Dance Books

New and Published Books

1. The World of Physical Culture in Sport and Exercise

   Visual Methods for Qualitative Research

   Edited by Cassandra Phoenix, Brett Smith

   Within qualitative research in the social sciences, the last decade has witnessed a growing interest in the use of visual methods. Visual Methods in Physical Culture is the first book in the field of sport and exercise sciences dedicated to harnessing the potential of using visual methods within...

   Published October 27th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Neurocognition of Dance

   Mind, Movement and Motor Skills

   Edited by Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke, Thomas Schack

   Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences. This book discusses the wide range of interrelations between body...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
3. The Pina Bausch Sourcebook

   The Making of Tanztheater

   Edited by Royd Climenhaga

   Pina Bausch’s work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material and contextual essays that examine Pina...

   Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge
4. Understanding Disability Studies and Performance Studies

   Edited by Bruce Henderson, Noam Ostrander

   This collection brings together scholarship and creative writing that brings together two of the most innovative fields to emerge from critical and cultural studies in the past few decades: Disability studies and performance studies. It draws on writings about such media as live performance...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
5. Mixed Methods Research in the Movement Sciences

   Case Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Dance

   Edited by Oleguer Camerino, Marta Castaner, Teresa Anguera

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

   Mixed methods research techniques, combining both quantitative and qualitative elements, have become well established throughout the social, behavioural and natural sciences. This is the first book to focus on the application of mixed methods research in the movement sciences, specifically in sport...

   Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
6. Bodily Expression in Electronic Music

   Perspectives on Reclaiming Performativity

   Edited by Deniz Peters, Gerhard Eckel, Andreas Dorschel

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   In this book, scholars and artists explore the relation between electronic music and bodily expression from perspectives including aesthetics, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, dance and interactive performance arts, sociology, computer music and sonic arts, and music theory, transgressing...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
7. Dancing in the Vortex

   The Story of Ida Rubinstein

   By Vicki Woolf

   Series: Choreography and Dance Studies Series

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
8. Dance Studies: The Basics

   By Jo Butterworth

   Series: The Basics

   Dance Studies: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of dance ranging from the practical aspects such as technique and choreography to more theoretical considerations such as aesthetic appreciation and the place of dance in different cultures. This book answers questions such as:...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
9. Beyond Words

   Movement Observation and Analysis, 2nd Edition

   By Carol-Lynne Moore, Kaoru Yamamoto

   Beyond Words presents a range of illuminating approaches to examining every day social interactions, to help the reader understand human movement in new ways. Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto build on the principles that they expertly explored in the first edition of the book, maintaining a...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Laban Sourcebook

    Edited by Dick McCaw

    Rudolf Laban (1879 – 1958) was a pioneer in dance and movement, who found an extraordinary range of application for his ideas; from industry to drama, education and therapy. Laban believed that you can understand about human beings by observing how they move, and devised two complimentary methods...

    Published June 28th 2011 by Routledge