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1	The art of flamenco more books like this by D. E. Pohren add to wishlist see all copies from $38.88! first editions
2	Teaching Movement & Dance: A Sequential Approach to Rhythmic Movement more books like this by Phyllis S Weikart add to wishlist Fully revised and expanded, this fourth edition includes updated information on Phyllis S. Weikartas teaching model for beginners of all ages. Also contains over 100 beginning-level dances and instructions for introducing movement and dance in understandable and enjoyable ways. Music for the dances is recorded on the Rhythmically Moving 1a9 ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $26.25!
3	Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice more books like this by Bira Almeida add to wishlist Capoeira weaves fighting, music, dance, prayer, and ritual into an urgent strategy by which people live, struggle, celebrate, and survive together. In this book Bira Almeida--or Mestre Acordeon as he is respectfully called in capoeira circles--documents his own tradition with both the panoramic eye of the historian and the passionate heart of the ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $75.63!
4	Dancing Through History more books like this by Joan Cass add to wishlist This volume traces the activity of dance from its earliest beginnings to its current form on the stages of the modern western world. The book places dance within its cultural context, and shows how complex formal techniques and creative theories have developed. The contributions of major choreographers and performers are set against the background ... see all copies from $30.77! new only from $87.44! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Dances of Africa more books like this by Michel Huet, Dorothy S Blair (Translator), Claude Savary add to wishlist From 1945 to 1985, French photographer Michel Huet traveled through Africa recording the beautiful, age-old dance rituals and ceremonies of 50 African tribes. Now, in this visually stunning work, Huet's unique images are blended with ethnographer Claude Savary's sensitive text to produce a stunning testimonial to these rapidly vanishing cultural ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.85! \| first editions
6	Dance more books like this by Andrée. Grau add to wishlist Integrating words and pictures, this is a reference book on dance structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a visual story and a self-contained module. On every spread there are photograph of objects shown in real-life close-up detail. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.40! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Flamenco: Gypsy Dance and Music from Andalusia more books like this by Claus Schreiner (Editor), Mollie C Peters (Translator) add to wishlist Written by a group of flamenco enthusiasts, this book traces the history and development of flamenco, the folk dance created by the gypsies of the Andalusian region of Spain in the 19th century still popular today. It also serves as a guide to the performers and places that maintain the tradition. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $59.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Stepping on the Blues more books like this by Professor Jacqui Malone add to wishlist This award-winning cultural history of black dance explores the meaning of dance in African-American life and the connections among music, song, and dance in African-American culture. see all copies from $10.50! new only from $14.56! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Middle Eastern Dance (Wld O/Dance) more books like this by Penni Alzayer, Elizabeth A Hanley (Introduction by), Jacques D'Amboise (Foreword by) add to wishlist This series explores various genres of dance, including forms indigenous to particular regions and cultures. These books provide not only a historical overview and cultural context of the dances' development but also technical insight into movement. Explore dance forms from the Middle East, including the Whirling Dervishes and belly dancing. see all copies from $21.99! new only from $34.11! \| SVS
10	Cowboy dances, a collection of western square dances more books like this by Lloyd Shaw add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Ancient Egyptian Dances more books like this by Irena Lexova add to wishlist One of the few books in English on the topic investigates origins, nature, role of dance in ancient Egypt. 80 drawings and illustrations adapted from tomb paintings, other sources. New introduction. Bibliography. see all copies from $4.89! new only from $4.89!
12 view cover	The Square Dance and Contra Dance Handbook: Calls, Dance Movements, Music, Glossary, Bibliography, Discography, and Directories more books like this by Margot Gunzenhauser add to wishlist This comprehensive guide to traditional style square and contra dancing, sometimes referred to as "country dancing," covers both music and style and gives background information on various dance types and calling techniques. Ninety dances, presented in chapters according to type (mixers, progressive circles, contra, Southern mountain style, ... see all copies from $15.68! new only from $72.94! \| first editions
13	The Black Tradition in American Dance more books like this by Richard A Long add to wishlist Chronicles the Afro-American influence on modern dance and on choreographers like Martha Graham and George Balanchine. Illustrated by photos of great performances and performers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $195.02! \| first editions
14 view cover	American Square Dances of the West and Southwest more books like this by Lee Owens add to wishlist Take your partner by the hand and get ready to join the hoedown with this guide to square dancing, a fun and traditional way for friends, neighbours and families of all ages to keep fit and relax. First published in 1949, American Square Dances Of The West And Southwest is a simple and clear introduction to square dancing moves and calls. With the ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $16.51! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A way of life more books like this by D. E. Pohren add to wishlist This classic account of the flamenco way of life before it was corrupted by creeping commercialism is based on Donn Pohren's eight years running a flamenco centre at Moron in Andalusia, "the wildest years of my life which I barely survived". His experience of flamenco and its mainly Gypsy singers, dancers and guitarists provides a vivid picture of ... see all copies from $53.00! signed copies
16 view cover	Riverdance: The Story more books like this by Sam Smyth add to wishlist Smyth explains how a seven-minute Eurovision showpiece, designed to fill the interlude during the TV tra nsmission, has gone on to become a theatrical phenomenon. Th e book provides an overview of the origins and influences of traditional Irish music and dance. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Dances of Spain and Italy from 1400 to 1600 more books like this by Mabel Dolmetsch add to wishlist see all copies from $24.78! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Perspectives on Korean Dance more books like this by Judy Van Zile add to wishlist From palace to village streets to international stage, Korean dance is a vibrant and complex art comprised of many different forms. This is a comprehensive guide to this art. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $3.75! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Language of Spanish Dance: A Dictionary and Reference Manual more books like this by Matteo, Matteo Marcellus Vitucci, Louis Gioia (Illustrator) add to wishlist This publication on Spanish dance includes: photographs and art reproductions that effectively illustrate points that are made in the text, a bibliography of more than 250 works, the basic rhythms and melodic lines for fifteen flamenco dances, and an index. see all copies from $23.32! new only from $23.32! \| SVS
20	Capoeira, a Brazilian Art Form more books like this by Bira Almeida add to wishlist This is the definitive text on the Afro-Brazilian art of Capoeira, the mix of martial arts, dance, and all-around approach to life. Written by one of the world's foremost Capoeira masters, the book provides fascinating historical information, as well as the author's own profound, mysterious, and magical experience with the art form. see all copies from $15.00!
21 view cover	The Story of Irish Dance more books like this by Helen Brennan add to wishlist From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. see all copies from $3.97! new only from $11.48!
22 view cover	Clog and character dances more books like this by Helen Frost add to wishlist 1931. From the Foreword: Clog and character dancing has its place in education as a wholesome means of expression. The clog dance is as old, if not older, than the folk dance; its development has been unrecorded, but reference to it is made in all complete historic studies of dancing. Through pantomime, tapping, and lilting step, the clog dance ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $13.13! \| SVS
23 view cover	Ring of Liberation: Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira more books like this by John Lowell Lewis, Robert Farris Thompson (Foreword by) add to wishlist Based on eighteen months of intensive participant-observation, Ring of Liberation offers both an in-depth description of capoeira--a complex Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines feats of great strength and athleticism with music and poetry--and a pioneering synthetic approach to the analysis of complex cultural performance. Capoeira originated ... see all copies from $10.77! new only from $21.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond more books like this by Susan Eike Spalding (Editor), Jane Harris Woodside (Editor) add to wishlist This text on vernacular dance provides case studies about a range of forms: old-time square dancing in Virginia, Indiana and Newfoundland; African-American step shows; clogging; Cherokee traditional dance; historical reconstructions of 18th-century dance; and modern contra. see all copies from $7.33! new only from $14.71! \| first editions
25	Elizabethan Country Dances more books like this by John F. Millar add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00!

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