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"Lively and enlightening."-Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post "[A] zippy guide to better health."-Publisher's Weekly STARRED Review Discover why humans were designed for dancing-and learn how to boogie for better health-with two neuroscientists as ...

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On choreography: 'Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking.' On rules: 'Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis.' The updated and revised edition of 'A Choreographer's Handbook' invites the reader to ...

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Tobias Karlsson berättar äntligen sin drabbande historia! Tobias är killen som aldrig kände sig hemma bland fotbollskillarna, som hellre umgicks med tjejerna i klassen och därför kallades fjolla och bög. Genom dansen fick han stunder då han kunde ...

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Inte bara dans skildrar Anna Behles väg från fosterbarn till danskonstnär med central position i sin tids kulturetablissemang. Anna föddes den 9 augusti 1876 i Stockholm. Hennes föräldrar var inte gifta och först vid sjutton års ålder flyttade hon...

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This text offers a theoretical and practical framework for the teaching of dance in education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard seeks to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of teaching the art of dance by: examining the processes of composing, p...

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Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with al...

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Uncover the most mesmerising moments in ballet history with this scintillating visual guide. Written with ballet legend Viviana Durante, this book will introduce you to the most famous performers and enthrall you with fascinating stories. Discover...

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As seen on TikTok, from Samantha Towle, the New York Times bestselling author of Wardrobe Malfunction and Breaking Hollywood, comes a the first dramatically powerful and passionate novel in the Gods series.Readers are raving about Ruin!'Samantha T...

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How do great athletes defy the power law of practice, according to which improvements in skill eventually plateau? Commentators and spectators alike are fascinated by how athletes such as Roger Federer, Tom Brady, and Serena Williams are capable b...

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»Ett praktverk [...] ett absolut måste [...] ett samspel mellan text och bild som är alldeles, alldeles lysande« SVT Gomorron »Ett andlöst vackert verk som lyckas med det svåra att i bokform fånga lite av dansens dramatik och magi« Vi Läser »Under...

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NOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily Telegraph Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excit...

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This new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Dance provides the information necessary for dance fans to navigate the diverse dance forms in the 21st century, with new coverage of dance forms that have grown in prominence over the last 10 years, ma...

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NOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW 'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily Telegraph Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same exci...

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Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50 is a ground-breaking anthology that collects twenty original writings that elucidate critically important somatic and political perspectives on Contact Improvisation (CI). This form of partner dan...

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Märtha Pastorek Gripson undersöker hur föreställningar om maskulinitet och femininitet, dans och skolpraktik samverkar och skapar villkor för elevers genussubjektivitet. I avhandlingen ingår två delstudier med delvis olika fokus. Den första diskut...

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The only comprehensive history of figure skating in over forty years Figure skating, unique in its sublimely beautiful combination of technical precision, musicality, and interpretive elements, has undergone many dramatic developments since the on...

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Centauring - The Book is an A3-sized artist book, part of Moving through Choreography - Curating Choreography as an Artistic Practice, Documented Artistic Research Project (Doctoral Thesis). Publication Series X Position No. 14, ISSN 2002-603X. St...

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This is the iconic Josephine Baker in her own words. Funny, candid and unconventional: the wildly famous but elusive Josephine Baker tells her own story in this enchanting memoir. Baker took Paris by storm in the 1920s, dazzling audiences with her...

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Vilka aktörer har drivit fram DJ-kulturen i framförallt Stockholm, och med vilka visioner, motgångar och ideal? DJ-liv - historien om hur diskjockeyn erövrade Stockholm beskriver dj-kulturens framväxt med fokus på det som har lett fram till dagens...

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Dermot Clemengers självbiografi är en drabbande berättelse om skam, mod och överlevnad. Det är hans sanna historia om monstren han flytt från, om resan mot frihet. Innan Dermot blev känd som domare i Let's Dance skördade han stora framgångar som t...

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In the current dance scene, performers contend with choreography that involves extreme dance, multiple techniques, and acrobatic moves, exemplified in the popular reality television show, "So You Think You Can Dance." The dilemma for asp...

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Rolf de Maré is the Swede who meant the most for international modern art and dance. He founded the Swedish Ballet in Paris in the 1920s, was one of the first who collected modern artists such as Picasso, made research trips throughout the world a...

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