Category - Performing Arts
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Why Dance Matters
HardcoverOriginal price $26.00Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00Original price $26.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers "[A] smart, b...
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Musical Theatre for Dummies
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Discover what goes on behind the curtains of your favorite musical Do you want to know more about the fascinating history of Broadway musicals, the...
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Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Ride along with choreographer Allison Orr and her civic collaborators as they reflect on their dances togetherIn 2001, Allison Orr made a dance wit...
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Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics
HardcoverOriginal price $60.00 - Original price $60.00Original price $60.00$78.99$78.99 - $78.99Current price $78.99| /In the much-anticipated update to a classic in dance studies, Mark Franko analyzes the political aspects of North American modern dance in the 20th...
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Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage: A History
PaperbackOriginal price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage: A History chronicles the development of dance, with an emphasis on musicals and the Broadway stage, in...
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Katherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora
HardcoverOriginal price $42.99 - Original price $42.99Original price $42.99$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /One of the most important dance artists of the twentieth century, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) created works that thrilled...
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A Matter of Appearance: A Memoir
HardcoverOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A dazzling memoir of chronic illness that explores the fraught intersection between pain, language, and gender, by a debut author. Emily Wells spen...
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The Winston Effect: The Art & History of Stan Winston Studio
HardcoverOriginal price $49.95Original price $49.95 - Original price $49.95Original price $49.95Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /For over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen...
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
HardcoverOriginal price $50.00Original price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price $50.00Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /'Friday the 13th' introduced moviegoers to a new kind of cinematic terror - shocking, visceral, and graphic. Spawning ten sequels, the series has b...
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The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /A New Yorker Best Book of the Year (So Far) The Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of ou...
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Serenade: A Balanchine Story
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Toni Bentley, a dancer for George Balanchine, the greatest ballet maker of the 20th century, tells the story of Serenade, his iconic masterpiece, a...
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The Thinking Body
PaperbackOriginal price $9.95 - Original price $9.95Original price $9.95$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /2017 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Complete with all Illustrat...
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Roots and Wings: Virginia Tanner's Dance Life and Legacy
HardcoverOriginal price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price $55.00$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /Roots and Wings recounts Virginia Tanner's remarkable career as a dancer, artist, and educator. From her early experiences assisting at Evelyn Davi...
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Livington's Ballet Dictionary for Children
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95$22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Livington's Ballet Dictionary for Children is a fun, easy-to-read, ballet dictionary for young dancers and teachers alike. Geared towards beginner ...
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The Persistence of Dance: Choreography as Concept and Material in Contemporary Art
PaperbackOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /There is a category of choreographic practice with a lineage stretching back to mid-20th century North America that has re-emerged since the early ...
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Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • “A fascinating read about a true genius and his unrelenting thirst for beauty in art and in life.”—MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV ...
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The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The New Yorker critic examines the books that reveal and record our world in a new essay collection.Joan Acocella, “one of our finest cultural cr...
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Errand Into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /From the legendary dance critic Deborah Jowitt, Errand into the Maze is the definitive biography of the visionary dancer and choreographer Martha...
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Diaghilev's Empire
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A Best Book of the Year at The New Yorker and The Telegraph "Amusing and assertive . . . [Christiansen's] delight is infectious." --Alexandra Jacob...
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Dancing Mestizo Modernisms: Choreographing Postcolonial and Postrevolutionary Mexico
PaperbackOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$52.99$52.99 - $52.99Current price $52.99| /This book analyzes how national and international dancers contributed to developing Mexico's cultural politics and notions of the nation at differe...
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Balinese Dance, Drama & Music: A Beginner's Guide to the Performing Arts of Bali (Bonus Online Content)
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms. This book is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the most popular forms of...
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The Color of Dance: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in the World of Ballet
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /From the photographer behind the Instagram sensation Brown Girls Do Ballet, this stunning coffee-table book showcases breathtaking images of baller...
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Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /"Neither romanticizing or decrying the dance world, Robb beautifully explores the push-pull of masochism and perfectionism--preoccupations not just...
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Basic Principles of Classical Ballet
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Although the stars of Russian ballet Anna Pavlova and Tamara Karsavina possessed a national manner of dancing, there was no truly Russian school ...
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