From Ballroom To Dancesport

Author : Caroline Joan S. Picart
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791482414

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From Ballroom to DanceSport by Caroline Joan S. Picart Pdf

Drawing on recent media portrayals and her own experience, author and dancer Caroline Joan S. Picart explores ballroom dancing and its more "sporty" equivalent, DanceSport, suggesting that they are reflective of larger social, political, and cultural tensions. The past several years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of ballroom dance as well as an increasing international anxiety over how and whether to transform ballroom into an Olympic sport. Writing as a participant-critic, Picart suggests that both are crucial sites where bodies are packaged as racialized, sexualized, nationalized, and classed objects. In addition, Picart argues, as the choreography, costuming, and genre of ballroom and DanceSport continue to evolve, these theatrical productions are aestheticized and constructed to encourage commercial appeal, using the narrative frame of the competitive melodrama to heighten audience interest.

Author : Cal Pozo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000064171494

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Let's Dance by Cal Pozo Pdf

Cal Pozo presents an easy-to-follow, fun to watch book and DVD combination that gives the reader multiple angles and methods from which to learn. Weddings and parties will have you moving and grooving, turning and twirling, and hopping and bobbing with the best.

Author : Allen G. Darnel
Publisher : Allen G. Darnel
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0964482703

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"Beginners Only" how to Dance Book by Allen G. Darnel Pdf

illustrations of 9 ballroom and Latin dances. In depth history of ballroom and Latin-American dances. over 300 pictures of dancers and super star dancers plus a vast amount of information and quotes about social and competition(International style) dances. A must buy. THE WORLD'S FOREMOST AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO SOCIAL/BALLROOM & LATIN-AMERICAN DANCING.

Author : Karen Lynn Smith
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Dance
ISBN : 9781438134765

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Popular Dance by Karen Lynn Smith Pdf

An introduction to popular dance, from ballroom to hip-hop, discussing the history, styles, and famous dancers and choreographers.

Author : Richard Montgomery Stephenson,Joseph Iaccarino
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Ballroom dancing
ISBN : 0385424167

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The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing by Richard Montgomery Stephenson,Joseph Iaccarino Pdf

A guide to general dancing skills accompanies sequential photographs and foot-pattern diagrams illustrating the fundamentals of the fox-trot, waltz, cha-cha, tango, polka, and other popular ballroom dances.

Author : Jessika Ferm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0983370001

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The Ballroom Dance Coach by Jessika Ferm Pdf

Are you ready to take your dancing to the next level but feel stuck, confused, and don't know where to turn to get the results you want? Then The Ballroom Dance Coach is the resource you have been waiting for. In it, Jessika Ferm, an amateur competitive ballroom dancer and master-level executive coach, combines her business know-how with the advice of ballroom experts like Sam Sodano, Decho Kraev and Bree Watson and Pierre Allaire and Mirielle Veilleux to create a self-directed process that propels your dancing to the next level.

Author : Jonathan S. Marion
Publisher : Berg
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781845208004

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

Author : Julie Malnig
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814755280

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Dancing Till Dawn by Julie Malnig Pdf

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 thorough account of a dance form that has found renewed popularity in recent years.

Author : Jonathan S. Marion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : Joanna Bosse
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252096983

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Becoming Beautiful by Joanna Bosse Pdf

In Becoming Beautiful, Joanna Bosse explores the transformations undergone by the residents of a Midwestern town when they step out on the dance floor for the very first time. Bosse uses sensitive fieldwork as well as her own immersion in ballroom culture to lead readers into a community that springs up around ballroom dance. The result is a portrait of the real people who connect with others, change themselves, and join a world that foxtrots to its own rules, conventions, and rewards. Bosse's eye for revealing, humorous detail adds warmth and depth to discussions around critical perspectives on the experiences the dance hall provides, the nature of partnership and connection, and the notion of how dancing allows anyone to become beautiful.

Author : Janet Cunningham-Clayton,Malcolm Fernandes
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781785005985

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The Essential Guide to Ballroom Dance by Janet Cunningham-Clayton,Malcolm Fernandes Pdf

Ballroom dancing has become an increasingly popular pastime for all ages, inspired in recent years by reality TV dance programmes throughout the world. As one of the most inclusive dance genres, it offers both a social and competitive outlet for every ability. The Essential Guide to Ballroom Dance offers a comprehensive study of the main ballroom dance styles, including the Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Tango. Topics covered include a brief history and development of ballroom dancing; a beginner's guide to partnerships, positioning and footwork; dance-specific techniques, steps and routines; the mechanics, application and fundamentals of movement; musicality and choreography and, finally, exercises, diet and nutrition. With clear step-by-step instructions, 150 colour photographs, and a foreword by Anton Du Beke, this is an ideal companion for the beginner ballroom dancer. Janet Cunningham-Clayton is a former Senior British Ballroom Champion and has over twenty-five years of dancing experience, and Malcolm Fernandes has over thirty years experience in the ballroom dance industry with a particular specialism in music.

Author : Duncan James
Publisher : Dr Duncan James
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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How to Partner Dance Socially by Duncan James Pdf

Discover the incredible world of social partner dancing. Complete beginners welcome. Learn in your living room or on an enormous dance floor. This is the second edition of a book previously called the Partner Dance Handbook. It teaches a “social” style of dancing common on dance floors around the world. This is different from the “formal” style seen in shows and on television. This social style is easier to learn for beginners, is arguably more musical and interpretative and can offer variations if you are already a formal dancer. Note that most other books and videos teach the formal style. The author’s experience is that at social dances this social style is far more common; obviously though this can vary from place to place. The author, Dr Duncan James, has taught thousands of people to dance in person at his classes and thousands more to dance via his YouTube channel. You can learn with Duncan for free on YouTube with his 44 free instructional videos. However, the videos and this book were created at the same time to work together; getting this book will give you a richer learning experience. Note that this book has no illustrations as it relies on the videos which are linked for free from the text. The particular benefit of this book is that it goes into much greater depth, appropriate for keener students. This book and the videos are designed to work even if you only have a small space available for dancing. How to Partner Dance Socially will guide you from complete beginner all the way to popular social dancer in the ballroom dances of foxtrot, quickstep and waltz and the latin dances of rumba, salsa and cha cha. A unique, practical approach means you will quickly learn to navigate a crowded dance floor, feel the music, improvise and enjoy dancing with your partner. A couple who have never danced before can realistically join a social dance (and not look out of place) after only an hour of practice with one of the complete beginner lessons. Advanced dancers can use some of the simple social moves as variations, work on the connection with their partner, learn to recycle moves between dances and discover ways to improvise to the music. If you are a teacher this book has detailed teaching advice and lesson plans. Remember this book is teaching a “social” style of dancing and not the “formal” style. The 44 companion videos can be watched on YouTube for free (via links in the text) or downloaded for free as a zip file (a link to this is also included in the text; the download is provided by the author and is limited by his internet host to a certain number of downloads every month). Buy How to Partner Dance Socially now to join in the fun on the dance floor!

Author : Sharon Savoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Ballroom dancers
ISBN : 0813035171

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Ballroom! by Sharon Savoy Pdf

"... Offers a backstage pass to a world where rhinestones and high heels accompany explosive athleticism and staggering talent"--From publisher description.

Author : Suzanne Marie Zelnik-Geldys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Ballroom dancing
ISBN : 0840361025

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The ABC's of Ballroom Dance by Suzanne Marie Zelnik-Geldys Pdf

Author : Juliet McMains
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780819567741

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Glamour Addiction by Juliet McMains Pdf

Behind the scenes of DanceSport.