Music-Genres & Styles-Dance

An exploration of the various styles of eighteenth-century dance, i.e. ballroom versus ballet, the four traditional styles of theatrical dance, regional preferences for given styles, and the breakdown of this system of styles, together with a consideration of the importance of caprice, dance according...

Christian churches and groups within Anglo-American contexts have increasingly used popular music as a way to connect with young people. This book investigates the relationships between evangelical Christianity and popular music, focusing particularly on electronic dance music in the last twenty years. Author Stella...

Step inside the mind of a sonic outlaw.Music Producers Secrets: The Art of Aphex Twin takes you on an immersive journey through the mysterious and innovative world of Richard D. James-one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in electronic music history.From glitchy beats...

Are you a dancer who dreams of moving with effortless grace, feeling every beat, and translating the soul of the music directly into your body? Do you ever find yourself just *doing* the steps, rather than truly *dancing* the music? The secret to truly...

The first in-depth study of underground dance music."You Better Work!" is the first detailed study of underground dance music or UDM, a phenomenon that has its roots in the overlap and cross-fertilization of African American and gay cultural sensibilities that have occurred since the...

In a time of colonial subjugation, subaltern, illicit and courtesan dancers in India radically disturbed racist, casteist and patriarchal regimes of thought. The criminalized 'nautch' dancer, vilified by both British colonialism and Indian nationalism, appears in this book across multiple locations, materials and timelines:...

This book investigates choreomusical aspects of tango argentino in translocal practice, in particular its current manifestation in Europe. It looks at it in its many facets: movement structures, sound structures, dancers and musicians, and the complex relations between these factors that all have their...

K-pop, or Korean pop, is a South Korean genre of music that incorporates influences from a range of musical genres, including rap, R&B, dance, pop, and reggae. Korean artists, also known as idols, have become some of the most popular global superstars, with thousands...

Everything You Need To Know About Making Music In One Place!Grab your chance to own this comprehensive guide by Tommy Swindali. Including Songwriting: Apply Proven Methods, Ideas and Exercises to Kickstart or Upgrade Your Songwriting Music Production: How to Produce Music, The Easy to...

This brief introduction to the life and work of Rudolf Laban describes how this work has been extended into the fields of movement therapy, communications, early childhood development, and other fields.Author: Eden DaviesISBN-10: 0415977282ISBN-13: 9780415977289Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2005Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.96h x 6.36w...

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater collects a critical mass of border-crossing scholarship on the intersections of dance and theatre. Taking corporeality as an idea that unites the work of dance and theater scholars and artists, and embodiment as a negotiation of power...

DISCO! Music, Image, Dance takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring disco's untold stories--sonic, visual, and kinetic--from its popular heyday to its many afterlives. The book attests to disco's irrepressibility in cultural practices from the 1970s to the 2020s, tracing its histories and instantiations as...

DISCO! Music, Image, Dance takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring disco's untold stories--sonic, visual, and kinetic--from its popular heyday to its many afterlives. The book attests to disco's irrepressibility in cultural practices from the 1970s to the 2020s, tracing its histories and instantiations as...

Ballet Beyond Tradition reconciles age-old conflicts to bring a new awareness to ballet teachers of the importance of a holistic training regimen that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies offers.Author: Anna PaskevskaISBN-10: 0415970180ISBN-13: 9780415970181Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/26/2004Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.98h...

The Hupa White Deerskin Dance is a book written by Walter R. Goldschmidt. The book is a detailed study of the White Deerskin Dance, a ritual ceremony performed by the Hupa people, who are native to Northwestern California. The author provides an in-depth analysis...

White Screens, Black Dance analyzes the film and television dances of male screen stars in the United States during the mid-twentieth century. Unpacking the complex physical and visual codes performed by four case studies--the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Elvis Presley, and Sammy Davis, Jr.--it...

John Larkin - a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist - overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most improbable debuts in pop music history by turning his greatest pain into his purpose. At 52, Larkin was a recovering alcoholic and...

“The English Country Dance, Graded Series, Volume 1” is a valuable resource for anyone interested in traditional English folk dance. Compiled and described by Cecil J. Sharp, a key figure in the early 20th-century folk revival, this volume provides detailed instructions and musical scores...

Discomania is a large format 450-page full-colour extravaganza of Disco, Punk & Cinema. Do you believe in Mirrorballs? Alan Jones always has and DISCOMANIA remains his only lifestyle choice, punctuating actions and emotions throughout his entire existence. Everything he has ever felt has been...

""Square Dances For Piano And Violin"" is a comprehensive guide to traditional square dance music and choreography. Written by Edward Durlacher, a renowned musician and dance caller, the book features sheet music for piano and violin arrangements of classic square dance tunes, as well...

The Routledge Companion to Choreomusicology: Dialogues in Music and Dance is a distinguished collection of essays by leading scholars presenting research that redefines and rethinks the question of what dance and music are, together and apart, and which promotes new ideas and voices in...

DJing isn't just about mixing tracks; it's a social process, an urban history, and a radical form of community learning in the heart of New York's club scene. DJing in New York offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how underground Electronic Dance Music DJs...

Delve into the vibrant world of Scottish dance with "The Highland Fling and How to Teach it," a detailed guide by Horatio N. Grant. This volume offers instruction in the intricate steps and movements of the Highland Fling, a dance steeped in tradition and...

This book captures the journey of a woman who made great strides healing her pain, while inspiring others with her story of resilience and transformation. Her passion of dance serves as a testament to the incredible potential of the human spirit to rise above...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Ha?ienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester's music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades,...

From 1964 until 1994, the University of Michigan Japanese Music Study Group performed annual concerts. The concerts included Edo matsuri bayashi festival music and occasional koto compositions, but the major genre was nagauta, a lyrical music originally written to accompany kabuki and classical dances....

(Hapaworld). Up to 80% of kids aren't involved with school music programs, but we know that most kids love music. How can we get these kids involved with learning the basics of music theory while implanting a lifelong passion for music making? That's the...

A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC.The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes account of how DJs, promoters, fans, and others transformed house music from a DIY project into an international sensation-dive into the glitzy...

Author: John Habron-JamesISBN-10: 1783277963ISBN-13: 9781783277964Publisher: Boydell PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2025Pages: 284Format: Hardcover

From massive raves sprouting around the London orbital at the turn of the 1990s to events operated under the control of corporate empires, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals have developed into cross-genre, multi-city, transnational mega-events. From free party teknivals proliferating across Europe since the...

Renowned as a city of entertainment, Naples was unequaled in eighteenth-century Italy for the diversity of its musical life. During the reigns of Carlo di Borbone and his heir Ferdinando IV, the sponsorship of feste di ballo, elaborate celebratory balls featuring social dance such...

Primitive Modernities invites us to reconsider the boundaries that usually separate popular culture from the culture of the elite. It focuses on the cultural network that enabled popular music--tango and samba--to transform into national and modern forms. The origin of tango and samba is...

Author: Mary FogartyISBN-10: 0197815014ISBN-13: 9780197815014Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2025Pages: 592Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.10lbsSize: 9.68h x 6.83w x 1.32d

Armed with speakers, turntables, light systems, and records, Filipino American mobile DJ crews, such as Ultimate Creations, Spintronix, and Images, Inc., rocked dance floors throughout the San Francisco Bay Area from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. In Legions of Boom noted music and...

The history of disco and its predecessors is often portrayed as one of glamour and excess. Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs expands this history, to encompass tatty but much-loved provincial dancehalls, mobile DJs with home-made light shows and rusty vans, one-hit-wonders on the chicken-in-a-basket circuit,...

Christian churches and groups within Anglo-American contexts have increasingly used popular music as a way to connect with young people. This book investigates the relationships between evangelical Christianity and popular music, focusing particularly on electronic dance music in the last twenty years. Author Stella...

The Art of Dancing Explain'd is an original work of text and engravings, first published by the author in London in 1735. While contemporary books of dance notations were intended mainly for masters, Kellom Tomlinson's treatise was aimed at a wider, however affluent, public....

The remarkable story of Swedish singer and songwriter--and two-time Eurovision winner--Loreen Loreen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Moroccan Berber parents, and rose to fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with her song "Euphoria." Following her Eurovision success, Loreen released her...

Freshly revised and chock-full of new, vibrant stories, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is the "lively and . . . necessary" (New York Times Book Review), and first and foremost definitive history of the musical outlaws who revolutionized the music industry: the...

Author: Zoe C. SherinianISBN-10: 0197791972ISBN-13: 9780197791974Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 480Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.68lbsSize: 9.28h x 6.10w x 1.24d

Night Clubs by James Francis Durante is a comprehensive guide to the world of nightclubs. The book offers an in-depth look at the history of nightclubs, from their origins in the early 20th century to the present day. It explores the evolution of nightclub...

Dance Music Manual - a comprehensive guidebook for novice and seasoned professionals alike - walks readers through the tools and techniques required to create original, captivating and professional-sounding electronic dance music.Key features of the Dance Music Manual include the following: Learn to navigate the...

Author: Ed GillettISBN-10: 1529070651ISBN-13: 9781529070651Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/09/2024Pages: 466Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.04d

Starring the Grammy award winning filmmaker, rock star, dj, radio broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father Don Letts, There And Black Again takes in many lives and places.It is written as scenes from a movie shot on location in London, Kingston, New York, Los...

"I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world," the ubiquitous refrain that dominated the airwaves in summer 1997. Aqua's single from their debut album Aquarium spread like wildfire, topping charts across the globe. With their erotically charged lyrics and dance beats, Aqua moved beyond...

Don Letts - filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father - has always defied conformity. A British-born son of Windrush parents, he seamlessly pivoted between London's punk and reggae scenes, earning his reputation as the 'Rebel Dread'.In There and Black Again, Don...

In early twentieth-century Europe, the watershed developments of pictorial abstraction, modern dance, and cinema coincided to shift the artistic landscape and the future of modern art. In Moving Modernism, Nell Andrew challenges assumptions about modernist abstraction and its appearance in the field of painting....

Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials,...

Gestural Imaginaries: Dance and Cultural Theory in the Early Twentieth Century offers a new interpretation of European modernist dance by addressing it as guiding medium in a vibrant field of gestural culture that ranged across art and philosophy. Taking further Cornelius Castoriadis's concept of...

Shakespeare's texts have a long and close relationship with many different types of dance, from dance forms referenced in the plays to adaptations across many genres today. With contributions from experienced and emerging scholars, this handbook provides a concise reference on dance as both...