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Books: Black dance
African-American concert dance, the Harlem renaissance and beyond. Author: Perpener III, John O Published: 2001 Biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s to... [full description] | Paperback [1793-PB] £ 12.95 Add to order |
African-American traditions in song, sermon, tale, and dance, 1600s - 1920. An annotated bibliography of literature, collections, and artworks. Author: Southern, Eileen & Josephine Wright Published: 1990 | Hardback [1651-HB] £ 65.00 Add to order |
 Black dance from 1619 to today.
Author: Emery, Lynne Fauley Published: 1972, 1988 The history of black dance in America, from the Carribean, through southern plantations, the north, minstrelsy, to the... [full description] | Paperback [2060-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
 Caribbean dance from Abakua to Zouk; how movement shapes identity.
Author: Sloat, Susanna Published: 2002 An overview of the dances from each of this region's major islands and the complex, fused, and layered cultures that... [full description] | Hardback [0339-HB] £ 34.50 Add to order |
 Choreographies of African identities: negritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal.
Author: Castaldi, Francesca Published: 2006 Structured as a polyrhythmic ensemble, the narrative in Choreographies of African identities 'sounds' three... [full description] | Paperback [5234-PB] £ 16.95 Add to order |
 Dancing many drums: excavations in African American dance.
Author: DeFrantz, Thomas F Published: 2001 Few will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture.... [full description] | Hardback [0694-HB] £ 48.00 Add to order |
 Dancing the black question: the Phoenix Dance Company phenomenon.
Author: Adair, Christy Published: 2007 In this dynamic cultural history of the internationally acclaimed Phoenix Dance Company, Christy Adair considers the... [full description] | Paperback [5165-PB] £ 20.00 Add to order |
Island possessed. Author: Dunham, Katherine Published: 1969, 1994 The story of the island of Haiti, seen through the eyes of the American black dancer and anthropologist Katherine... [full description] | Paperback [2012-PB] £ 17.00 Add to order |
 Josephine Baker in art and life, the icon and the image.
Author: Jules-Rosette, Bennetta Published: 2007 Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) was a dancer, singer, actress, author, politician, militant, and philanthropist, whose... [full description] | Paperback [5236-PB] £ 13.99 Add to order |
 Kaiso! Writings by and about Katherine Dunham.
Author: Clark, Ve Ve A & Sara E Johnson Published: 2005 'Kaiso', a term of praise that is the calypso equivalent of 'bravo', is a fitting title for this definitive and... [full description] | Paperback [4662-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order |
 Katherine Dunham, dancing a life.
Author: Aschenbrenner, Joyce Published: 2002 Founder of the first self-supporting African-American dance company, Katherine Dunham relied on her fieldwork as an... [full description] | Hardback [0303-HB] £ 24.00 Add to order |
Language, rhythm, and sound, black popular cultures into the twenty-first century. Author: Adjaye, Joseph K. & Adrianne Andrews Published: 1997 A fusion of empirical research with methodological discourse. | Paperback [0645-PB] £ 18.95 Add to order |
 Modern dance, Negro dance.
Author: Manning, Susan A. Published: 2004 Modern dance, Negro dance is the first book to bring together two vibrant strains of American dance. Susan... [full description] | Hardback [3989-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order |
 Mr. Bojangles, the autobiography of Bill Robinson.
Author: Haskins, Jim & N R Mitgang Published: 1988, 2000 More than fifty years after his death, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson is still the most famous black tap dancer who ever... [full description] | Hardback [1415-HB] £ 17.95 Add to order |
 Soulstepping, African American step shows.
Author: Fine, Elizabeth C Published: 2003 Stepping is a complex performance that melds folk traditions with popular culture and involves synchronised percussive... [full description] | Hardback [1331-HB] £ 16.95 Add to order |
A touch of innocence. Author: Dunham, Katherine Published: 1994 The first eighteen years of the black American dancer's life. She writes vividly about what it is like to be a special,... [full description] | Paperback [2014-PB] £ 10.95 Add to order |
 Waltzing in the dark: African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era.
Author: Gottschild, Brenda Dixon Published: 2000 This unique study focuses on the social, racial, and artistic climate for African American performers working from the... [full description] | Paperback [2248-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order |
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