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
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.
NICK MAUSS: TRANSMISSIONS
Written by Mauss, Nick
An aesthetic and social history of art and dance in mid-20th-century New York interpreted by contemporary artist Nick Mauss Over the past decade, Nick Mauss (b. 1980) has pursued a hybrid mode of working that melds the roles of curator, artist, and scholar.
YVONNE RAINER - MOVING AND BEING MOVED
Written by Yvonne Rainer
Edited by Yvonne Rainer, this selection of texts and images by Rainer and various authors offers a retrospective portrait of her work, focusing on some of her most notable performances and projects from both the late 1960s (?Trio A?, ?The Mind Is a Muscle?) and since her return to dance with the White Oak Dance Project in 2000.
TED SHAWN: HIS LIFE, WRITINGS, AND DANCES
Written by Scolieri, Paul A
Ted Shawn (1891-1972) is the self-proclaimed "Father of American Dance" who helped to transform dance from a national pastime into theatrical art.
SWAN LAKE: REIMAGINING A CLASSIC
Written by Cooper, Bill
Swan Lake is the world's best-loved classical ballet. The Royal Ballet has reimagined this classic in a sumptuous new production. This beautiful, illustrated book brings Swan Lake to life. Included are backstage photographs from rehearsals and images of the sumptuous set and costume designs.
KEEP IT MOVING: LESSONS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
Written by Tharp, Twyla
One of the world's leading artists--a living legend--and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as you age.
NIGHT'S DANCER: THE LIFE OF JANET COLLINS
Written by Collins, Janet
Winner of the The Marfield Prize / National Award for Arts Writing (2011) Dancer Janet Collins, born in New Orleans in 1917 and raised in Los Angeles, soared high over the color line as the first African-American prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera.
RAGE OF STAGING: WIM VANDEKEYBUS
Written by Verhelst, Peter
- First book ever on this international choreographer and his company Ultima Vez- "Vandekeybus brought into focus a whole new genre of modern dance...
HOW TO BE VEGAN AND KEEP YOUR FRIENDS
Written by Nichols, Annie
You''re being healthy, considerate to the planet and compassionate toward animals - so why is it so hard to navigate life as a vegan? From going out for dinner, to staying in with friends, it can be a challenge to cook, eat and socialize vegan in a world of carnivores.
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