The Art of Terpsichore

The Art of Terpsichore
Author: Luigi Albertieri
Publisher: New York : G. Ricordi & Company, Incorporated
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1923
Genre: Ballet
ISBN:

Balkan Fascination

Balkan Fascination
Author: Mirjana Laušević
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2015-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0190269421

In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.

A Two-Colored Brocade

A Two-Colored Brocade
Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2004-12
Genre: Persian poetry
ISBN: 9780807856208

Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry

Shapes of American Ballet

Shapes of American Ballet
Author: Jessica Zeller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2016
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0190296690

Shapes of American Ballet introduces several lesser-known European and Russian ballet teachers who worked in New York City before Balanchine. Taking into account the effects of America's economic system and the early twentieth century popular stage, this book looks anew at American ballet as derived from multiple influences and lineages.

Books in Series

Books in Series
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1404
Release: 1985
Genre: Monographic series
ISBN:

Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.

Waltzing in the Dark

Waltzing in the Dark
Author: NA NA
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0312299680

The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American vaudeville, black and white America during the swing era, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights era racial etiquette.

A Neotropical Companion

A Neotropical Companion
Author: John C. Kricher
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 506
Release: 1997
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780691009742

Widely praised, "A Neotropical Companion" is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. 177 color illustrations.