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1	The Art of Making Dances more books like this by Doris Humphrey add to wishlist This is perhaps the most important book on choreography ever published. Written just before Humphrey's death in 1958, it is her autobiography in art, a gathering of her experiences in performance and a lucid and practical source book on choreography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Dancer Prepares: Modern Dance for Beginners more books like this by James Penrod, Janice Gudde Plastino add to wishlist Written by two highly-regarded professional choreographer dancers, this accessible activity book introduces students to the techniques, combinations, and vocabulary of modern dance. It offers concrete, practical information for beginning and intermediate dancers. Key changes to this new edition include a new chapter on improvization with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.33! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Ballet and Modern Dance Ballet and Modern Dance more books like this by Susan Au add to wishlist Whether as performers or spectators, more people enjoy dance today than ever before. Its extraordinary range extends from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap and world dance. Everyone with an interest in dance will have felt the need for a guide to the art's rich history and complex present state. Susan ... see all copies from $6.72! new only from $11.94! \| SVS
4	Done Into Dance: Isadora Duncan in America more books like this by Ann Daly add to wishlist The larger-than-life story of an American dance icon. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
5	Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History more books like this by Jack Anderson add to wishlist see all copies from $3.72! new only from $13.45! \| first editions
6	Blood memory more books like this by Martha Graham add to wishlist This is Martha Graham's own account of her singular life and career, which spans the century. Illustrated with over 100 photographs, many from her own collection, her autobiography contains portraits of the extraordinary artists whom she knew, and with whom she worked. She tells of her continual struggle against poverty and adversity, to create ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $80.00! \| first editions
7	Jazz Dance Class: Beginning Thru Advanced more books like this by Gus Giordano add to wishlist This is a highly illustrated reference to all aspects of jazz dance by one of the art's most respected teachers. see all copies from $13.92! new only from $17.50!
8	The Illustrated Dance Technique of Jose Limon more books like this by Daniel Lewis add to wishlist Providing the principles of dance developed by Limon, this book gives the historical and physical aspects of his style and approach to dance that will be of interest to students of dance at every level. It includes exercises that teach the fundamentals of dance, and includes a complete class beginning with floor work and progressing to center ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
9	No Fixed Points: Dance in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Nancy Reynolds, Malcolm McCormick add to wishlist This book chronicles 100 years of dramatic developments in ballet, modern and experimental dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America. The volume encompasses the history of theatrical dance from 1900 through to 2000. Beginning with turn-of-the-century dancer-choreographers like Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Michel Fokine and a bit later ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $44.50! \| SVS
10	Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance more books like this by Marshall Winslow Stearns add to wishlist The Story of American Vernacular Dance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.52! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Geography: Art / Race / Exile more books like this by Ralph Lemon, Ann Daly (Afterword by) add to wishlist Lemon, a New York City dance choreographer and performer, shares his experiences as an African-American traveling to Côte d'Ivoire to learn about not only dance, but identity and cross-cultural collaboration. This travel memoir is told through journal entries, drawings and photographs, and Lemon's ideas for several dance projects. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $8.32! \| first editions
12 view cover	Prime Movers: The Makers of Modern Dance in America more books like this by Joseph H Mazo add to wishlist The lives and works of the choreographer-dancers who created American modern dance come vividly to life in this graceful and witty book. It illuminates such greats as Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Twyla Tharp. Together, they made up the group of geniuses who created a ... see all copies from $2.72! new only from $16.34! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Modern dance forms in relation to the other modern arts more books like this by Louis Horst, Carroll Russell add to wishlist Relates the development of modern dance to movements in painting, architecture, drama, and music. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Ballet Book: Learning and Appreciating the Secrets of Dance more books like this by Nancy Ellison, Hanna Rubin (Text by) add to wishlist This definitive book for learning and appreciating ballet goes behind the scenes to the classes, rehearsals, and performances that have shaped the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. 300+ full-color and B&W illustrations. see all copies from $8.88! new only from $12.02! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey more books like this by Julia L Foulkes add to wishlist This text exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved modern dance to the edges of society, a place both provocative and perilous. It was in 1930 that dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of "dance as an art of and from America". Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Katherine Dunham, and ... see all copies from $37.75! new only from $37.75! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Vision of Modern Dance: In the Words of Its Creators more books like this by Jean Brown (Editor), Naomi Mindlin (Editor), Charles H Woodford (Editor) add to wishlist This is the moving story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists who created it. The powerful words of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Ruth St. Denis, and twenty nine other modern dance artists come to life in these original essays. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $12.86! \| SVS
17 view cover	Aerial Dance more books like this by Jayne C Bernasconi, Nancy E Smith, RN, MS add to wishlist "Aerial Dance" is the first book to showcase this newest dance genre. The book traces the historical roots of this latest art form, which is rapidly gaining in popularity. It also defines its place in the lineage of modern dance and addresses aesthetics, philosophical approaches to teaching, and safety issues. "Aerial Dance" will be of great ... see all copies from $23.00! new only from $27.23! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Shapes of Change more books like this by Marcia B Siegel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.19! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The modern dance more books like this by John Joseph Martin add to wishlist see all copies from $4.45! first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics more books like this by Mark Franko add to wishlist "Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics" is a revisionary account of the evolution of "modern dance." Questioning the common notion that the dancing image reflects a relation of dance to culture, Mark Franko calls for a historicization of aesthetics that considers the often-ignored political dimension of expressive action. Employing an ... see all copies from $3.39! new only from $11.60! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Basic Concepts in Modern Dance: A Creative Approach more books like this by Gay Cheney add to wishlist This book provides an introduction to modern dance and body movement techniques. It begins with an overview of the history of modern dance and proceeds to a discussion of basic body movement, improvisation, and choreography. A series of clearly photographed exercises enables the dancer to execute each movement properly and to learn to use the body ... see all copies from $4.06! new only from $11.90! \| first editions
22 view cover	Terpsichore in Sneakers more books like this by Sally Banes add to wishlist A dance critic's essays on post-modern dance. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $28.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Dance Composition more books like this by Jacqueline M Smith-Autard add to wishlist Dance composition is an integral part of dance education as it is the discipline that turns ideas into dances. This book explores essential guidelines and contributes to a greater understanding of dance composition as a discipline. This edition includes additional chapters on improvisation and experimental procedures. The chapter on resource-based ... see all copies from $5.94! new only from $25.96!
24 view cover	Jump Into Jazz (3e, Trade) more books like this by Minda Goodman Kraines, Kristin Mount (Illustrator), Esther Pryor add to wishlist see all copies from $3.05! new only from $39.99!
25 view cover	New Dance: Writings on Modern Dance more books like this by Doris Humphrey, Charles Humphrey Woodford (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of essays, lectures and notes reveals the inspiration behind the choreography of modern dance founder Doris Humphrey. The fundamentals of composition: form, content and execution are expressed in her own spirited words, providing an intimate look at the creative process. Notes made before and during the making of forty-one of her ... see all copies from $14.61! new only from $14.61! \| SVS

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