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Korean Folk Dance This is the first volume fully theorizing the Korean folk dance tradition. Folk dances from various regions are introduced and their characteristics are discussed. Korean dance reflects an accord between labor and art which connects wo..
Release Date:- 2006-03-22
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Class has largely disappeared as a useful category of analysis in social history, most especially for the social history of the recent past. While this is a problem general to social history, it is especially acute in the well-established field of labor..
Release Date:- 2014-02-11
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History on a grand scale--an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizationsA People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know." N..
Release Date:- 2023-03-28
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This book is about the folk: the folk in folk dance, the folk in folklore, the folk in folk wisdom. When we see folk dance on the stage or in a tourist setting, which is the way in which many of us experience folk dance, the question arises are these..
Release Date:- 2025-03-02
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Bollywood dance, a vibrant cinematic art form, has captivated global audiences with its expressive movements and rich cultural heritage. This book explores the evolution of Bollywood dance, tracing its origins from ancient Indian traditions to its modern-day..
Release Date:- 2025-03-02
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Dance Superstitions explores the fascinating world of rituals and beliefs held by dancers, revealing how these customs shape performance and reflect cultural values. Dance, deeply rooted in history and cultural anthropology, serves as a vessel for transmitting..
Release Date:- 2023-02-22
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In this short monograph, composer R. Vaughan Williams discusses English folk-songs and looks at three examples with music and commentary. The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was one of the musicians who participated in the first English Folk Song ..
Release Date:- 2023-12-24
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With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography,..
Release Date:- 2022-06-15
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“English Folk-Song and Dance” presents a rich tapestry of England's cultural heritage through an expansive array of folk songs and dances. This anthology offers readers an immersive exploration of traditional English folklore, weaving together diverse..
Release Date:- 2016-05-06
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Dance has been connected to the practices and ideologies that have shaped notions of a Nordic region for more than a century and it is ingrained into the culture and society of the region. This book investigates different dance phenomena that have either..
Release Date:- 2012-06-07
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One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladiesFarewell and adieu to you ladies of SpainFor we've received orders for to sail for old EnglandBut we hope in a short while to see you again'One of the great Englis..
Release Date:- 2021-02-26
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The life of the travelling musician hasn't changed much over the millennia. For a prehistoric harper, a medieval fiddler or a modern guitar player, the experience is pretty much the same: there are times when everything goes well and others when nothi..
Release Date:- 2022-11-28
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This book draws on theories of aesthetics, post-colonialism, multiculturalism and transnationalism to explore salient aspects of perpetuating traditional dance customs in diaspora. It is the first book to present a broad-ranging analysis of cultural dance..
Release Date:- 2019-12-15
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A compendium of 125 step-by-step folk dance choreographies, created over many years, with YouTube video links, by one of the most experienced and celebrated folk dance teachers and tour leaders in the world. This book is a product of extensive research..
Release Date:- 2024-10-27
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This collection presents a selection of essays written from a point of view that has dance, movement, or performance at its centre, and examines the intellectual and material relationship to the art form from which they are conceived. The themes that..
Release Date:- 2015-09-21
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A Library Journal Best E-Original Book of 2015 For fans of Jeaniene Frost and Kresley Cole, Blade Dance is the fourth book in D.L. McDermott’s fast-paced and sexy paranormal romance series about the Boston Fae—a full-length novel available exclusively..
Release Date:- 2017-07-12
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This title was first published in 2003. This work considers the post-war folk revival in Britain from a popular music studies perspective. Michael Brocken provides a historical narrative of the folk revival from the 1940s up until the 1990s, beginning..
Release Date:- 2016-08-30
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People all over the world dance traditional and popular dances that have been staged for purposes of representing specific national and ethnic groups. Anthony Shay suggests these staged dance productions be called “ethno identity dances”, especially..
Release Date:- 2008-11-25
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Under the stars, in a secret world... Rowena, the youngest of twelve sisters, loves to slip out of the castle at night and dance in a magical forest. Soon she convinces her sisters to join her. When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters' slippers look tatt..
Release Date:- 2021-11-01
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Providing an understanding of the history, evolution, and universality of dance as an art form, this guidebook explores the significance of dance in culture, the relationship of dance to other art forms, the contributions of great pioneering choreographers,..
Release Date:- 2011-06-07
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From the bestselling author of The Personal Librarian, comes a story of a young couple who, when confronted with financial troubles, is faced with the question—what would you do for five million dollars? Adam and Evia Langston have lived in their own l..
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There’s only one way to play a burning piano, as though each note may be your last.In the face of death, Milton will finally learn to give himself completely to life and it will take the seduction of a whole city by a foreign troupe of carnival misfits to ..
Release Date:- 2020-09-01
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A young woman who is both a bard--and a warrior--seeks to repay her debts and settle scores in this thrilling historical fantasy series.The young warrior and bard Liobhan has lost her brother to the Otherworld. Even more determined to gain a place as..
Release Date:- 2014-06-01
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John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric: the man whom all subsequent musicians had to listen to. Fahey made more than 40 albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo steel-string..
Release Date:- 2023-11-21
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This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed..
Release Date:- 2010-05-18
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Fred Thompson has enjoyed a remarkable career in Hollywood and politics, but when he sat down to write a memoir about how he got to be the person he is, he discovered that his best stories all seemed to come out of the years he spent growing up in and..
Release Date:- 2008-10-16
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This syllabus, or finding-list, is offered to lovers of folk-literature in the hope that it may not be without interest and value to them for purposes of comparison and identification. It includes 333 items, exclusive of 114 variants, and embraces all..
Release Date:- 2015-01-01
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A delight for readers and listeners of all ages, these 25 traditional tales from West Africa were originally accompanied by music and dance. The stories' drama and folk wisdom shine through in these captivating retellings, which are illustrated by evocative..
Release Date:- 2015-11-19
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This book encourages one to become involved in the re-emergence of Ancestral Teachings. The ancient prophecy of bridge building between North and South involves uniting people and concepts that were once thought of as opposites, into a common goal. Humanity..
Release Date:- 1930-01-01
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The Passamaquoddies, no doubt, in old times, had many dances, sacred and secular. Some of these were very different from what they now are, and in consequence it is not easy to recognize their meaning. Indians declare that in their youth dances were much..