Crisis and Celebrity in a South Italian Healing Hut. With its roots in one of the most well known and long-lasting healing rituals to be found in Europe, the tarantulas dance has now become a popular music and dance craze. The author asks whether this current popularity has anything to do with the historic ritual of tarantism and whether the notion of healing is still of any relevance.

School of Classical Dance is the official textbook of the Vaganova School and takes the reader from the basic concepts of the syllabus to the most complicated exercises taught at the end of the eight-year course.

This inquiry into dancers' health and injuries, concludes that the creation of a nationwide health and injury service is urgently needed and will only progress through the combined efforts of the dance profession, teachers, funding bodies and healthcare professionals.

Full title: 'The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theatre'.

Choreography, Collisions and Collaborations. A beautifully illustrated, full colour monograph on the work of Rosemary Butcher, who has influenced and inspired three generations of British choreographers.

A critical account of the Royal Ballet's first 75 years, tracing the company's growth and extraordinary cultural importance. It portrays the extraordinary personalities who created the Royal Ballet, from Ninette de Valois to founding music director Constant Lambert through to chief choreographers Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan.

A collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners and researchers. This work presents people in dance, what they do, their movement, their sound and the space in which they work - from the standpoint of performers, choreographers, audiences and teachers.

Aims to bridge the theoretical and practical aspects of the choreographic process. This work helps readers learn how to solve common choreography problems, design and shape movements into a dance and organise a concert.

Containing a book and 4 CDs, this illustrated book is about Tango, the resonance of passion and melancholy expressed in movement. When it was born, cultures mingled in Argentina and Uruguay and musical styles were mixed capturing the sounds, beats and sizzling encounters and inviting the listener to dance into the heart of South America.

Contains 35 professionally choreographed moves - illustrated and accompanied by fitness tips, style and fashion hints.

Features 120 original photos of the dancers, the performances, and the vision that shapes the company founded by Alvin Ailey.

Shows you how to use imaging techniques to improve posture and alignment and release excess tension. This book contains 195 illustrations that help you visualize the images and exercises and show you how to use them in a variety of contexts.

Bob Fosse (19271987), the director and choreographer of Chicago and Sweet Charity, has never been more popular than he is right now. Here is the less-publicized side of his story-his surprising ascent from the world of sleazy Chicago strip joints to the glitter of Broadway. A legend's memory is preserved in this eloquent biography.

A unique guide to todays most important dance-makers. Each entry includes a biographical section, a chronological list of works, a detailed bibliography and a critical essay, while the range of dance styles covered is usefully broad.

Examines the importance of dance in African culture and analyzes why and how African dance survived the Atlantic crossing and the traumatic experiences of the slave trade before finally taking root in the Caribbean - where plantation slaves learned, used, and adapted European dance forms.

Suitable for students taking dance and dance education courses. This book helps teachers know what to expect from children of different ages when teaching dance. It describes the main developmental aspects of teaching dance, addressing the intellectual, physical, artistic, social and emotional aspects.

An introduction to research methods in dance, aimed primarily at graduate students.

Teaching ballet lovers and newcomers to the art to watch and appreciate the ballet, this book offers an analysis of 16 important and popular ballets, classical and modern. It covers ballet basics, as well as history, the dancers, and technique, including descriptions and names of all those amazing positions.

Provides information for dance teachers and students, as well as a reference for dance professionals. This book uses an investigative approach to the history of dance and its appreciation as an art form. It presents a chronological study since the origins that examines dancers and dance performance within a historical, social and cultural context.