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How femme activists transform folk dance to a potent form of resistance in Turkey
Spanish music is universally popular but seldom well understood. For the first time in English, in a single volume, and in a style that will be accessible to... Læs mere
Dance theatre has become a site of transformation in the Irish performance landscape. This book conducts a socio-political and cultural reading of dance... Læs mere
The first book in English exploring the quadrille as danced among the Skolt Saami, one of the indigenous Saami peoples in Northern Europe.
How did flamenco—a song and dance form associated with both a despised ethnic minority in Spain and a region frequently derided by... Læs mere
How has ballet, an art form based on the 17th century French court dancing, survived into the 21st across the West and beyond? Impossible Project answers the question by examining Russian ballet as a changing institution from both the wings and the audience.
The Oxford Handbook of Indian Dance is a volume of original essays that brings together cutting-edge research on Indian dance by scholars and practitioners across the... Læs mere
The book commences with the history of Indian, Egyptian, Arab, and flamenco dance then compares and contrasts the history of both classical ballet and flamenco.
The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women’s dance and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots to contemporary stage dance.
From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second... Læs mere