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1) Ballet
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As one of the most demanding and formal and genres of the dance, ballet has enthralled audiences with its grace, precision, and remarkable feats of dexterity. Its early roots can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when court dances were performed for Italian and French royalty. After spreading throughout Europe, ballet flourished in nineteenth-century Russia, the home of some of the world's greatest dancers and choreographers. Once these dancers...
2) Modern dance
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The updated World of Dance set explores various genres of dance, including forms indigenous to particular regions and cultures as well as more popular, contemporary styles. Each book gives readers an in-depth historical overview and cultural context for the development of various dances as well as technical insight into each dance's movements and background about the people who developed and popularized the moves.
5) Asian dance
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This is the updated World of Dance set. The reader explores various genres of dance, including forms indigenous to particular regions and cultures as well as more popular, contemporary styles. The reader will get an in-depth historical overview and cultural context for the development of various dances as well as technical insight into each dance's movements and background about the people who developed and popularized the moves.
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When Thandi ropes Howard into her dance class, he thinks he may have taken on more than he can handle. Introducing several dancers of different disciplines: Mr Trotter the Tap-dancer, Mr Potentsky, the gym teacher who does Ballet, LadyJay the Hip-Hop teacher, and reintroducing Miss Trill as the Ballroom dancing teacher.
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Find out what skills are needed, what's in a day's work, and where choreography can take you. You'll also learn about the history of dance and about dances performed around the world. From learning how to express yourself through music and dance to keeping your body healthy, choreography can help you dance your way to the top.
16) Dance
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Surveys all forms of dance throughout the world, discussing its cultural and social significance, its costume, its history, and noted dancers and choreographers.
17) Center stage
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The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful.
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As the oldest daughter, Ada bears the weight and expectations of her entire family. So when she begins college at a Historically Black College, it's the first time in Ada's life that she is allowed to make her own choices. There, she starts to explore the world of dance and her sexuality. She must come to terms with the destiny that has been laid out for her and the one she wants to have.
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"Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one woman-and a nation-struggling to be reborn from the ashes. July 3. 1932. Shivering and in shock, Evie Grace Devlin watches the Starlite Palace burn into the sea and wonders how she became a person who would cause a man to kill himself. She'd come to Galveston to escape a dark past in vaudeville and become a good person, a nurse. When that dream is...
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In 1908 a baby boy was born in Culiacan, Mexico, kicking like a roped steer. BAM! BAM! BAM! His name was Jose Limon. Though he and his family fled civil war in their homeland by escaping to the United States when Jose was just seven years old, he would never forget the sounds and movements of his birthplace. Then Jose followed his heart to New York City. He fell in love with the shimmering city that towered above him: marble, stone, brick, and steel....