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1	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 $23.62! \| first editions \| SVS
2	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 $6.66! new only from $8.90! \| SVS
3	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 $4.00! new only from $16.13! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Stepping Left - PB more books like this by Ellen Graff, Ellen Graff add to wishlist "Stepping Left" simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of ... see all copies from $3.31! new only from $6.39!
5	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 $12.95! new only from $19.22! \| first editions \| SVS
6	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 $6.10! new only from $10.96! \| SVS
7	Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance more books like this by Marcia B Siegel add to wishlist For more than four decades, Twyla Tharp has been a phenomenon in American dance, a choreographer who not only broke the rules but refused to repeat her own successes. At the conclusion of "Howling Near Heaven," Marcia Siegel writes about the thrill of watching Tharp choreograph in 1991: "Tharp's movement can be planned or spontaneous, personal, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Private Domain: An Autobiography more books like this by Paul D Taylor add to wishlist For 40 years, Paul Taylor has been choreographing visually surprising dances that are synonymous with modern dance. This autobiography intertwines his dancing and his choreography to give readers an insight into the man behind the dance. Taylor explores aspects of himself that have affected his work: the nature of his sexuality, the dichotomies in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	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 $12.22! \| first editions \| SVS
10	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 $2.77! new only from $6.39! \| SVS
11 view cover	Merce Cunningham more books like this by Germano Celant (Editor), Melissa Harris (Editor), David Vaughn (Editor) add to wishlist Merce Cunningham was a principal dancer in the Martha Graham Dance company from 1939 to 1945, performing his first New York solo concert in 1944. Thus far, Cunningham's career has seen him choreograph nearly 200 works for both his own company and other dance troupes, including the New York City Ballet, Ballet of the Paris Opera and American Ballet ... see all copies from $14.75! new only from $14.75! \| first editions
12 view cover	Art Without Boundaries: The World of Modern Dance more books like this by Jack Anderson add to wishlist This volume is a comprehensive history of one of the liveliest and most unpredictable of the arts. Treating modern dance as a self-renewing art, Anderson follows its changes over the decades and discusses the visionary choreographers who have devised new modes of movement. see all copies from $4.40! new only from $26.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 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 $4.19! new only from $11.53! \| first editions
14 view cover	International Dictionary of Modern Dance more books like this by Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf (Editor), St James Press add to wishlist Modern Dance follows the format of other St. James Press volumes on performing arts. In a single, easy-to-use volume, it offers alphabetically arranged essays selected, written and reviewed by subject expert contributors and members of our advisory board, representing librarians, scholars and critics. The work presents 425 signed entries that ... see all copies from $9.35! new only from $9.35!
15 view cover	Electric Salome: Loie Fuller's Performance of Modernism more books like this by Rhonda K Garelick add to wishlist Loie Fuller was the most famous American in Europe throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rising from a small-time vaudeville career in the States, she attained international celebrity as a dancer, inventor, impresario, and one of the first women filmmakers in the world. Fuller befriended royalty and inspired artists such as ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $18.47! \| SVS
16 view cover	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 $10.45! new only from $41.72! \| first editions
17 view cover	Luigi's Jazz Warm Up: An Introduction to Jazz Style & Technique more books like this by Lorraine Kriegel, Luigi, Luigi Kriegel add to wishlist For the beginning or intermediate student of any age, this complete body warmup also provides an introduction to Luigi's Jazz. see all copies from $14.41! new only from $14.41!
18 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
19 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 $28.78! new only from $29.09! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	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 $5.95! new only from $48.95! \| first editions
21	Martha more books like this by Agnes De Mille add to wishlist In a critically acclaimed biography now in paperback, renowned dancer and choreographer Agnes De Mille penetrates the late Martha Graham's mask of privacy to capture the woman who, in her 96-year lifetime, virtually invented modern dance in America. 32 pages of photographs. see all copies from $3.67!
22 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
23 view cover	Kaiso!: Writings by and about Katherine Dunham more books like this by Veve A Clark (Editor), Sara E Johnson (Editor) add to wishlist "Kaiso," a term of praise that is the calypso equivalent of "bravo," is a fitting title for this definitive and celebratory collection of writings by and about Katherine Dunham, the legendary African American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Originally produced in the 1970s, this is a newly revised and much expanded ... see all copies from $3.60! new only from $19.71! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Frank Hatchett's Jazz Dance more books like this by Frank Hatchett, Nancy Myers Gitlin, Nancy Myers Gitlin add to wishlist Frank Hatchett draws from his experience teaching, choreographing and performing to present the hottest style of jazz dance - VOP. VOP is a term Hatchett coined early in his teaching career to express how to accent a step or stylize a movement. The book is divided into four levels of difficulty, allowing readers to easily progress from beginner to ... see all copies from $4.74! new only from $17.27! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Dancing Into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, & Japan more books like this by Sondra Horton Fraleigh add to wishlist Butoh, also known as "dance of darkness", is a postmodern dance form that began in Japan as an effort to recover the primal body, or "the body that has not been robbed", as butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata put it. Butoh has become increasingly popular in the United States and throughout the world, diversifying its aesthetic, while at the same time ... see all copies from $24.99! new only from $46.96!

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