Titres dans Danse

In the early days of swing dancing, Frankie Manning stood out for his moves and innovative routines; he introduced the air step in the Lindy hop, a dance that took the US and then the world by storm. In this fascinating autobiography, choreographer and Tony Award winner (Black and Blue) Manning recalls how his first years of dancing as a teenager at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom led to his becoming chief choreographer and a lead dancer for Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.

Als Freda McDonald 1906 in einem Armenviertel in Saint Louis zur Welt kommt, deutet nichts darauf hin, dass sie als Josephine Baker als erster afroamerikanischer Superstar die Welt erobern wird. Die Chancen stehen denkbar schlecht, für die uneheliche Tochter einer Wäscherin, die Gesetze der Rassentrennung ins Gegenteil zu verkehren, doch Josephine Baker hält sich an keine Regeln, sie macht ihre eigenen.

"Larry Fuller’s career has spanned some of the most influential and transformative moments in musical theater history." - Stage and Cinema Dancing Through Life is an intimate, electrifying memoir that pulls back the curtain on Broadway’s most dazzling decades—told by a man who didn’t...

World War II is over, and a family mourning a son missing in action plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. When a storm blows down the tree, a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth.

Inspirado na obra Cartas a um jovem poeta, de Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Maurice Béjart estabelece, em Cartas a um jovem bailarino, um diálogo epistolar com um aspirante à dança e o orienta não apenas sobre a técnica, mas sobre a formação do espírito e da sensibilidade. Para ele, a arte nasce do encontro entre a experiência e a busca incessante por algo maior. Cada gesto, cada movimento, cada ideia tem raízes naquilo que o artista viveu, sentiu e compreendeu do mundo.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now. “This is the kind of history I wish...

London, 1936. Inside the spectacular Grand Ballroom of the exclusive Buckingham Hotel the rich and powerful, politicians, film stars, even royalty, rub shoulders with Raymond de Guise and his troupe of talented dancers from all around the world, who must enchant them, captivate them, and sweep...

In this unique audiobook, which became the most translated tango book in the world, Dimitris takes you on a journey of exploring connection, awareness, and meaning in tango.

The celebrated ballerina and role model, Misty Copeland, shares the secrets of how to reshape your body and achieve a lean, strong physique and glowing health. Misty Copeland believes "There has been a shift in recent years in which women no longer desire the bare bones of a runway model...

Ajakirjanik, kirjanik, koreograaf ja tantsukriitik Reet Kudu meenutab oma elulooraamatus meie tantsuelu stagnaajal, kuid puudutan ka paljusid uusi tabuteemasid, sest tal on olnud suur rõõm elada läbi justkui mitu elu—mitte üksnes kirjaniku, vaid ka koreograafi oma.

Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century—the New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." His radical approach to choreography—and life—reinvented the art of ballet and made him a legend. Written with enormous style and artistry, and based on more than one hundred interviews and research in archives across Russia, Europe, and the Americas, Mr. B carries us through Balanchine's tumultuous and high-pitched life story and into the making of his extraordinary dances.

From its modest beginnings in the 1960s in a Harlem church basement, to its meteoric rise to international fame, the Dance Theatre of Harlem ignited the world with one simple, still-revolutionary statement: All can do ballet. Into the 21st century, as the world, and the country, continue their historical struggles and triumphs, the story of this haven for dancers of all colors and backgrounds resonates more than ever. Here is the definitive portrait of the one-of-a-kind dance company that reflected—and shaped—our times, and whose enduring principle continues to inspire the future.

An empowerment manifesto for creatives, misfits, innovators, and disruptors from the star of So You Think You Can Dance and creator of Broadway's Finding Neverland A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys offers a playbook for living a creative and authentic life. Using her own story as a launching spot...

Greta Gleissner, a longtime professional dancer, dreamed her whole life of becoming a Rockette. Then she became one and she fell into the grips of a powerful eating disorder that began poison her life from the inside out. Something Spectacular is Gleissner's raw, personal chronicle of the devastating effects bulimia exacts upon her life during her time as a Rockette. As her disorder takes over, she begins to lead a dual life: happy-go-lucky on the outside; tortured by obsessive, self-destructive voices on the inside

The founder of the Dance Psychology Lab, Dr. Peter Lovatt, reveals the surprising cognitive and emotional benefits of dancing and prescriptive ways to dance yourself happy. Dancing isn’t just good exercise. Surrendering yourself to the beat can have a far-reaching impact on all areas of your...

Writing in 1829, a Russian critic referred to the art of ballet as an "impossible project"--impossible because it strives "to give an expressive language to body movements," while completely avoiding spoken dialogue. This impossibility generated an anxiety that, no less than the balletic...

Lasse Kühler blev Sveriges första showdansare. Hans talang och humor gav honom oplanerat ett heltidsjobb medan dans ännu inte accepterats som ett yrke. Efter en beundransvärd artistkarriär startade han en dansskola som skulle förändra svensk danskultur. Helhjärtat stöttade han barn och...

Dance Nerves? Stage Pressure? Stop Letting Your Fear Control You and Step Into the Performer God Meant You to Be. Your heart races. Your stomach twists. Every footstep feels heavier than the last. The stage is set. The music is seconds away, and already you feel the fear building up. You've done the work. You know your choreography. You've practiced until it felt automatic.

The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with all the context you need to fully immerse yourself in the Swiftiverse. From her humble beginnings as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no...

'Swan Dive is to ballet what Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential was to restaurants, a chance to go behind the serene front of house to the sweaty, foul-mouthed, psychofrenzy backstage.' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the...