Dance
Special Topics in Dance
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Use keywords in our online catalog to find ebooks, books, or videos about dance. You can use the following links to find books, videos, and other materials on special dance topics in the Library's collection. Of course, this is just a selection. There are many more topics covered in our collection. The following links will also include items owned by other academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest that you can borrow using our Summit borrowing service.
Search for Videos
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The Library has a large collection of documentaries and arts videos on its Kanopy platform. You can search for dance keywords or names of dancers or choreographers and see what you find. You can also search for videos in the Library's catalog. We have several other streaming video collections that you can access through there. |
Interesting Online Books on Dance Topics
To read one of the ebooks below, click on the link, then click on the name of the collection under where it says "Full text availability."
A Career As a DancerServes as an education and career guide for those who wish to become a professional dancer.
Composing while Dancing: An Improviser's CompanionBy introducing the improvisational strategies of twenty-six top contemporary artists of movement improvisation, Melinda Buckwalter offers a practical primer to the dance form. Each chapter focuses on an important aspect of improvisation including spatial relations, the eyes, and the dancing image. Included are sample practices from the artists profiled, exercises for further research, and a glossary of terms.
Facial Choreographies: Performing the Face in Popular DanceExamines what the face does in dance and what might it mean. It focuses on popular presentational dance, which permits the face to be one of excess and spectacle, as well as disclosure or deception. The concept of facial choreography resists the idea that the expressive countenance in dance is simply by chance, and instead conceives its movement as purposeful, creative, and communicative.
Finding Balance: Fitness, Training, and Health for a Lifetime in DanceAn overview of issues faced by all performing dancers: injury and treatment; technique and training; fitness; nutrition and diet; and career management.
So You Want to Be a Dancer: Practical Advice and True Stories from a Working ProfessionalPerformer, choreographer, director, Broadway collaborator, writer, and producer Matthew Shaffer discusses everything from how to break into the industry to practical advice--from how to audition and book a job to dealing with movie stars on-set.
The Wise Body: Conversations with Experienced DancersUK choreographers Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early interview twelve distinguished dancers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who continue to enjoy exceptionally long performing careers. They discuss early training, memorable performing experiences, the things that sustain them and the pleasures and challenges of being "older" dancers in a profession in which youth is often idolized.
