American Smooth

Author : Rita Dove
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780393327441

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American Smooth by Rita Dove Pdf

"Rita Dove pulls the ultimate dance trick: she makes it look easy."--New York Times Book Review An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since On the Bus with Rosa Parks. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I whose music conquered Europe before the Allied advance. Like the ballroom-dancing couple of the title poem, smiling and making the difficult seem effortless, Dove explores the shifting surfaces between perception and intimation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Industrial arts
ISBN : UCAL:C2620085

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American Artisan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeff Allen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0028643453

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing by Jeff Allen Pdf

Describes the history of ballroom dancing; presents photo-illustrated instructions for the waltz, foxtrot, tango, Viennese waltz, rumba, merengue, samba, cha-cha, mambo, East Coast swing, and hustle; discusses such topics as timing, rhythm, practice, and expectations; and includes an eleven-track audio CD.

Author : Elizabeth Drake-Boyt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780313376092

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Latin Dance by Elizabeth Drake-Boyt Pdf

This title in the American Dance Floor series provides an overview of the origins, development, and current status of Latin social dancing in the United States. Latin dance and music have had a widespread influence upon the development of other social dance and music styles in the United States. As a result, Latin dance styles are among the most important dance forms in America. Latin Dance addresses every major style of Latin dance, describing the basic steps that characterize it as well as its rhythmic pace and time signature, and examining its development from European, African, and Amerindian influences. The author explains the range of styles and expression to be found in Latin dances primarily within the context of couples social dancing, the popularity of salsa today, and the broader social meanings and implications of their multicultural origins from the 1600s to the present. The historic connection between exhibition Latin dance and American modern dance through vaudeville is explained as well.

Author : Anton du Beke
Publisher : Constable
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781472102577

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B is for Ballroom by Anton du Beke Pdf

Do you know your Botafago from your Volta Cross? Ever wondered how the Foxtrot got its name? Why is the Quick Step so quick? Which is easier, the standard Ballroom dances or the Latin ones? If you don't know the answer to most of these questions but fancy yourself as something of an armchair aficionado when it comes to Ballroom dancing, this book is for you. It will lead you into the wonderful world of Ballroom and teach you everything you need to know, without, if necessary, you even having to reach for your dancing shoes. As you'll soon discover, B is for Ballroom does exactly what the title suggests. Set out in an A to Z format it's the ultimate companion for anyone interested in Ballroom - whether you're nine years old or over ninety. It will teach you everything you need to know about this most beloved form of dance without you even having to take a class, break a leg or be dragged across the floor.

Author : Bivona Michael Bivona
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781426922787

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Dancing Around the World With Mike and Barbara Bivona by Bivona Michael Bivona Pdf

From Buenos Aires to Paris to New Orleans, Mike and Barbara Bivona have traveled and danced throughout the world. And in this memoir and travelogue, these two dance aficionados share their adventures and experiences. Ballroom dancers for more than twenty years, the Bivonas have traveled extensively while honing their dancing skills and meeting fellow dancers. Dancing Around the World with Mike and Barbara Bivona provides detailed accounts of their experiences in Argentina, Paris, Hawaii, Italy, the Catskill Mountains of New York, the Caribbean, and South Florida, as well as other destinations. This account not only includes dancing details, but also shares the history and flavor of the exciting locales they have visited. Augmented with photographs, Dancing Around the World with Mike and Barbara Bivona also includes background information on the art of ballroom dancing, a few dance lessons, biographies of select dancers who have performed on the television show Dancing with the Stars, current ballroom dancing philosophy, and information about the intellectual benefits gained from dancing.

Author : Setsuko Tsuchiya
Publisher : Savant Books & Publications
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE POWER OF DANCE by Setsuko Tsuchiya Pdf

Keen amateur dancers of the world: At last, a single authoritative book encapsulating everything necessary to move from social ballroom to performance and competitive DanceSport and on to the Olympics. Includes history, definitions, syllabi, dance notation, and the power of dance with its unique ability to change lives. Printed version includes full research index.

Author : Carol Kort
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438107936

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A to Z of American Women Writers by Carol Kort Pdf

Presents a biographical dictionary profiling important women authors, including birth and death dates, accomplishments and bibliography of each author's work.

Author : Sharyn R. Udall
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780299288037

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Dance and American Art by Sharyn R. Udall Pdf

From ballet to burlesque, from the frontier jig to the jitterbug, Americans have always loved watching dance, whether in grand ballrooms, on Mississippi riverboats, or in the streets. Dance and American Art is an innovative look at the elusive, evocative nature of dance and the American visual artists who captured it through their paintings, sculpture, photography, and prints from the early nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. The scores of artists discussed include many icons of American art: Winslow Homer, George Caleb Bingham, Mary Cassatt, James McNeill Whistler, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Edward Steichen, David Smith, and others. As a subject for visual artists, dance has given new meaning to America’s perennial myths, cherished identities, and most powerful dreams. Their portrayals of dance and dancers, from the anonymous to the famous—Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, Josephine Baker, Martha Graham—have testified to the enduring importance of spatial organization, physical pattern, and rhythmic motion in creating aesthetic form. Through extensive research, sparkling prose, and beautiful color reproductions, art historian Sharyn R. Udall draws attention to the ways that artists’ portrayals of dance have defined the visual character of the modern world and have embodied culturally specific ideas about order and meaning, about the human body, and about the diverse fusions that comprise American culture.

Author : Jonathan S. Marion
Publisher : Berg
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857851468

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Ballroom by Jonathan S. Marion Pdf

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 cultures, dress and the body. Presenting the author's experiences at an international range of dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers, the book shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural and performance studies, Ballroom provides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor.

Author : Julia A. Ericksen
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814722855

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Dance with Me by Julia A. Ericksen Pdf

Rumba music starts and a floor full of dancers alternate clinging to one another and turning away. Here, Julia Ericksen, a competitive ballroom dancer herself, takes the reader onto the competition floor exploring the allure of this hyper-competitive, difficult, and often expensive activity.

Author : Jonathan S. Marion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781472583383

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Ballroom Dance and Glamour by Jonathan S. Marion Pdf

As the continued success of Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing reveals, the appetite for ballroom remains insatiable around the world. Ballroom Dance and Glamour offers a fascinating window into the global phenomenon of competitive dance. Including vibrant photographs and commentary, this book showcases the extraordinary costumes, glamorous dancers and elegance of the sport. Based on years of research at international competitions, esteemed anthropologist, photographer and ballroom dancer Jonathan S. Marion provides a unique insight into this performance art, outlining the history and basics of ballroom and explaining its huge appeal today. Offering a visual journey into the world of dance, Ballroom Dance and Glamour illuminates the beauty, skill, intensity and passion of this sport. Written in a lively and accessible manner, Ballroom Dance and Glamour will delight all dancers, dance and fashion enthusiasts and anyone captivated by the skill and glamour of ballroom dance.

Author : Edward C. Stewart,Milton J. Bennett
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780983955832

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American Cultural Patterns by Edward C. Stewart,Milton J. Bennett Pdf

A fully revised edition of the seminal classic This classic study was originally written by Edward Stewart in 1972 and has become a seminal work in the field of intercultural relations. In this edition, Stewart and Milton J. Bennett have greatly expanded the analysis of American cultural patterns by introducing new cross-cultural comparisons and drawing on recent reseach on value systems, perception psychology, cultural anthropology, and intercultural communication. Beginning with a discussion of the issues relative to contact between people of different cultures, the authors examine the nature of cultural assumptions and values as a framework for cross-cultural analysis. They then analyze the human perceptual process, consider the influence of language on culture, and discuss nonverbal behavior. Central to the book is an analysis of American culture constructed along four dimentions: form of activity, form of social relations, perceptions of the world, and perception of the self. American cultural traits are isolated out, analyzed, and compared with parallel characteristics of other cultures. Finally, the cultural dimentions of communication and their implications for cross-cultural interaction are examined.

Author : Nicolae Sfetcu
Publisher : Nicolae Sfetcu
Page : 6042 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Music Sound by Nicolae Sfetcu Pdf

A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video. Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The traditional or classical European aspects of music often listed are those elements given primacy in European-influenced classical music: melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, and form. A more comprehensive list is given by stating the aspects of sound: pitch, timbre, loudness, and duration. Common terms used to discuss particular pieces include melody, which is a succession of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord, which is a simultaneity of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord progression, which is a succession of chords (simultaneity succession); harmony, which is the relationship between two or more pitches; counterpoint, which is the simultaneity and organization of different melodies; and rhythm, which is the organization of the durational aspects of music.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465407726

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Dance by DK Pdf

In styles as diverse as flamenco, czardas, and bangra, dance reflects cultural identity and inspires and energizes individuals and groups. Dance contains everything you need to know about world dance. With lively and colorful presentation, young people will discover the joy of movement from cultures all over the globe.