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Dance



link to catalog page BALES, The Body Eclectic

The Body Eclectic

Evolving Practices in Dance Training

Author: Edited by Melanie Bales and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol
Pub Date: February 2008

A discussion of current practices in modern dance training   learn more...

link to catalog page KORITZ, Culture Makers

Culture Makers

Urban Performance and Literature in the 1920s

Author: Amy Koritz
Pub Date: December 2008

A wide-ranging study of the cultural, social, and technological developments of the 1920s and their effect on the performing arts and literature   learn more...

link to catalog page JULES-ROSETTE, Josephine Baker in Art and Life

Josephine Baker in Art and Life

The Icon and the Image

Author: Bennetta Jules-Rosette
Pub Date: 2007

Beyond biography: a legendary performer’s legacy of imagery and symbolism   learn more...

link to catalog page FINE, Soulstepping

Soulstepping

African American Step Shows

Author: Elizabeth C. Fine
Pub Date: January 2007

The first book to detail the history of stepping   learn more...

link to catalog page CASTALDI, Choreographies of African Identities

Choreographies of African Identities

Négritude, Dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal

Author: Francesca Castaldi
Pub Date: February 2006

A rich portrait of the National Ballet of Senegal's work and of the urban dance world of Dakar   learn more...

link to catalog page NIJINSKY, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky Author: Edited by Joan Acocella
Pub Date: 2006

A uniquely personal record of a great artist’s descent into madness   learn more...

link to catalog page HINES, Figure Skating

Figure Skating

A History

Author: James R. Hines
Pub Date: 2006

The only comprehensive history of figure skating in over forty years   learn more...

link to catalog page PERPENER, African-American Concert Dance

African-American Concert Dance

The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

Author: John O. Perpener III
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2005

Restores primary African-American dance pioneers to their proper place in the history of American Dance innovation   learn more...

link to catalog page DANIEL, Dancing Wisdom

Dancing Wisdom

Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé

Author: Yvonne Daniel
Pub Date: September 2005

Landmark interdisciplinary study of religious systems through their dance performances   learn more...

link to catalog page WILLIAMS, Anthropology and the Dance

Anthropology and the Dance

Ten Lectures (2d ed.)

Author: Drid WIlliams
Pub Date: August 2004

Historical examination of the theories of dance and human movement   learn more...

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