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1. Bodily Expression in Electronic Music: Perspectives on a Reclaimed Performativity

   Edited by Deniz Peters, Gerhard Eckel, Andreas Dorschel

   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...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-89080-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Beyond Words: Movement Observation and Analysis, 2nd Edition

   By Carol-Lynne Moore, Kaoru Yamamoto

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-61002-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. 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...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-61555-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Fifty Contemporary Choreographers, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Martha Bremser, Lorna Sanders

   A unique and authoritative guide to the lives and work of prominent living contemporary choreographers, this fully updated new edition includes many new names in the field of choreography, alongside those considered masters of the modern age. Representing a wide range of dance genres, each entry...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-38082-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Laban Sourcebook

   Edited by Dick McCaw

   Rudolf Laban is to dance what Stanislavski is to acting. He has been described as the most important movement theorist of the twentieth century, and probably the most important theorist in dance studies to date. His influence is evident in the work of many great dancers and choreographers,...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-54332-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Choreographing Empathy: Kinesthesia in Performance

   By Susan Foster

   "This is a urgently needed book – as the question of choreographing behavior enters into realms outside of the aesthetic domains of theatrical dance, Susan Foster writes a thoroughly compelling argument" - André Lepecki, New York University "May well prove to be one of Susan Foster’s most...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59656-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   A Choreographer's Handbook

   By Jonathan Burrows

   On choreography: "Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking" On rules: "Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis" A Choreographer’s Handbook invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance. In an inspiring and unusually...

   May 2010 | 978-0-415-55530-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   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...

   April 2010 | 978-1-84872-024-4 | Hardback (Psychology Press)
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   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...

   February 2010 | 978-0-415-56553-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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    Invisible Connections: Dance, Choreography and Internet Communities

    By Sita Popat

    The first and only book to focus on dance on the Internet, Sita Popat’s fascinating Invisible Connections examines how Internet and communication technologies offer dance and theatre new platforms for creating and performing work, and how opportunities for remote interaction and collaboration are...

    February 2010 | 978-0-415-57632-1 | Paperback (Routledge)