STYLE OF MOVEMENT: FASHION AND DANCE
Style meets movement: a new photography book featuring more than eighty of today's most famous dancers, captured in movement and styled in garments...
Dance, Ballet
MICHAEL CLARK
Written by Ostende, Florence
Explore the groundbreaking performances and creative collaborations of iconic Scottish dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. Hailed as "British dance's true iconoclast," Michael Clark is a defining cultural figure in the contemporary dance world.
DANCE WE DO: A POET EXPLORES BLACK DANCE
Written by Shange, Ntozake
In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings. Many learned of Ntozake Shange's ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf made its way to Broadway in 1976, eve
CHOREOGRAPHY: CREATING AND DEVELOPING DANCE FOR PERFORMANCE
Written by Flatt, Kate
Choreography is the highly creative process of interpreting and coordinating movement, music, and space in performance. By tracing different facets of development and exploring the essential artistic and practical skills of the choreographer, this book offers unique insights for apprentice dance makers.
DANCE DANCE FILM ESSAYS
Previously uncollected dance writings from the legendary art critic who defined the Pictures Generation, in a handsome clothbound edition
MISTY COPELAND
The first authorized photographic tribute to the prolific and wildly inspiring ballerina, these unique and evocative artful color photographs by the celebrated photographer Gregg Delman, capture Misty's grace and strength, and are much anticipated by the worldwide audience who can't get enough of Misty.This stunning volume of photographs captures the sculpturally exquisite and iconic ballerina.
MERCE CUNNINGHAM: AFTER THE ARBITRARY
Written by Noland, Carrie
One of the most influential choreographers of the twentieth century, Merce Cunningham is known for introducing chance to dance. Far too often, however, accounts of Cunningham's work have neglected its full scope, focusing on his collaborations with the visionary composer John Cage or insisting that randomness was the singular goal of his choreography.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
Written by Hartshorne, Pamela
- A lavishly illustrated volume celebrating the 100-year history of the Royal Academy of Dance, a world-leading dance education institution- Organized into illuminating sections on music, choreography and costume, and on the traditions that many of those who have taken a ballet exam will remember- An insight into every aspect of the Academy's history: dancing and education, performances and compet
DANCER: WIM VANLESSEN
Written by Vanlessen, Wim
- First career overview of Belgium's best dancer, Wim Vanlessen- About dance at the highest international level- Includes contributions by stars in the world of fashion, dance and photography "Vanlessen is a paragon of classicism: a dancer who combines elegance with effortless virtuosity." - Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times, 2017.
YVONNE RAINER: WORK 1961-73
"It goes without saying that a dance is a dance and a book about dance is a book. Though they may meet at the intersection of Art and Good Intentions, I find myself greedy. I have a longstanding infatuation with language, a not-easily assailed conviction that it, above all else, offers a key to clarity.
MERCE CUNNINGHAM: CHANGES: NOTES ON CHOREOGRAPHY
On the occasion of Merce Cunningham's centennial comes this handsome new edition of his classic and long-out-of-print artist's book Changes: Notes on Choreography, first published in 1968 by Dick Higgins' Something Else Press.
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