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Books: Ethnic dance - Asian



Cover imageBali: the imaginary museum.

Author: Hitchcock, Michael

Published:

A collection of hitherto unpublished photographs of Walter Spies and Beryl de Zoete, dealing with rural life in Bali... [full description]

Hardback [2869-HB] £ 40.00 Add to order


Balinese dance in transition.

Author: Bandem, I Made & Fredrik Eugene deBoer

Published: 1995

A history, description, classification, and analysis of the many genres of Balinese dance, from the most sacred to... [full description]

Hardback [1614-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order


The classic Noh theatre of Japan.

Author: Pound, Ezra & Ernest Fenollosa

Published: 1959

The Noh plays of Japan have been compared to the greatest of Greek tragedies for their evocative, powerful poetry and... [full description]

Paperback [0798-PB] £ 8.95 Add to order


Classical dance and theatre in South-East Asia.

Author: Miettinen, Juka

Published: 1993

Hardback [0425-HB] £ 40.00 Add to order


Cover imageDance and drama in Bali.

Author: Spies, Walter & Beryl de Zoete

Published: 1938, 2002

A classic in the literature on Bali. Although first published in 1938 it has never been surpassed as the first full and... [full description]

Paperback [1404-PB] £ 18.99 Add to order


Dance and drama in Bali.

Second hand or out of print title

Author: Spies, Walter & Beryl de Zoete

Published: 1938

Internally a nice copy (front edges hand cut, as issued, a few worm holes to the first and last few pages), lacking... [full description]

Hardback [4126-HB] £ 40.00 Add to order


Dance in Cambodia.

Author: Phim, Toni Samantha

Published: 1999

A short, illustrated introduction covering shadow theatre, masked dance-drama and classical dance as well as theatrical... [full description]

Hardback [0461-HB] £ 10.99 Add to order


Cover imageDancing into darkness, Butoh, Zen, and Japan.

Author: Fraleigh, Sondra Horton

Published: 1999

A diary of the author's deepening understanding of Butoh dance, as she moves from a position of aesthetic response as... [full description]

Hardback [1838-HB] £ 20.00 Add to order


The gods come dancing, a study of the ritual dance of Tamabushi Kagura

Author: Averbuch, Irit

Published: 1995

A study of the Japanese ritual dance of Yamabushi Kagura, which embodies the eclectic, folk religious worldview of the... [full description]

Paperback [0785-PB] £ 19.95 Add to order


Cover imageThe Kabuki theatre.

Author: Ernst, Earle

Published: 1974

An authoritative guide to Kabuki theatre, lucidly and painstakingly explaining the background, the facts, and the... [full description]

Paperback [2252-PB] £ 21.00 Add to order


Nomai dance drama.

Author: Asai, Susan

Published: 1999

A form of sacred communal Japanese dance that retains many of the practices of mediaeval Japan.

Hardback [0682-HB] £ 58.50 Add to order


Cover imagePerspectives on Korean dance.

Author: van Zile, Judy

Published: 2001

From palace to village street to international stage, Korean dance is a vibrant and complex art comprised of many... [full description]

Paperback [0623-PB] £ 17.95 Add to order


Cover imageSensational knowledge: embodying culture through Japanese dance.

Author: Hahn, Tomie

Published: 2007

How do music and dance reveal the ways in which a community comprehends and interacts with the world? How do ethnic... [full description]

Paperback [5176-PB] £ 17.50 Add to order


Teaching personality with gracefulness. [Japanese].

Author: Sellers-Young, Barbara

Published: 1993

The methods used by Kanriye Fujima a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to transmit Japanese cultural values to... [full description]

Paperback [1287-PB] £ 22.50 Add to order


Cover imageTradition and creativity in Japanese dance.

Author: Hata, Michiyo

Published: 2001

A handsomely produced book of colour photographs featuring the work of the Japanese dance company The Kikunokai Dance... [full description]

Hardback [3473-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order


Cover imageVoices in Bali.

Author: Herbst, Edward

Published: 1996

A fresh insight into the vocal music and dance theatre of Bali, by a scholar and trained performer in its techniques. A... [full description]

Paperback [2786-PB] £ 16.50 Add to order



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