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Judith Newman
You have been trained to dance, but have you been trained to teach? Where do you start? What do you do in each class, and how do you progress, and how fast? Judith Newman answers these questions and many more with clarity and simplicity so that the beginning ballet teacher can enter the studio with knowledge and confidence – and a plan.
This “how to” book is written from the author’s 30-plus years of teaching ballet (beginning with trial and error) so that teachers today will have a better experience when facing their first class of seven-year-olds. “I didn’t have a clue,” she says. But you will.
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by Geraldine Morris
This is a ground-breaking study of style in six ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton: A Wedding Bouquet, Iluminations, Birthday Offering, Jazz Calendar, Daphnis and Chloe, and A Month in the Country. Her examination of Ashton's role, together with that of the dancers, designers, writers and musicians, is both innovative and thought-provoking.
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Edited by Richard Cave and Libby Worth
This tribute to the iron lady of British ballet, Ninette de Valois (1898-2001), a collection of essays, photographs, and a DVD, is not entirely complimentary. “Madam,” as she was called by colleagues, founded the Royal Ballet and is remembered by the current director, Monica Mason: “I trembled at the sight of her. I always hoped I wouldn’t see her very often, because she just scared me so much.”
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By Marc Raymond Strauss
With Myron Howard Nadel
A decade-by-decade approach to the 20th and 21st centuries, covering more than 110 choreographers, companies, institutions, and dancers from both modern dance and ballet, and over 220 search addresses. Ideal for use in smart classrooms where, with the pressing of a few keys, teachers can present clips of dances from the Internet to illustrate the text and supplement their lectures. A videography for each chapter provides information for viewing complete works and documentaries.
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Publication date June, 2012 |
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Just Published
The Pointe Book
Third Edition
Janice Barringer and Sarah Schlesinger
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Praise For
 Joshua Legg
“Well researched. Useful for students in understanding roots/influences of contemporary dance.”
Nada Diachenko, Co-Director,
Department of Theatre and Dance,
University of Colorado, Boulder
"Informative, especially for beginning students."
Nina Martin, Assistant Professor,
Texas Christian University
"Much needed concepts in one volume for next generation teachers."
Susan Kirchner, Chairperson, Dance Department,
Towson University
"I believe every public school dance teacher
should have a copy in her classroom."
Pamela Sofras, Chair, Department of Dance,
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Bringing together all of the major modern dance techniques, this engaging account is the first of its kind. The discussion starts with the contributions of the pre-moderns, Delsarte, Dalcroze, Duncan, and Denishawn, and concludes with training in the present era. It provides a comparative approach that will enable students to try each technique with sample lessons and to contrast the different philosophies. The author pairs Martha Graham with Doris Humphrey, Katherine Dunham with Lester Horton, José Limón with Erick Hawkins, Alwin Nikolais/Murray Louis with Merce Cunningham. Paul Taylor has his own chapter, leading to the book’s conclusion on how modern dance training is currently approached.
60-examination copies available for course consideration.
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New Book April 2012
La Sylphide
Paris 1832 and Beyond
Edited by Marian Smith
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New DVDs
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German Lineage
in Modern Dance |
Sensuality and Nationalism
in Romantic Ballet |
Béjart!
Did You Say Béjart? |
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Ballet
Favorites |
Peter and
the Wolf |
Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland |
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Three New Titles from
Dance Books Ltd., London
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The Philosophical
Aesthetics of Dance
Identity, Performance
and Understanding
Graham McFee |
Choreutics
Rudolf Laban
Annotated and Edited
by Lisa Ullmann |
My Years
with Cyril Beaumont
Isabelle Stoughton |
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Teressa Asencia
“A rich resource for educators to introduce Yoga into the learning environment..."
Theresa Purcell Cone, PhD, dance and physical education specialist
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Dance Horizons Selection of
Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, and Break Dance DVDs
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Four full-length routines for beginner through advanced levels. There are a variety of styles including Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, Jazz, and Broadway. Each dance is performed to music, followed by step-by-step breakdowns shown from the back.
DVD 75 min.
VRB458 $44.95
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Three full length street jazz routines for advanced beginner through advanced levels. Derek and his dancers teach you each dance step-by-step, slowly and clearly from the back.
DVD 60 min.
VRB486 $44.95
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Three swing-inspired tap dances for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels that will have you gliding across the floor.
DVD 75 min.
VRB491 $44.95
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 Choreographer Albert Cattafi introduces you to his energetic style of Contemporary Jazz as he guides you through “across the floor” combinations, floor work, improvisational skills, and two routines for intermediate and advanced levels. Throughout Al emphasizes musicality, level changes, and dynamics.
DVD 60 min.
VRB416$44.95 |
 Albert takes you step-by-step through a variety of show-stopping turns and jumps in the Contemporary style. From basic through advanced moves seen in today’s hottest music videos and TV realty shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, Albert will give you the style, skills and confidence to master these steps. Every combination has a version for different levels, with an easy-to-follow breakdown for every step. For intermediate and advanced levels.
DVD 60 min.
VRB417 $44.95 |
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Albert Cattafi, a Mr. Dance of America, trained at the Joffrey Ballet School. He assisted and danced for Emmy award-winning choreographer Mia Michaels, toured the US and
Europe in A Few Good Men…Dancin’, and danced in Rasta Thomas’s Bad Boys of Dance. |
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An introduction to Hip Hop for children that begins with a warm up and a basic chapter, then progresses with each section getting a little harder and more challenging. Includes music CD with the dance song called The Hip Hop Bounce.
DVD 30 min.
VWM269D $16.95 |
 School House Hop
Hip Hop Dance for
Beginners Ages 5-14
With Roger G
An easy-to-follow Hip Hop workout introducing such moves as Chicken Noodle Soup, The Snap, and Walk it Out.
DVD 45 min.
VWM288D $19.95 |
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How to Break Dance
with Mike Garcia, also known as Breaker
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Garcia breaks the moves down in an intelligent and concise manner. Moves covered include windmill, handspin, uprock, sixstep, glide, popping, single and double leg swipes. Breaking footage also included.
DVD 34 min.
VWM270 $19.95 |
Every move is broken down step-by-step for easy learning. Includes Headspin, Flare, Backspin, Coindrop, Robot, Turtles, and Freezes.
DVD 30 min.
VWM271D $19.95 |
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Every move is broken down step-by-step for easy learning. Includes Wave Breakdown, Strobe Walk, Centipede, Moon Walk, Locking, Body Shake, The Wall, The Ball.
DVD 40 min.
VWM272D $19.95 |
Every move is broken down step-by-step for easy learning. Includes Air Flares, Hollow Back, Brooklyn Toprock, Puppet, Boomerang, Flip, Halos, Breakers, No-handed Windmills, Munchmills.
DVD 40 min.
VWM273D $19.95 |
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With a nearly 100% chance of sustaining injury in
a lifetime of dance, this book shows how
dancers can keep on dancing.
Dance Medicine: Head to Toe
A Dancer’s Guide to Health
by Judith R. Peterson, M.D.
click here or on cover for more information
Back in Print
4th Edition
by Rudolf Laban
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Now Available
Ninette de Valois and
Wiliam Butler Yeats
by Richard Allen Cave |
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New on DVD
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Great Stars of Russian Ballet |
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Natalia Makarova,
Choreographer,
after Marius Petipa |
George Balanchine, Choreographer,
with Alessandra Ferri |
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Night, Fire Dance, and Lily
66 minutes, 2010
VMN001 $39.95 |
Bolshoi Ballet with
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev
Alexei Ratmansky, Choreographer
124 minutes 2010
VNX052D $39.95 |
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Le Parc, Angelin Preljocaj, Choreographer
Signes, Carolyn Carlson, Choreographer
Proust, ou Les intermettences du coeur
Roland Petit, Choreographer
317 minutes total, first DVD release 2011
VNX107D $39.95 for the set
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Catherine Turocy
New York Baroque Dance Company
48 minutes, 2011
VDP596D $39.95 |
Tap Legends 1930-1948
45 minutes, 2011
VDP594D $49.95 |
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Elite Syncopations (1974)
Music: Scott Joplin and others
The Judas Tree (1992)
Music: Brian Elias
Concerto (1966)
Music: Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2
Featuring Artists of the
Royal Ballet with the
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
On DVD and Blu-ray
114 min., 2010
DVD VNX160D $30.00
Blu-ray VNX160BR $40 |
Performed by
the Nederlands Dans Theater
Choreography by Jirí Kylián
Music composed for
traditional Japanese instruments
by Maki Ishii
69 min., 2010
VKU176 $30.00
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Back in Print
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Hilary S. Carty
98 pages, paperbound
ISBN 978-1-85273-007-9,
Originally published in 1988
republished 2010
DBL00512 $19.95 |
A Choreological Perspective
Laban and Beyond
Valerie Preston-Dunlap
and Ana Sanchez-Colberg
320 pages, paperbound, 69 illustrations
ISBN 978-1-85273-142-7, 2010
DBL00308 $49.95
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Now available from Dance Horizons
What a Beautiful documentary!
...done with admiration, adoration,good taste and love... a remarkable service to dance and the history of modern dance.
- Robert Lindgren
Founding Dean, North Carolina School of the Arts
Past President, School of American Ballet
The Choreography, Teachings
and Legacy of Doris Humphrey
Narrated by Doris Humphrey,
Lindsay Crouse, and Ina Hahn
Written and directed by Ina Hahn
Featuring rare archival footage of Doris Humphrey
and the Humphrey-Weidman Company
Click for more information
80 min., color and b&w, 2010
VWH002 $29.95
Click here for other Doris Humphrey DVDs and books
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A New Edition for Dance Appreciation Courses |
 Appreciating Dance, 4th Edition, is a concise, thorough, and accurate history and current picture of all forms of dance. It gives a brief biography of many of the notable dancers and choreographers who have contributed to each form of dance, and provides, in a nutshell, the information needed to expand the enjoyment of performance. It also details the development of dance from its earliest beginnings, and covers the intersection of dance and religion, social dance, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, film and theatrical dance, and contemporary dance. This edition has been revised throughout and includes a new last chapter “Dance in the New Millennium.” Adding to its usefulness are lists of Social Dances of Europe and America, Basic Ballet Terminology, Hollywood Movie Musicals, and Dance Organizations, as well as Suggested Readings and Filmographies.
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Frederick Ashton's Ballets 
Ninette de Valois 
Volume 4
