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Anna Sokolow

The Rebellious Spirit

de Larry Warren ...

Series series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
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 ... Leer más

$108.99 USD

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
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Doople\aa

The Eternal Law of African Dance

de Alphonse Tierou ...

Series series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
The African dancer requires complete technical mastery and must respect the precise rules handed down by the society of the Masques de Sagesse. Alphonse Tirou is from the Ouenon people of the Ivory Coast. His major study is the first written record of this oral tradition and it explains the movements, codes and meanings of the traditional African dance. It is extremely valuable reading for all ... Leer más

$82.99 USD

The African dancer requires complete technical mastery and must respect the precise rules handed down by the society of the Masques de Sagesse. Alphonse Tirou is from the Ouenon people of the Ivory Coast. His major study is the first written record of this oral tradition and it explains the movements, codes and meanings of the traditional African dance. It is extremely valuable reading for all
... Leer más
Dance Code

Dance Steps As A Code

de Anna Ursyn ...

Many people relax when coding is introduced as a language, rather than math. Even if someone creates alone, the technology involved in the process has already been developed by somebody else. Even one person's business requires professional input from others, and collaborations are often performed online. This book mixes experiences in art, coding, music, dance, choreography, video, and stage ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

Many people relax when coding is introduced as a language, rather than math. Even if someone creates alone, the technology involved in the process has already been developed by somebody else. Even one person's business requires professional input from others, and collaborations are often performed online. This book mixes experiences in art, coding, music, dance, choreography, video, and stage
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Blue Sky Body

Thresholds for Embodied Research

de Ben Spatz ...

Blue Sky Body: Thresholds for Embodied Research is thefollow-up to Ben Spatz's 2015 book What a Body Can Do, charting a course through more than twenty years of embodied, artistic, and scholarly research.Emerging from the confluence of theory and practice, this book combines full-length critical essays with a kaleidoscopic selection of fragments from journal entries, performance texts, and other ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

Blue Sky Body: Thresholds for Embodied Research is thefollow-up to Ben Spatz's 2015 book What a Body Can Do, charting a course through more than twenty years of embodied, artistic, and scholarly research.Emerging from the confluence of theory and practice, this book combines full-length critical essays with a kaleidoscopic selection of fragments from journal entries, performance texts, and other
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Transmission in Motion

The Technologizing of Dance

Edición de Maaike Bleeker ...

How can various technologies, from the more conventional to the very new, be used to archive, share and understand dance movement? How can they become part of new ways of creating dance? What does this tell us about the ways in which technology is part of how we make sense and think?Well-known choreographers and dance collectives including William Forsythe, Siohban Davis, Merce Cunningham, Anne ... Leer más

$68.99 USD

How can various technologies, from the more conventional to the very new, be used to archive, share and understand dance movement? How can they become part of new ways of creating dance? What does this tell us about the ways in which technology is part of how we make sense and think?Well-known choreographers and dance collectives including William Forsythe, Siohban Davis, Merce Cunningham, Anne
... Leer más
Merce Cunningham

The Modernizing of Modern Dance

de Roger Copeland ...

Merce Cunningham and the Modernizing of Modern Dance is a complete study of the life and work of this seminal choreographer/dancer. More than just a biography, Copeland explores Cunningham's life story against a backdrop of an entire century of developments in American art. Copeland traces his own experience of Cunningham's dances-from the turbulent late '60s through the experimental works of the ... Leer más

$62.99 USD

Merce Cunningham and the Modernizing of Modern Dance is a complete study of the life and work of this seminal choreographer/dancer. More than just a biography, Copeland explores Cunningham's life story against a backdrop of an entire century of developments in American art. Copeland traces his own experience of Cunningham's dances-from the turbulent late '60s through the experimental works of the
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Talking Tap

A Discussion

de Terry Dill ...

An introduction to tap dancing through the language of the subject: what it is, why it is, how to use it. Terminology is organized and described by technique categories and listed by increasing difficulty. The common dance notation format used gradually builds the user's ability to read and write performance routines. Discussions include developing tap skills, use of dance notes, and rhythm ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

An introduction to tap dancing through the language of the subject: what it is, why it is, how to use it. Terminology is organized and described by technique categories and listed by increasing difficulty. The common dance notation format used gradually builds the user's ability to read and write performance routines. Discussions include developing tap skills, use of dance notes, and rhythm
... Leer más
La Fisica in punta di piedi

de Federica Coniglio, Francesco Smaniotto ...

In questo libro la fisica classica, studiata nel biennio della scuola secondaria, viene illustrata attraverso la danza. I due autori, un’insegnante di fisica e un ballerino professionista, hanno messo in relazione i principali passi della danza classica e le leggi della fisica in otto capitoli. Ad esempio: una serie di pirouette durante un pas de deux è un’evidenza sperimentale della presenza ... Leer más

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In questo libro la fisica classica, studiata nel biennio della scuola secondaria, viene illustrata attraverso la danza. I due autori, un’insegnante di fisica e un ballerino professionista, hanno messo in relazione i principali passi della danza classica e le leggi della fisica in otto capitoli. Ad esempio: una serie di pirouette durante un pas de deux è un’evidenza sperimentale della presenza
... Leer más
HowExpert Guide to Dance and Choreography

101 Tips to Learn How to Dance, Improve Your Choreography Skills, and Become a Better Performer

de HowExpert, Sydney Skipper ...

If you want to learn how to dance, improve your choreography skills, and become a better performer, then check out HowExpert Guide to Dance and Choreography.This book goes into detail about where to start as a beginner dancer, what you need to know going into dance, and step-by-step guides to help you become a better dancer. For those also interested in choreography, this book shares some tips on ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

If you want to learn how to dance, improve your choreography skills, and become a better performer, then check out HowExpert Guide to Dance and Choreography.This book goes into detail about where to start as a beginner dancer, what you need to know going into dance, and step-by-step guides to help you become a better dancer. For those also interested in choreography, this book shares some tips on
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Choreomata

Performance and Performativity after AI

Edición de Roberto Alonso Trillo, Marek Poliks ...

Is artificial intelligence (AI) becoming more and more expressive, or is human thought adopting more and more structures from computation? What does it mean to perform oneself through AI, or to construct one’s subjectivity through AI? How does AI continue to complicate what it means to have a body? Has the golden age of AI, especially with regards to creative applications, already ended?Choreomata ... Leer más

$66.99 USD

Is artificial intelligence (AI) becoming more and more expressive, or is human thought adopting more and more structures from computation? What does it mean to perform oneself through AI, or to construct one’s subjectivity through AI? How does AI continue to complicate what it means to have a body? Has the golden age of AI, especially with regards to creative applications, already ended?Choreomata
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The Dances of Shakespeare

de Jim Hoskins ...

First Published in 2005. Dances of Shakespeare gives a brief introduction to how to perform all of the dance styles featured in Shakespeare's plays. Designed for the practicing director, actor, or choreographer, it gives clear instruction on how to perform popular dances of Shakespeare's day, including masques, brawls, canaries, corantos, galliards, jigs, La Volta, pavans, morris dances, and ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

First Published in 2005. Dances of Shakespeare gives a brief introduction to how to perform all of the dance styles featured in Shakespeare's plays. Designed for the practicing director, actor, or choreographer, it gives clear instruction on how to perform popular dances of Shakespeare's day, including masques, brawls, canaries, corantos, galliards, jigs, La Volta, pavans, morris dances, and
... Leer más
Gesto orientado

Reeducação do movimento

de Ivaldo Bertazzo ...

Series series Método Bertazzo
Gesto Orientado completa a trilogia do método Reeducação do Movimento, composta pelos livros Corpo vivo (2010) e Cérebro ativo (2012). Com fotografias e ilustrações, a obra discute o papel da pele nas funções de sustentação do esqueleto e organização muscular. Para isso, aborda-se a importância da pele para a reeducação motora enquanto mensageira do sistema locomotor, explorando questões estéticas ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

Gesto Orientado completa a trilogia do método Reeducação do Movimento, composta pelos livros Corpo vivo (2010) e Cérebro ativo (2012). Com fotografias e ilustrações, a obra discute o papel da pele nas funções de sustentação do esqueleto e organização muscular. Para isso, aborda-se a importância da pele para a reeducação motora enquanto mensageira do sistema locomotor, explorando questões estéticas
... Leer más
Nos Passos da Dança Negra da Civilização BaNtu: Do Tradicional ao Contemporâneo

de Carlos Kiss ...

Nos passos da dança negra da civilização BaNtu: do tradicional ao contemporâneo propõe uma imersão nos processos de preservação, transformação e reexistência das danças negras originadas das civilizações BaNtu, com ênfase em seus desdobramentos na contemporaneidade e na diáspora africana, particularmente no contexto brasileiro. A partir de uma abordagem transdisciplinar, que articula os campos da ... Leer más

$11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Nos passos da dança negra da civilização BaNtu: do tradicional ao contemporâneo propõe uma imersão nos processos de preservação, transformação e reexistência das danças negras originadas das civilizações BaNtu, com ênfase em seus desdobramentos na contemporaneidade e na diáspora africana, particularmente no contexto brasileiro. A partir de uma abordagem transdisciplinar, que articula os campos da
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The Anatomy of Art

Unlocking the Creative Process for Theater and Dance

de Alexandra Beller, Ms Marisa Tomei ...

The Anatomy of Art is a field guide for artists working in dance, theatre and performance.Twelve interrelated drivers of the creative process – including Time, Space, Relationship, Meaning, and Context & Culture – form a working map for inquiry.Through more than 1,000 questions, scores and frameworks, the book activates rehearsal, teaching and performance, keeping choice alive in the body.The book ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

The Anatomy of Art is a field guide for artists working in dance, theatre and performance.Twelve interrelated drivers of the creative process – including Time, Space, Relationship, Meaning, and Context & Culture – form a working map for inquiry.Through more than 1,000 questions, scores and frameworks, the book activates rehearsal, teaching and performance, keeping choice alive in the body.The book
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Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance

Exercise Sheets

de Ann Hutchinson Guest ...

First published in 1995. A collection of sixty exercise sheets for activities in dance that include such areas as shifting body areas, body direction like tilting, displacement, and destination motion as well as contraction, elongation, folding, rotational twists, and the five forms of aerial steps. ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

First published in 1995. A collection of sixty exercise sheets for activities in dance that include such areas as shifting body areas, body direction like tilting, displacement, and destination motion as well as contraction, elongation, folding, rotational twists, and the five forms of aerial steps.
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Ser danza

Burbujas y esferas en la isla del ballet

de Sarahí Lay Trigo ...

¿Cómo convertirse en primera figura de una compañía internacional de ballet? Con una mirada que trasciende lo técnico y se adentra en lo poético, Sarahí Lay Trigo nos invita a reflexionar sobre las profundidades y los secretos del mundo profesional del ballet. Lejos de un manual o tratado sobre formación dancística, Ser danza es un viaje hacia el corazón del ser que danza. A través de una ... Leer más

$14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

¿Cómo convertirse en primera figura de una compañía internacional de ballet? Con una mirada que trasciende lo técnico y se adentra en lo poético, Sarahí Lay Trigo nos invita a reflexionar sobre las profundidades y los secretos del mundo profesional del ballet. Lejos de un manual o tratado sobre formación dancística, Ser danza es un viaje hacia el corazón del ser que danza. A través de una
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La distancia entre la palabra y el movimiento

de Sabrina Castillo Galluser ...

Esta colección de ensayos presenta un registro de los procesos intelectuales y creativos que han acompañado a la autora a lo largo de su quehacer como coreógrafa, en complemento con su formación en las ciencias naturales y la filosofía. El hilo conductor de los artículos es el cuerpo concebido como lugar de enunciación y preocupación fenomenológica, capturado a través de las fotografías de la ... Leer más

$31.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Esta colección de ensayos presenta un registro de los procesos intelectuales y creativos que han acompañado a la autora a lo largo de su quehacer como coreógrafa, en complemento con su formación en las ciencias naturales y la filosofía. El hilo conductor de los artículos es el cuerpo concebido como lugar de enunciación y preocupación fenomenológica, capturado a través de las fotografías de la
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Robot Theaters

Collisions in Performance and Social Robotics

Edición de Hilary Bergen, Eric Mullis, Benny Simon, Sydney Skybetter ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Robot Theaters explores the fascinating theatrical nature of robots and their unique capacity to illuminate human performativity through their own machinic performances.This groundbreaking anthology challenges conventional scientific and commercial approaches to robotics by positioning theater and dance methodologies as essential frameworks for understanding our increasingly automated world. The ... Leer más

$64.99 USD

Robot Theaters explores the fascinating theatrical nature of robots and their unique capacity to illuminate human performativity through their own machinic performances.This groundbreaking anthology challenges conventional scientific and commercial approaches to robotics by positioning theater and dance methodologies as essential frameworks for understanding our increasingly automated world. The
... Leer más
Choreographing Discourses

A Mark Franko Reader

de Mark Franko ...

Choreographing Discourses brings together essays originally published by Mark Franko between 1996 and the contemporary moment. Assembling these essays from international, sometimes untranslated sources and curating their relationship to a rapidly changing field, this Reader offers an important resource in the dynamic scholarly fields of Dance and Performance Studies.What makes this volume ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

Choreographing Discourses brings together essays originally published by Mark Franko between 1996 and the contemporary moment. Assembling these essays from international, sometimes untranslated sources and curating their relationship to a rapidly changing field, this Reader offers an important resource in the dynamic scholarly fields of Dance and Performance Studies.What makes this volume
... Leer más
Choreography Invisible

The Disappearing Work of Dance

de Anna Pakes ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
Dance is often considered an ephemeral art, one that disappears nearly as soon as it materializes, leaving no physical object behind. Yet some dance practice involves people trying to embody something that exists before - and survives beyond - their particular acts of dancing. What exactly is that thing? And (how) do dances continue to exist when not performed? Anna Pakes seeks to answer these and ... Leer más

$41.99 USD

Dance is often considered an ephemeral art, one that disappears nearly as soon as it materializes, leaving no physical object behind. Yet some dance practice involves people trying to embody something that exists before - and survives beyond - their particular acts of dancing. What exactly is that thing? And (how) do dances continue to exist when not performed? Anna Pakes seeks to answer these and
... Leer más
The Art and Practice of Musical Theatre Choreography

de Cassie Abate ...

What does a musical theatre choreographer actually do? They just 'make up the steps', right?This book firstly debunks the misunderstandings around what musical theatre choreographers actually do, demonstrating their need to have an in-depth understanding of storytelling, music theory, performance practices and plot structure in order to create movement that enhances and enlivens the musical ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

What does a musical theatre choreographer actually do? They just 'make up the steps', right?This book firstly debunks the misunderstandings around what musical theatre choreographers actually do, demonstrating their need to have an in-depth understanding of storytelling, music theory, performance practices and plot structure in order to create movement that enhances and enlivens the musical
... Leer más
The Artistry of Merce Cunningham

Choreography, Technique, Creativity

de Daniel Roberts, Karen Eliot ...

Revealing Merce Cunningham’s creative processes as inspiration for today’s dancers and choreographersIn this book, former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company detail the technique classes, rehearsal procedures, and compositional approaches that defined Cunningham’s New York studio for more than sixty years. Through firsthand accounts supported by interviews and secondary sources, the ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

Revealing Merce Cunningham’s creative processes as inspiration for today’s dancers and choreographersIn this book, former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company detail the technique classes, rehearsal procedures, and compositional approaches that defined Cunningham’s New York studio for more than sixty years. Through firsthand accounts supported by interviews and secondary sources, the
... Leer más
Louise Lecavalier

Dance, Labor, Culture

de MJ Thompson ...

As principal dancer with Montréal-based company La La La Human Steps, Louise Lecavalier was among the most iconic dancers of her generation: strong, muscled, androgynous, punk. Moving with spectacular speed, precision and an athletic physicality, her commitment to dancing would ultimately transform the potential of what bodies within Western concert dance could do.Drawing on extensive oral history ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

As principal dancer with Montréal-based company La La La Human Steps, Louise Lecavalier was among the most iconic dancers of her generation: strong, muscled, androgynous, punk. Moving with spectacular speed, precision and an athletic physicality, her commitment to dancing would ultimately transform the potential of what bodies within Western concert dance could do.Drawing on extensive oral history
... Leer más
Staging Dance

de Susan Cooper ...

Staging Dance is a practical handbook that covers all aspects of putting on a dance production. It highlights the current diversity of dance activities, choosing examples from working dance groups and from individual dancers.The book includes sections on choreography, music and sound, designing and making sets and costumes, lighting design and technical implementation and stage management. Funding ... Leer más

$68.99 USD

Staging Dance is a practical handbook that covers all aspects of putting on a dance production. It highlights the current diversity of dance activities, choosing examples from working dance groups and from individual dancers.The book includes sections on choreography, music and sound, designing and making sets and costumes, lighting design and technical implementation and stage management. Funding
... Leer más

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