Dance: From Ballet to Breakin’ Step Into the Dazzling World of Dance

145 Pages·2012·43.81 MB·English

by  Lorrie Mack

From ballet to breakin’—step into the dazzling world of dance

LONDON, NEW YORK,
MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELHI
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Project Art Editors Laura Roberts-Jensen, Amy Orsborne
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Kate Prince, Dr. Rachelle Stretch
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Dance
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Contents
8 Dancing around the world
10 Step back in time 24 African rhythms
12 Irish dancing 26 Sticks, hoops, and hats
14 Twirling and stamping 28 Beats from the East
16 Pattern dances 30 Dragons, drums, and fans
18 Mediterranean moves
20 Fiery flamenco
22 Latin mix
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South Korean
fan dance
32 Strictly ballroom
34 Shall we dance? 44 Ballroom class
36 The world of ballroom 46 Latin beats
38 Whirling waltzes 48 Party time
40 Tango times two 50 Dancing for all
42 American roots
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Competitive
ballroom dancers
52 Classical ballet
54 The story of ballet 66 The choreographers
56 Sergei Diaghilev 68 George Balanchine
58 Dancing a story 70 Ballet costumes
60 The Nutcracker 72 Prima ballerinas
62 Ballet practice 74 More… prima ballerinas
64 Short ballets 76 Romeo and Juliet
78 Rudolf Nureyev
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The Mariinsky 80 Dazzling danseurs
Ballet’s Swan Lake 82 The modern touch
84 Barefoot and full of feeling
86 Pioneers of modern dance
88 Shen Wei
90 Martha Graham
92 Contemporary companies
94 The Car Man
96 Cirque de Soleil
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Shen Wei Dance Arts’
“Re-III” from Re-Triptych
98 The magic of musicals
100 Show time 112 Bollywood magic
102 Busby Berkeley 114 Bollywood steps
104 Happy tapping 116 Teen dreams
106 The golden age 118 High School Musical
108 Singin’ in the Rain
110 Bob Fosse
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Singin’ in the Rain at
London’s Palace Theatre
120 Breakin’ and street
122 Breakin’ out 134 Michael Jackson
124 Disco fever 136 Pop performers
126 Funk styles and breakin’
128 B-boying 138 Glossary
130 Street styles 139 Index
132 Crews and companies 141 Acknowledgments
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Korean urban
dance troupe, Myosung
Dancing around
the world