Global Tarantella (Folklore Studies in Multicultural World)
by Incoronata Inserra
Tarantella, a genre of Southern Italian folk music and dance, is an international phenomenon--seen and heard in popular festivals, performed across the Italian diaspora, even adapted for New Age spiritual practices. The boom in popularity has diversified tarantella in practice while setting it within a host of new, unexpected contexts. Incoronata Inserra ventures into the history, global circulation, and recontextualization of this fascinating genre. Examining tarantella's changing image and rol...
The Pursuit of Priscilla: A Musical Comedy, in Two Acts, Presented by the Princeton Triangle Club, 1913-14 (Classic Reprint)
by F H Dyckman
Charlie Chaplin grew up in and around the music hall. His parents, aunt and their friends all earned their precarious livings on the stage and Chaplin himself started out his career touring music halls with a dance troupe. His experiences of the culture of the music hall were a major influence, shaping his style of acting and the films he made, most famously Limelight, which tells the story of a failing variety performer and which evoked painful memories of his own past. Chaplin was horrified to...
Lyrical hip-hop Practice Notes (Boho Dancing Book, #93)
by Canela Journals
Dance as Major Science and Prominent Medicine (Revolution of Human Brain Through Dance, #2)
by Girish Kamanuri
Dancing Many Drums (Studies in Dance History)
Few will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture. "Dancing Many Drums" explores that influence through a groundbreaking collection of essays on African American dance history, theory and practice. In so doing, it reevalautes "black" and "African American" as both racial and dance categories. Abundantly illustrated, the volume includes images of a wide variety of dance forms and performers, from ring shouts, vaudeville and soci...
The Morris Book, Vol. 5: With a Description of Dances as Performed by the Morris Men of England (Classic Reprint)
by Cecil James Sharp
The Royal Opera House receives over 1 million visitors a year. Published jointly by the ROH and Oberon Books, this is the first ever guide to the magnificently rebuilt theatre. The guide covers the fascinating and turbulent history of the theatre at Covent Garden since the early 18th century, its recent redevelopment, the majestic auditorium and Linbury Studio, rehearsal studios, and world-class backstage technology. The vast backstage area houses one of the few 'wagon systems' in operation, cap...
One F*cking Amazing Dance Teacher Who Makes A Difference
by Wicked Treats
Rainbow Ballroom Dancer Journal (Dance 365 Lined, #21)
by N D Author Services