Dance That Makes You Vanish, The: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia (Difference Incorporated)
by Rachmi Diyah Larasati
The intertribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Heartbeat of the People is an insider's journey into the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. Tara Browner focuses on the Northern pow-wow of the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes to investigate the underlying tribal and regional frameworks that reinforce personal tribal affiliations. Interviews with dancers...
2019-2023 Five Year Planner (2019 - 2023 Five Year Monthly Calendar Planner, 60 Months, #2)
by Tina R Kelly
2019-2020 Monthly Planner (24 Month Planner, #1)
by Michelia Creations
Monthly and Weekly Task Planner
by Virginia Lunsford and Anna Sturgis
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...
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...
Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms. The fabled island of Bali is known around the world for its amazing dance and musical spectacles! Balinese Dance, Drama & Music is a lavishly-illustrated field guide to the island's traditional performing arts, including gamelan music and elaborate dance, theatre, and shadow puppet performances frequently put on as part of temple celebrations. Perfect for visitors, students, or anyone with an interest in Balinese culture, thi...
Describes the traditional dances of both the Mississippi and Oklahoma branches of the tribe, examining the social organization of the troupes, musical instruments, costumes, history, and variations. Provides the choreography for every surviving dance, a detailed analysis of the music, and transcript
Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, and developmental plans both practical and quixotic inform the story. The authors also provide speci...
