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1	Teaching Movement & Dance: A Sequential Approach to Rhythmic Movement more books like this by Phyllis S Weikart add to wishlist Fully revised and expanded, this fourth edition includes updated information on Phyllis S. Weikartas teaching model for beginners of all ages. Also contains over 100 beginning-level dances and instructions for introducing movement and dance in understandable and enjoyable ways. Music for the dances is recorded on the Rhythmically Moving 1a9 ... see all copies from £8.96! new only from £20.59!
2	The art of flamenco more books like this by D. E. Pohren add to wishlist see all copies from £17.89! first editions
3	Dancing Through History more books like this by Joan Cass add to wishlist This volume traces the activity of dance from its earliest beginnings to its current form on the stages of the modern western world. The book places dance within its cultural context, and shows how complex formal techniques and creative theories have developed. The contributions of major choreographers and performers are set against the background ... see all copies from £16.69! new only from £58.48! \| first editions
4	The Language of Spanish Dance: A Dictionary and Reference Manual more books like this by Matteo, Matteo Marcellus Vitucci, Louis Gioia (Illustrator) add to wishlist This publication on Spanish dance includes: photographs and art reproductions that effectively illustrate points that are made in the text, a bibliography of more than 250 works, the basic rhythms and melodic lines for fifteen flamenco dances, and an index. see all copies from £18.78! new only from £18.78!
5	Stepping on the Blues more books like this by Professor Jacqui Malone add to wishlist This award-winning cultural history of black dance explores the meaning of dance in African-American life and the connections among music, song, and dance in African-American culture. see all copies from £9.54! new only from £13.35! \| first editions
6	Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice more books like this by Bira Almeida add to wishlist Capoeira weaves fighting, music, dance, prayer, and ritual into an urgent strategy by which people live, struggle, celebrate, and survive together. In this book Bira Almeida--or Mestre Acordeon as he is respectfully called in capoeira circles--documents his own tradition with both the panoramic eye of the historian and the passionate heart of the ... see all copies from £7.60!
7	Middle Eastern Dance (Wld O/Dance) more books like this by Penni Alzayer, Elizabeth A Hanley (Introduction by), Jacques D'Amboise (Foreword by) add to wishlist This series explores various genres of dance, including forms indigenous to particular regions and cultures. These books provide not only a historical overview and cultural context of the dances' development but also technical insight into movement. Explore dance forms from the Middle East, including the Whirling Dervishes and belly dancing. see all copies from £17.96! new only from £24.45!
8	Hula Heaven: The Queen's Album more books like this by Mark Blackburn add to wishlist Photographs taken in the 1880s and 1890s representing the ultimate Hawaiian experience and art form, the Hula, were gathered by the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani (1839 -1917), who reigned from 1891 until 1893. They were presented in an album to her personal nurse as a token of her Aloha. A brief history of the Queens ... see all copies from £9.05! new only from £13.60! \| first editions
9	Cowboy dances, a collection of western square dances more books like this by Lloyd Shaw add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £23.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Flamenco: Gypsy Dance and Music from Andalusia more books like this by Claus Schreiner (Editor), Mollie C Peters (Translator) add to wishlist Written by a group of flamenco enthusiasts, this book traces the history and development of flamenco, the folk dance created by the gypsies of the Andalusian region of Spain in the 19th century still popular today. It also serves as a guide to the performers and places that maintain the tradition. see all copies from £8.02! new only from £41.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	American Square Dances of the West and Southwest more books like this by Lee Owens add to wishlist Take your partner by the hand and get ready to join the hoedown with this guide to square dancing, a fun and traditional way for friends, neighbours and families of all ages to keep fit and relax. First published in 1949, American Square Dances Of The West And Southwest is a simple and clear introduction to square dancing moves and calls. With the ... see all copies from £6.17! new only from £11.92! \| first editions
12 view cover	Riverdance: The Story more books like this by Sam Smyth add to wishlist Smyth explains how a seven-minute Eurovision showpiece, designed to fill the interlude during the TV tra nsmission, has gone on to become a theatrical phenomenon. Th e book provides an overview of the origins and influences of traditional Irish music and dance. ' see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.66! \| first editions
13 view cover	Dance more books like this by Andrée. Grau add to wishlist Integrating words and pictures, this is a reference book on dance structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a visual story and a self-contained module. On every spread there are photograph of objects shown in real-life close-up detail. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.79! \| first editions
14 view cover	Perspectives on Korean Dance more books like this by Judy Van Zile add to wishlist From palace to village streets to international stage, Korean dance is a vibrant and complex art comprised of many different forms. This is a comprehensive guide to this art. see all copies from £4.61! new only from £6.78! \| first editions
15	Dance, Art & Ritual Africa more books like this by Michel Huet add to wishlist see all copies from £6.34! new only from £22.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Ring of Liberation: Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira more books like this by John Lowell Lewis, Robert Farris Thompson (Foreword by) add to wishlist Based on eighteen months of intensive participant-observation, Ring of Liberation offers both an in-depth description of capoeira--a complex Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines feats of great strength and athleticism with music and poetry--and a pioneering synthetic approach to the analysis of complex cultural performance. Capoeira originated ... see all copies from £11.09! new only from £11.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Story of Irish Dance more books like this by Helen Brennan add to wishlist From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. see all copies from £6.63! new only from £6.63!
18 view cover	Clog and character dances more books like this by Helen Frost add to wishlist 1931. From the Foreword: Clog and character dancing has its place in education as a wholesome means of expression. The clog dance is as old, if not older, than the folk dance; its development has been unrecorded, but reference to it is made in all complete historic studies of dancing. Through pantomime, tapping, and lilting step, the clog dance ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.47!
19 view cover	Cherokee dance and drama more books like this by Frank G. Speck add to wishlist see all copies from £6.17! new only from £9.44! \| first editions
20 view cover	Dances of Italy more books like this by Bianca Maria Galanti add to wishlist see all copies from £2.70! new only from £13.22! \| first editions
21 view cover	Scottish Ceilidh Dancing more books like this by David Ewart, May Ewart add to wishlist This guide to Scottish ceilidh dancing takes you through intricate dance steps, shows the various hand holds and introduces dances such as "The Dashing White Sergeant", "The Gay Gordon", "The Gypsy Tap" and "The Lucky Seven". It contains over 50 dances. see all copies from £3.51! new only from £3.51!
22 view cover	Highland Balls and Village Halls more books like this by G W Lockhart add to wishlist This publication, a classic in Scottish dancing circles, invites the reader to become aware of this style of dance and, for those already involved, to immerse themselves deeper still. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.55! \| first editions
23 view cover	Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond more books like this by Susan Eike Spalding (Editor), Jane Harris Woodside (Editor) add to wishlist This text on vernacular dance provides case studies about a range of forms: old-time square dancing in Virginia, Indiana and Newfoundland; African-American step shows; clogging; Cherokee traditional dance; historical reconstructions of 18th-century dance; and modern contra. see all copies from £8.88! new only from £13.45! \| first editions
24 view cover	Let's Dance! more books like this by George Ancona add to wishlist Dancers from around the world twirl and jump through the pages of this book, inviting readers aged 3-8 t o get up and join in the celebrations. ' see all copies from £5.57! new only from £16.72!
25 view cover	The Teaching of Folk Dance more books like this by Anne Schley Duggan, Jeanette Schlottmann, Abbie Rutledge add to wishlist see all copies from £2.57! new only from £10.52! \| signed copies \| first editions

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