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Powell, Anthony

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Helen Exley

Book DescriptionThis beautifully illustrated book is filled with quotations from famous musical artists.

Thomas Nelson

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Chapters: Lakalaka, Soke, Tau'olunga, Ma'ulu'ulu, 'otuhaka, Me'etu'upaki, Ula, Kailao, Mako. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The lakalaka (walking briskly) is a Tongan group dance where the performers are largely standing still and make gestures with their arms only. It is considered as the national dance of Tonga and part of the intangible human heritage. It is the ideal dance at formal occasions, like the birthday of the king or the opening of a church. The lakalaka is a living dance in the sense that new compositions are still daily made. Often when a celebration is coming up, a punake (poet) will write the lyrics to the occasion, assign music to the stanzas from a pool of typical tunes and then choreograph the haka (dance movements). Nevertheless there are lakalaka which have become so famous that...

Tony Parkes

Here is the first comprehensive entry-level book on contra dance calling, newly revised and updated for the Internet age. Every aspect of the caller's work is dealt with clearly and thoroughly: music, timing and phrasing, voice technique, dance notation, teaching, programming, sound equipment, event management, and working with special groups. The book includes an in-depth discussion of the basic movements (such as do-si-do), a selection of easy-to-call dances, a complete glossary, and a Resources section listing dance titles, tunes, books, recordings, videos, software, organizations, retailers, dance events, and websites.

Chapters: The Talisman, the Awakening of Flora or le Reveil de Flore, Les Millions D'arlequin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: *Paquita (1847, *1881)*Le corsaire (1858, 1863, 1868, 1885, 1899)The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862, *1885, *1898)Le Roi Candaule (1868, *1891, *1903)Don Quixote (1869, *1871)La Bayadere (1877, *1900)*Giselle (1884, 1899, 1903)*Coppelia (1884)*La fille mal gardee (1885)*La Esmeralda (1886, 1899)The Talisman (1889)The Sleeping Beauty (1890)The Nutcracker (1892)Cinderella (1893)The Awakening of Flora (1894)*Swan Lake (1895)*The Little Humpbacked Horse (1895)The Cavalry Halt (1896)Raymonda (1898)The Seasons (1900)Harlequinade (1900) The Talisman (AKA Le Talisman or Il Talismino) - Fantastic ballet in 4 Acts-7 Scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Riccardo Drigo....

Bernette Ford

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Chapters: Mia Michaels, Marc Bogaerts, Leigh Warren, Matthias Sperling. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mia Michaels is an American choreographer best known for her judging and contemporary choreography on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). She has worked with musical artists such as Celine Dion, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Prince.In 2005 she choreographed Cirque du Soleil's world tour, "Delirium" as well as Celine Dion's Las Vegas show "A New Day..." for which she was later nominated for Emmy. In 2007 she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her "Calling You" routine on season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance. She is now a main judge of So You Think You Can Dance together with Adam Shankman and Nigel Lythgoe for season 7. Michaels was born in Coconut Grove,...

Simon Whaley

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