Hans Brenaa - Danish Ballet Master
Bent Schonberg
DanceBooks
$22.99
Dance books - Choreography books
The Life and Works of John Weaver
Richard Ralph
DanceBooks
Weaver's complete published works reproduced in facsimile, preceded by a new biographical study
$145
Maria Fay's Floor Barre - the BOOK
Maria Fay
DanceBooks
In her long and varied career as a dancer, teacher, choreographer and coach, Maria Fay became constantly aware of the existence of too many injured dancers She became convinced that many of the traumatic ...
$24.99
Thinking Body
Mabel Elsworth Todd
DanceBooks
First published in Naples in 1779, Magri's treatise on dance technique and execution is the single most important work bridging the gap between pre-romantic ballet technique and the beginnings of classical t...
$22.99
Diet for Dancers - A Complete Guide to Nutrition and Weight Control
Robin D.Chmelar & Sally S Fitt
Princeton Book Company
To be thin and healthy is a necessity for dancers and for athletes such as gymnasts and skaters Others may want to achieve the lean and lithe look of a dancer - how to attain and maintain the ideal slende...
$19.99
Dancing Longer - Dancing Stronger
Andrea Watkins & Priscilla Clarkson
DanceBooks
Provides sensible exercises for ballet, jazz, modern, and aerobics dancers that can be performed outside of dance class to improve technique and lessen the danger of injury Includes specific strengthening ...
$45
Waltzing in the Dark - African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
DanceBooks
This unique study focuses on the social, racial, and artistic climate for African American performers working from the late 1920s to the late 1940s The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team ...
$39.99
Frederick Ashton and his Ballets
David Vaughan
DanceBooks
This revised edition of Vaughan's seminal work includes a new final chapter and an updated chronology of work, and is an essential book both for historian of 20th Century ballet and for lovers of Ashton's...
$59.99
The English Dancing Master
John Playford
DanceBooks
Playford's The Dancing Master was one of the most popular dancing manuals of its day, first published in 1651 and remaining in print for some 80 years This version is a facsimile of the 're-impression' of...
$16.99
Jules Perrot / Master of the Romantic Ballet
Master of the Romantic Ballet
Perrot was, by any measure, the most brilliant and influential choreographer of his age, that of the romantic ballet Based on exhaustive research in theatrical archives and neswpaper files of the cities whe...
$34.95
Laban's Efforts in Action - A Movement Handbook for Actors with Online Video Resources
Vanessa Ewan & Kate Sagovsky
Methuen
This book outlines Vanessa Ewan's practical process, which allows the actor to understand their own movement and that of others by exploring one key part of Laban's work: the 'Efforts of Action Drive' As ...
$39.99
Training the Actor's Body
Dick McCaw
Methuen
This practical guide to the principles of teaching and learning movement instructs the actor on how to train the body to become a medium of expression Starting with a break-down of the principles of actor t...
$31.95
On Choreography and Making Dance Theatre
Mark Bruce
Oberon
Mark Bruce describes the basic foundation or ingredients of his version of Dance Theatre as Movement, Drama, Sound and Vision There are many skills needed to produce a piece of dance and a choreographer has...
$19.99
Musical Theatre - A Workbook for Further Study
David Henson & Kenneth Pickering
Palgrave
Building on the success of the first Musical Theatre - A Workbook, this text develops students' skills in acting, dancing and singing, preparing them for entry into the profession Filled with imaginative pr...
$29.99
Pina Bausch - The Biography
Marion Meyer trans Penny Black
Oberon
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost This is the first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch - perhaps the most influential choreographer of the 20th century Meyer has written an accessible and affection...
$21.99
Stage Combat - Unarmed
Roger Bartlett
Nick Hern Books
** 10% DISCOUNT ** 'This is a book about how to beat the living daylights out of another human being safely...' Roger Bartlett professional fight director and Master Teacher for the British Academy of ...
$19.99
Writing Music for the Stage - A Practical Guide for Theatremakers
Michael Bruce
Nick Hern Books
The definitive guide to writing music for the stage ... Music has played a vital part in drama since the earliest days of theatre For composers, writing music for the stage is an opportunity to exercise t...
$22.50
Being a Dancer - Advice from Dancers and Choreographers
Lyndsey Winship
Nick Hern Books
How do I get a job as a dancer? Where and when should I train? How can I protect my body from injury? How do I become a choreographer? These and many more such questions asked by young or aspiring dance...
$14.99
The Clown Manifesto
Nalle Laanela & Stacey Sacks
Oberon
Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant ... The Clown Manifesto covers the experiences, philosophies and methods of the clown performer, director, teacher Nalleslavski This is a book for clowns,...
$17.99 , $16.19 (10% off)
Dance Composition - A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making DVD
Jacqueline M Smith-Autard
Methuen
Composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education A bestseller for over twenty years, this is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and...
$34.95