working in the fields of dance studies, gender studies, cultural studies and the performing arts.

Nutrition for Dancers - Basics, Performance Enhancement, Practical Tips (Hardcover): Liane Simmel, Eva-Maria Kraft Nutrition for Dancers - Basics, Performance Enhancement, Practical Tips (Hardcover)
Liane Simmel, Eva-Maria Kraft
R4,730 Discovery Miles 47 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dancers are top performance athletes on stage - to keep fit and healthy proper nutrition is an integral part of an optimal dance training. Nutrition for Dancers provides the principles of nutrition for dancers of all genres. Authors Liane Simmel and Eva- Maria Kraft clarify widespread nutritional mistakes and give advice on how a healthy diet can be incorporated into the everyday life of dancers.

Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo (Hardcover): Sondra Fraleigh, Tamah Nakamura Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo (Hardcover)
Sondra Fraleigh, Tamah Nakamura
R4,570 Discovery Miles 45 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Now re-issued, this compact book unravels the contribution of one of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators. Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo combines: * an account of the founding of Japanese butoh through the partnership of Hijikata and Ohno, extending to the larger story of butoh's international assimilation * an exploration of the impact of the social and political issues of post-World War II Japan on the aesthetic development of butoh * metamorphic dance experiences that students of butoh can explore * a glossary of English and Japanese terms. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.

Beyond Words: Instructor's Manual - Movement Observation and Analysis Instructor's Guidebook (Hardcover, 3rd... Beyond Words: Instructor's Manual - Movement Observation and Analysis Instructor's Guidebook (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Carol-Lynne Moore, Kaoru Yamamoto
R5,584 Discovery Miles 55 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Hardcover): Tim Carter Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Hardcover)
Tim Carter
R2,512 Discovery Miles 25 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Carousel (1945), with music by Richard Rodgers and the book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, was their second collaboration following the surprising success of Oklahoma! (1943). They worked again with Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner of the Theatre Guild (producers), Rouben Mamoulian (director), and Agnes de Mille (choreographer). But with Oklahoma! still running to sell-out houses, they needed to do something quite different. Based on a play, Liliom (1909), by the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar, Carousel took Broadway musical theater in far darker directions because of its subject matter-the protagonist, Billy Bigelow, is wholly an anti-hero-and also given its extensive music that some claimed came close to opera. The action is shifted from a gritty working-class suburb of Budapest to the New England coast (Maine), but the themes remain the same as two social misfits try to survive harsh economic times. Billy Bigelow is unemployed, prone to domestic violence, and dies in the course of committing a robbery; Julie Jordan sticks by him through thick and thin; and the show seeks some manner of redemption for both of them as Billy is given a day back on earth to do some good for his wife and their daughter. Troubling though these matters are nowadays, they fit squarely in the context of a country moving through the end of World War II to an uncertain future. Not for nothing had composers such as Giacomo Puccini and Kurt Weill already tried to persuade Molnar to release his play. It also led Rodgers and Hammerstein to new heights: songs such as "If I Loved You," Billy's "Soliloquy," and "You'll Never Walk Alone" transformed the American musical. In this book, we discover how and why they came about, and exactly what Carousel was trying to achieve.

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