Release Date:- 2014-12-17
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Jazz Dance Essentials is the most authoritative book on this art form. Written by two of America's most renowned university teachers. Doctor Lorraine Person Kriegel and Doctor Kim Chandler Vaccaro have been performers, choreographers, artistic directors..
Release Date:- 2022-02-01
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National Dance Education Organization Ruth Lovell Murray Book AwardUNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance EducationStrategies for recovering the Africanist roots of jazz dance in teaching and practice An African American art form, jazz dance has an ..
Release Date:- 2015-06-13
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From 1996-2014, jazz dance choreographer/teacher/author Bob Boross has published articles pertaining to jazz dance in Dancer, Dance Teacher, Dance Magazine, Dance Chronicle, the Jazz Dance E-News, and the textbook Jazz Dance - A History of the Roots and..
Release Date:- 2015-12-28
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Beginning Jazz Dance is the perfect resource for helping students gain a strong foundation of beginning jazz dance techniques. Written by jazz dance choreographer and professor James Robey, this text prepares students to have a successful experience in a b..
Release Date:- 2019-10-18
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Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other..
Release Date:- 2025-03-02
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The Evolution of Jazz explores the vibrant history of jazz dance, tracing its roots from African traditions to its profound influence on modern choreography. This performing art evolved from a fusion of cultures, finding expression in the face of adversity..
Release Date:- 2026-06-09
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A joyful and inclusive introduction to jazz dance and other modern dances by world-renowned early childhood educator and performer Dr. Rekha S. Rajan.Can anyone be a modern dancer? Yes! From tap dance to swing, this board book celebrates the expressive, en..
Release Date:- 2005-01-14
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Die zwanziger Jahre waren, wie im Seminar immer wieder angeklungen ist, eine ātanzverrĆ¼ckteā Zeit. Daher mag es lohnend sein, einen Blick auf ein PhƤnomen zu werfen, das damals als ājazz danceā bezeichnet wurde ā ein Begriff, der heute etwas..
Release Date:- 1995-05-12
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Traditional jazz studies have tended to see jazz in purely musical terms, as a series of changes in rhythm, tonality, and harmony, or as a parade of great players. But jazz has also entered the cultural mix through its significant impact on novelists,..
Release Date:- 2020-06-01
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Appreciating Dance is a thorough and accurate history of various forms of dance, analyzing everything from social dance, and ballet to modern dance, tap, jazz, theatrical dance and contemporary dance. In it readers will find: a brief biography of not..
Release Date:- 2018-06-11
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Driven by exacting methods and hard data, this volume reveals gender dynamics within the dance world in the twenty-first century. It provides concrete evidence about how gender impacts the daily lives of dancers, choreographers, directors, educators,..
Release Date:- 2025-03-22
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Jazz Evolution explores the vibrant history of jazz dance, revealing its profound impact on music and theater. Originating from African movement traditions and evolving through social dances in African American communities, jazz dance became a powerful..
Release Date:- 2015-06-14
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A 1994 masterās degree thesis (NYU) on the career achievements of freestyle jazz dance pioneer Matt Mattox. Includes substantial contextual information on jazz dance history, Jack Cole (Mattoxās mentor), a biography of Mattox, unique photos of..
Release Date:- 2018-12-12
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THE PLACE OF JAZZ IN WORLD MUSICā¦ ITS HISTORY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE PRESENT DAYā¦ ITS BEAUTY AS MUSICā¦ AND THE GREATNESS OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE ITā¦ This is a book for everyone who loves musicāclassical or jazz; for the one wh..
Release Date:- 2012-03-07
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Are you a dance lover? Do you like to tone your body with dancing? Are you planning to learn any particular dance form? If the answer to all these questions is yes... then you can go for jazz dancing. Jazz dancing is one of the most exhilarating and..
Release Date:- 2024-02-06
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* Winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History * Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, The New York Times, Fresh Air (top 10 pick), NPR, the Los Angeles Times (top 15 pick),The Wa..
Release Date:- 2018-05-08
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āPerfect for history buffs, dance enthusiasts, poets, and just about anyone looking for a great story.ā āSchool Library Journal (starred review)From the Young Peopleās Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoo..
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:- 2025-06-17
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Last Dance before Dawn is the final book in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York.Vivian Kelly has finally created a home and a family at the glamorous speakeasy known as The Nightingale,..
Release Date:- 2014-02-01
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This amazing collection transcribes nearly 150 of the best-known jazz solos (regardless of the instrument) exactly as recorded by icons of the trade, including: Autumn Leaves (Chet Baker) * Blue in Green (Toots Thielemans) * Blue Train (John Coltrane)..
Release Date:- 2023-01-03
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Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listenersāthe qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequently be measured by the behavior of their fellow..
Release Date:- 2015-02-18
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Jazz dancing is one of the most exhilarating and fashionable forms of modern dance. It influences many other contemporary dance forms like- ballet, lyrical etc. Jazz dancing is great for helping individuals to tone their body. It is a superb form of wor..
Release Date:- 2005-05-01
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There were but four major galaxies in the early jazz universe, and three of them--New Orleans, Chicago, and New York--have been well documented in print. But there has never been a serious history of the fourth, Kansas City, until now. In this colorful..
Release Date:- 2024-06-25
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Dance Pedagogy is a comprehensive resource designed for dance students and teaching artists to develop skills and strategies in the multifaceted practice of teaching dance.This invaluable resource features essential components and considerations necessary for the ..
Release Date:- 2018-01-01
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Jazz guitarist Matt Otten, who has over 23,000 subscribers on his YouTube page which includes hundreds of video lessons, has authored this book featuring 16 jazz guitar selections in standard notation and tab. Songs include: Beautiful Love * Comecar De..
Release Date:- 2018-10-16
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A New York Times bestseller! āIn Jordan Matterās photos, dancers make all the world their stage.ā āNew York Times From Jordan Matter, YouTube star and New York Timesābestselling author of Dancers Among Us, a celebration of what it means to..
Release Date:- 2021-11-12
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Through in-depth analysis of musical theatre choreography and choreographers, Making Broadway Dance challenges long-held perceptions of Broadway dance as kitsch, disposable, a dance form created without artistic process. Setting out to demonstrate that..
Release Date:- 2015-10-27
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When a vaudeville dancer meets a sexy mobster in a speakeasy for men, the sparks fly, the gin flows, the jazz sizzlesāand the heat is onā¦ New York City, 1927. Eddie Cotton is a talented song-and-dance man with a sassy sidekick, a crowd-pleasi..
