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En lärorik och informativ bok om den svenska pardansen bugg för alla som är intresserade av sällskapsdans och att få en inblick i buggens värld samt fördjupa sina kunskaper om denna populära dansform. Boken är indelad i tre huvuddelar; en faktadel...

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I början förstod ingen riktigt vad som var på väg att hända. Fram till mars 2020 hade vi dansat pardans och umgåtts som vanligt. Från en dag till en annan förändrades vår värld fullständigt. Pandemin la sig som en våt filt över allt när det gäller...

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Valsen är förmodligen den mest spridda sällskapsdansen i Europa. Redan på 1600-talet blev den österrikiska folkdansen populär i Wiens salonger. Under 1800-talet nådde valsen vårt land, och under 1900-talets första hälft skrevs en mängd svenska val...

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There's about to be fire on - and off - the dance floor... Kate Wareing is astonished when she secures a place in a dance competition in which beginners are paired with professionals to compete for a huge cash prize. Initially she's matched with g...

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Derek Hough, the dashing Emmy Award-winning fan favorite, and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, tells the inspiring story of his life and career, and shares insider tips of how he transforms his celebrity ...

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Ballroom dancing is back. In universities, town halls, bars, clubs and leisure centres across the UK there are hundreds of thousands of people learning to dance. Strictly Come Dancing attracted millions of viewers and was one of the BBC's most suc...

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Better Late Than Never is the extraordinary true story of how a man born into poverty in London's East End went on to find stardom late in life when he was chosen to be head judge on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. Len Goodman tells all about his ne...

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This fascinating book explores the rich history of exhibition ballroom dancing from its heyday in the 1910s to the present. Julie Malnig's record of this intimate, theatrical genre of dance features male-female teams--idolized as theatre personali...

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This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the urban phenomenon known as Ballroom culture that first gained notoriety in the documentary Paris Is Burning in 1990. Butch Queens Up in Pumps uniquely explores the ways in which Black LG...

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This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the urban phenomenon known as Ballroom culture that first gained notoriety in the documentary Paris Is Burning in 1990. Butch Queens Up in Pumps uniquely explores the ways in which Black LG...

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A guide to ballroom dancing. It includes all the main ballroom dances, along with versions of most dances approved for championships. There are diagrams showing every step from both the male and female perspective. This tenth edition is revised an...

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In the earliest years of the 20th century, North American ballroom dancers favored the waltz or the polka. But then a new dance, the tango, broke onto the scene when Vernon and Irene Castle performed it in a Broadway musical. Rudolph Valentino, Ar...

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In the earliest years of the twentieth century, North American ballroom dancers favored the waltz or the polka. But in the 1910s, a new dance, the tango, broke onto the United States scene when Vernon and Irene Castle performed it in a Broadway mu...

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The tango is easily the most iconic dance of the last century, its images as familiar as an old friend. But are they the whole story? Peeling back the poster propaganda that has always characterized the tango publicly, this intimate study shows th...

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During the 1800s, dance and etiquette manuals provided ordinary men and women with the keys to becoming gentlemen and ladies--and thus advancing in society. Why dance? To the insecure and status-oriented upper middle class, the ballroom embodied t...

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Click here to listen to Julia Ericksen's interview about Dance with Me on Philadelphia NPR's "Radio Times" Rumba music starts and a floor full of dancers alternate clinging to one another and turning away. Rumba is an erotic dance, and t...

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Malnig examines exhibition ballroom dance as both a theatrical genre and a cultural and social phenomenon, promoting new cultural standards, including the emancipation of women and a new casualness and spontaneity between the sexes. A lively and t...

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Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena: of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender and more. Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cult...

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Learn how to satisfy a woman on the dance floor. Part guerrilla manual and part cotillion handbook, this book teaches the basic principles common to all music and dance, enabling you to walk onto any dance floor and perform an admirable dance, wit...

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A guide to the theory and practice of modern and old time sequence dancing, this book provides material to study away from the dance floor. The work incorporates graded exercises and learning strategies aided by dancing figures and should appeal t...

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'Du Beke effectively cuts the glamour and aspiration of the ballroom with the grubby, ghastly side of the war at home' - DAILY MAIL 'You don't need to be a Strictly fan to relish this lively read, its glamour, magic and colourful characters' LUCY ...

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'Du Beke effectively cuts the glamour and aspiration of the ballroom with the grubby, ghastly side of the war at home' - DAILY MAIL'You don't need to be a Strictly fan to relish this lively read, its glamour, magic and colourfulcharacters' LUCY HE...

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Contents Include - The Holds - CHAMPIONSHIP DANCES - Waltz - Veleta - Military Two Step - Boston Two Step - Royal Empress Tango - Latchford Schottische - Lola Tango - Moonlight Saunter - Destiny Waltz - FOUND DANCES - Barn Dance - Carina Waltze - ...

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Originally published in 1939. Contents Include - Suggested Method of Approach By the Novice, the Compitition Dancer and Keen Amatueur, the Student - The Hold - The Poise, Balance and General Outline of the Walk - Contrary Body Movement, Contrary B...

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Better Late Than Never is the extraordinary true story of how a man born into poverty in London's East End went on to find stardom late in life when he was chosen to be head judge on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. Len Goodman tells all about his ne...

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A guide to ballroom dancing. It includes all the main ballroom dances,along with versions of most dances approved for championships. Thereare diagrams showing every step from both the male and femaleperspective. This tenth edition is revised and u...

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A guide to ballroom dancing. It includes all the main ballroom dances,along with versions of most dances approved for championships. Thereare diagrams showing every step from both the male and femaleperspective. This tenth edition is revised and u...

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Originally published in 1939.Contents Include Suggested Method of Approach By the Novice, the Compitition Dancer and Keen Amatueur, the Student The Hold The Poise, Balance and General Outline of the Walk Contrary Body Movement, Contrary Body Movem...

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Is this the right book for me?Whether you are an absolute beginner, a Strictly Come Dancing wannabe or simply want a fun way to get fit, Craig Revel Horwood's guide to ballroom dancing offers something for everyone. Learn how to become a ballroom ...

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