Author: Helen Thomas
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230379214
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This exciting new and original collection locates dance within the spectrum of urban life in late modernity, through a range of theoretical perspectives. It highlights a diversity of dance forms and styles that can be witnessed in and around contemporary urban spaces: from dance halls to raves and the club striptease; from set dancing to ballroom dancing, to hip hop and swing, and to ice dance shows; from the ballet class, to fitness aerobics; and 'art' dance which situates itself in a dynamic relation to the city.
Dance in the City
Author: Helen Thomas
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230379214
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This exciting new and original collection locates dance within the spectrum of urban life in late modernity, through a range of theoretical perspectives. It highlights a diversity of dance forms and styles that can be witnessed in and around contemporary urban spaces: from dance halls to raves and the club striptease; from set dancing to ballroom dancing, to hip hop and swing, and to ice dance shows; from the ballet class, to fitness aerobics; and 'art' dance which situates itself in a dynamic relation to the city.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230379214
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This exciting new and original collection locates dance within the spectrum of urban life in late modernity, through a range of theoretical perspectives. It highlights a diversity of dance forms and styles that can be witnessed in and around contemporary urban spaces: from dance halls to raves and the club striptease; from set dancing to ballroom dancing, to hip hop and swing, and to ice dance shows; from the ballet class, to fitness aerobics; and 'art' dance which situates itself in a dynamic relation to the city.
Dance for a City
Author: Lynn Garafola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231115476
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
How will patterns of human interaction with the earth's eco-system impact on biodiversity loss over the long term--not in the next ten or even fifty years, but on the vast temporal scale be dealt with by earth scientists? This volume brings together data from population biology, community ecology, comparative biology, and paleontology to answer this question.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231115476
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
How will patterns of human interaction with the earth's eco-system impact on biodiversity loss over the long term--not in the next ten or even fifty years, but on the vast temporal scale be dealt with by earth scientists? This volume brings together data from population biology, community ecology, comparative biology, and paleontology to answer this question.
Beyond the Dance
Author: Chan Hon Goh
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770490647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominated for The Rocky Mountain Book Award (An Alberta Children's Choice Book Award) Nominated for the 2003 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction An elegant, expressive dancer, Chan Hon Goh is one of the ballet world’s great stars. She is a brilliant technician possessing a delicate beauty and radiant stage presence. Born in Beijing to dancer parents, she tells the story of their flight to Canada from an oppressive regime that thwarted her father’s career, her rigorous training, and her battle to achieve acceptance as the only Chinese-born prima ballerina in the history of the National Ballet. This fascinating look at the life of a dancer will appeal not only to the legions of Chan Hon Goh’s admirers and to students of ballet, but also to young readers who understand what it is to pursue a dream.
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770490647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominated for The Rocky Mountain Book Award (An Alberta Children's Choice Book Award) Nominated for the 2003 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction An elegant, expressive dancer, Chan Hon Goh is one of the ballet world’s great stars. She is a brilliant technician possessing a delicate beauty and radiant stage presence. Born in Beijing to dancer parents, she tells the story of their flight to Canada from an oppressive regime that thwarted her father’s career, her rigorous training, and her battle to achieve acceptance as the only Chinese-born prima ballerina in the history of the National Ballet. This fascinating look at the life of a dancer will appeal not only to the legions of Chan Hon Goh’s admirers and to students of ballet, but also to young readers who understand what it is to pursue a dream.
Dance in New York City
Author: Kay Perper
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Dancing Communities
Author: J. Hamera
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230626483
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption, but also as vernaculars connecting individuals who may have little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities the book suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work productively together.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230626483
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption, but also as vernaculars connecting individuals who may have little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities the book suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work productively together.
Dance to the city beat
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Languages : da
Pages :
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Languages : da
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A Bird Dance Near Saturday City
Author: Patrick R. McNaughton
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253351480
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Captures the power of individuals and art at a single night's masquerade performance
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253351480
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Captures the power of individuals and art at a single night's masquerade performance
In the Wings
Author: Kyle Froman
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780470173435
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someone who can honestly claim that he was there."
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780470173435
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someone who can honestly claim that he was there."
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Pamphlets Rec
Author: Russell Sage Foundation. Dept. of Recreation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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