From Ballroom to DanceSport
Title | From Ballroom to DanceSport PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Joan Picart |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780791466308 |
An insider explores the transformation of ballroom dance into an Olympic sport.
Ballroom Dancing
Title | Ballroom Dancing PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Moore |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0878301534 |
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing
Title | The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Montgomery Stephenson |
Publisher | Main Street Books |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 9780385424165 |
A guide to general dancing skills accompanies sequential photographs and foot-pattern diagrams illustrating the fundamentals of the fox-trot, waltz, cha-cha, tango, polka, and other popular ballroom dances.
From Ballroom to DanceSport
Title | From Ballroom to DanceSport PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Joan S. Picart |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0791482413 |
Drawing on recent media portrayals and her own experience, author and dancer Caroline Joan S. Picart explores ballroom dancing and its more "sporty" equivalent, DanceSport, suggesting that they are reflective of larger social, political, and cultural tensions. The past several years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of ballroom dance as well as an increasing international anxiety over how and whether to transform ballroom into an Olympic sport. Writing as a participant-critic, Picart suggests that both are crucial sites where bodies are packaged as racialized, sexualized, nationalized, and classed objects. In addition, Picart argues, as the choreography, costuming, and genre of ballroom and DanceSport continue to evolve, these theatrical productions are aestheticized and constructed to encourage commercial appeal, using the narrative frame of the competitive melodrama to heighten audience interest.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Allen |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780028643458 |
Describes the history of ballroom dancing; presents photo-illustrated instructions for the waltz, foxtrot, tango, Viennese waltz, rumba, merengue, samba, cha-cha, mambo, East Coast swing, and hustle; discusses such topics as timing, rhythm, practice, and expectations; and includes an eleven-track audio CD.
Let's Dance
Title | Let's Dance PDF eBook |
Author | Cal Pozo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
Cal Pozo presents an easy-to-follow, fun to watch book and DVD combination that gives the reader multiple angles and methods from which to learn. Weddings and parties will have you moving and grooving, turning and twirling, and hopping and bobbing with the best.
Glamour Addiction
Title | Glamour Addiction PDF eBook |
Author | Juliet McMains |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2006-11-17 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0819567744 |
Behind the scenes of DanceSport.