Dance & Other Performing Arts

This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health, queer...

Costumes are an integral part of any performance, adding believability, conveying setting, or establishing the tone, a fact that is no less true wh...

Since its emergence in the 1960s, salsa has transformed from a symbol of Nuyorican pride into an emblem of pan-Latinism and finally a form of globa...

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-rangingperspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluati...

First published in 2005. The Victorian and Edwardian music hall ballet has been a neglected facet of dance historiography, falling prey principally...

Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within c...

Indian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities explores what happens when a national-cultural production is reproduced o...

Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within c...

Movements of Interweaving is a rich collection of essays exploring the concept of interweaving performance cultures in the realms of movement, danc...

This book explores Salome's quintessential veiled dance through readings of fictional and poetic texts, dramatic productions, dance performances an...

A biography that unveils the iconic life, innovative choreography, and enduring legacy of Astad Deboo, a pioneer of Indian modern dance.   Astad De...

A biography that unveils the iconic life, innovative choreography, and enduring legacy of Astad Deboo, a pioneer of Indian modern dance.   Astad De...

Dress as though your life depends on it, or dont bother.(Leigh Bowery, 1985)Outlaws dives into the anarchic energy of Londons 1980s club scene, cel...

Giant: 'This exciting book gives people behind-the-scenes secrets to all the nail-biting drama and thrilling action from the series.' Fir...

This accessible book explores the nature and importance of kinaesthesia, considering how action, agency and movement intertwine and are fundamental...

This book expands the understanding of conditions defining the creation and circulation of contemporary dance that differ across Europe. It focuses...

Dancing Mind, Minding Dance encompasses a collection of pivotal texts published by scholar and researcher Doug Risner, whose work over the past thr...

The face contributes a vital, yet often overlooked, component of dance performance. Facial Choreographies: Performing the Face in Popular Dance exa...

Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experimentsunique interdisciplinar...

Legendary British comic actor John Inman broke down many boundaries by playing the camp Mr Humphries in the long-running sitcom Are You Being Serve...