Dance Miniatures

Dance Miniatures
Author: Margaret Goldston
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 20
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457444043

This solo piano collection contains seven little dances in various styles for elementary students. Each piece uses one five-finger position with occasional shifts out of position. Students in the first or second level of their piano method can use this collection for that special recital solo or for supplementary sight reading.

The Performing Arts

The Performing Arts
Author: John Blacking
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1979
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9789027978707

Non-Aboriginal material.

The Virtuosic Performer, Book 1

The Virtuosic Performer, Book 1
Author: Margaret Goldston
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 28
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457410260

This series was written for piano students who enjoy showing off their talent at recitals, competitions and festivals. The technical patterns in the pieces help develop strength and dexterity in the fingers, as well as evenness and clarity of tone. Book 1 features spirited and exotic works that adventurous late elementary and early intermediate pianists will find most satisfying. These pieces are also a great way to encouraged students who are a bit more reserved to reach for more emotive performances.

The Dance

The Dance
Author: Joan Cass
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2004-12-20
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786422319

In dance, the choreographer creates, the dancer performs and the viewer observes. This work is a handbook for the viewer. By presenting historical and artistic perspectives of dance, dance events are made more approachable and appreciation for the art form is heightened. The choreographic components of body language, content, structure, music, design and interpretation are included. Also discussed is the development of critical reaction over time. Examples are drawn from Western theatrical dance and worldwide cultural variations. Terms are explained throughout the text, and an extensive bibliography gives sources in print and on tape for further study. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Simply Jazzy, Book 1

Simply Jazzy, Book 1
Author: Margaret Goldston
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 28
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457413520

These sparkling jazzy solos will be a hit with students and their audiences, in a small group of friends around the piano or a special recital! Students will be eager to practice the jazz harmonies and syncopated rhythms.

Dance a While

Dance a While
Author: Anne M. Pittman
Publisher: Waveland Press
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2015-04-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1478629517

The Tenth Edition of Dance a While continues the 65-year legacy of a textbook that has proven to be the standard of all recreational dance resources. The authors have poured decades of experience and knowledge onto its pages, providing a wealth of direction on American, square, contra, international, and social dance. Each chapter is packed with expertly written instruction, coupled with clear and detailed diagrams and informative history, to provide students with well-rounded training on over 260 individual dances. The book also contains a music CD to allow for convenience when practicing outside of the classroom, helping to make it an invaluable resource for students of dance at all levels.

Dance Figures Index

Dance Figures Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1990
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

"The Dance Figures Index: American Country Dances, 1790-1810 is a guide to the basic figures in all American printed and manuscript longways country dances in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century sources. It is drawn from a computer data base of information which was gathered from 82 sources, 53 printed and 29 in manuscript."--Introduction

African Dance

African Dance
Author: Kariamu Welsh-Asante
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1996
Genre: Dance
ISBN: 9780865431973

A collection of essays by distinguished writers, critics and artists which addresses the discipline of African dance both on the continent and in the wider Diaspora. Includes a contribution from the distinguished Jamaican choreographer Sir Rex Nettleford.