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The Dance Cure
- The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier
- By: Peter Lovatt
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The founder of the Dance Psychology Lab, Dr. Peter Lovatt, reveals the surprising cognitive and emotional benefits of dancing and prescriptive ways to dance yourself happy....
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Entertaining and inspirational!
- By Amazon Customer on 02-06-22
By: Peter Lovatt
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In the Blink of an Eye
- A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition
- By: Walter Murch, Francis Ford Coppola
- Narrated by: Chris Brinkley
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In this second edition, Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's runtime) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.
By: Walter Murch, and others
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The Swans of Harlem
- Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
- By: Karen Valby
- Narrated by: Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Rich in vivid detail and character, and steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet, The Swans of Harlem is the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now....
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Beautiful, complex story, and important history!
- By E.R. on 09-04-24
By: Karen Valby
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Mao's Last Dancer
- By: Li Cunxin
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world....
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Life in perspective
- By PSprout on 01-29-06
By: Li Cunxin
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Mr. B
- George Balanchine's 20th Century
- By: Jennifer Homans
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century—the New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." His radical approach to choreography—and life—reinvented the art of ballet and made him a legend....
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Interesting.
- By An Old Crow on 10-15-23
By: Jennifer Homans
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Don't Think, Dear
- On Loving and Leaving Ballet
- By: Alice Robb
- Narrated by: Alice Robb
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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An incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet....
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That vocal fry
- By melissa f goodwin on 03-03-23
By: Alice Robb
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The Dance Cure
- The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier
- By: Peter Lovatt
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The founder of the Dance Psychology Lab, Dr. Peter Lovatt, reveals the surprising cognitive and emotional benefits of dancing and prescriptive ways to dance yourself happy....
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Entertaining and inspirational!
- By Amazon Customer on 02-06-22
By: Peter Lovatt
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In the Blink of an Eye
- A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition
- By: Walter Murch, Francis Ford Coppola
- Narrated by: Chris Brinkley
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In this second edition, Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's runtime) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.
By: Walter Murch, and others
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The Swans of Harlem
- Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
- By: Karen Valby
- Narrated by: Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Rich in vivid detail and character, and steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet, The Swans of Harlem is the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now....
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Beautiful, complex story, and important history!
- By E.R. on 09-04-24
By: Karen Valby
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Mao's Last Dancer
- By: Li Cunxin
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world....
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Life in perspective
- By PSprout on 01-29-06
By: Li Cunxin
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Mr. B
- George Balanchine's 20th Century
- By: Jennifer Homans
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century—the New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." His radical approach to choreography—and life—reinvented the art of ballet and made him a legend....
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Interesting.
- By An Old Crow on 10-15-23
By: Jennifer Homans
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Don't Think, Dear
- On Loving and Leaving Ballet
- By: Alice Robb
- Narrated by: Alice Robb
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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An incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet....
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That vocal fry
- By melissa f goodwin on 03-03-23
By: Alice Robb
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Martha Graham
- When Dance Became Modern
- By: Neil Baldwin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir, Neil Baldwin
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Time magazine called her “the Dancer of the Century.” Her technique, used by dance companies throughout the world, became the first long-lasting alternative to the idiom of classical ballet. At the heart of Graham’s work: movement that could express inner feeling....
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Well Researched Biography and Amazing Narration
- By Susannah on 12-17-22
By: Neil Baldwin
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Swan Dive
- The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
- By: Georgina Pazcoguin
- Narrated by: Georgina Pazcoguin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle....
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Pure joy!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-31-21
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Turning Pointe
- How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself
- By: Chloe Angyal
- Narrated by: Casey Holloway
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance....
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Interesting but idealistic
- By Daryl James on 11-28-21
By: Chloe Angyal
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Errand into the Maze
- The Life and Works of Martha Graham
- By: Deborah Jowitt
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In the pantheon of American modernists, few figures loom larger than Martha Graham....
By: Deborah Jowitt
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The Boy from Kyiv
- Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet
- By: Marina Harss
- Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
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The Boy from Kyiv is the life story of Alexei Ratmansky, the most celebrated ballet choreographer of our time....
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Great look at a great choreographer and his work.
- By Leslie Miller on 03-02-24
By: Marina Harss
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Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet
- By: Laura Jacobs
- Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of ballet. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura Jacobs makes the foreign familiar, providing a lively, poetic, and uniquely accessible introduction to the world of classical dance....
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Ballet Love
- By Sara Cobb on 08-06-18
By: Laura Jacobs
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Ballerina Body
- Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You
- By: Misty Copeland
- Narrated by: Cherelle Cargill, Misty Copeland - introduction
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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The celebrated ballerina and role model Misty Copeland shares the secrets of how to reshape your body and achieve a lean, strong physique and glowing health....
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Meh... unclear audience. Probably better in print.
- By Danya on 01-07-18
By: Misty Copeland
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Life Keeps Me Dancing
- 108 Years Well Lived, Grounded in Creativity, Adventure and Love
- By: Eileen Kramer
- Narrated by: Lisa Armytage
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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Eileen Kramer has lived the most extraordinary life. Born just after Australia entered World War I, she embraced creativity and adventure from an early age. Now, at 108, she is still dancing. Here she shares her inspirational story and wisdom, showing others the gift of the dance of life....
By: Eileen Kramer
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The Ballerina Mindset
- How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence
- By: Megan Fairchild
- Narrated by: Megan Fairchild
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas - and get a sneak peek behind the curtain into what her life is really like....
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Grateful for Megan
- By Mariana P on 12-30-21
By: Megan Fairchild
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Something Spectacular
- The True Story of One Rockette’s Battle with Bulimia
- By: Greta Gleissner
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Greta Gleissner, a longtime professional dancer, dreamed her whole life of becoming a Rockette....
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A Good Memoir, Badly Narrated
- By NNN on 10-09-17
By: Greta Gleissner
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The Collaborative Habit
- Life Lessons for Working Together
- By: Twyla Tharp
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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In this practical sequel to her national best seller The Creative Habit, Tharp explains why collaboration is important to her - and can be for you....
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Awful narration
- By Anastasia Lattanand on 05-14-16
By: Twyla Tharp
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Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna
- Chants, Music, and Sacred Practices of the Great Goddess
- By: Alessandra Belloni, Matthew Fox - foreword
- Narrated by: Alessandra Belloni, Matthew Fox - foreword
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times, to the ancient devotion to Isis, the Earth Goddess, and the African Mother, to the era when God was not only female but also black. Sacred sites of the Black Madonna are still revered in Italy....
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Disappointing. No audio tracks.
- By Woelke Edward Barry on 12-05-20
By: Alessandra Belloni, and others
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The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky
- By: Joan Acocella - editor, Vaslav Nijinsky
- Narrated by: John Rubinstein
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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In December 1917, Vaslav Nijinsky, the most famous male dancer in the Western world, moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad.....
By: Joan Acocella - editor, and others
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Out Loud
- A Memoir
- By: Mark Morris, Wesley Stace
- Narrated by: Mark Morris
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the most brilliant and audacious choreographer of our time, the exuberant tale of a young dancer’s rise to the pinnacle of the performing arts world, and the triumphs and perils of creating work on his own terms - and staying true to himself....
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Read it, loved it, recommend it!
- By VPolli on 07-05-20
By: Mark Morris, and others
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The Ecstasy of Being
- Mythology and Dance (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
- By: Joseph Campbell
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The Ecstasy of Being brings together seven of Campbell’s previously uncollected articles on dance, along with “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the treatise that he was working on when he died, published here for the first time....
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More of an autobiography not at all interesting
- By SB on 06-26-23
By: Joseph Campbell
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Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg
- One Comedian's Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in the World
- By: Todd Barry
- Narrated by: Todd Barry
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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Hello. It's Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billons of fans all over the world, so I do my fair share of touring....
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Todd's Delivery and Dry Wit Make This Great
- By Jen Si on 03-21-17
By: Todd Barry
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Serenade
- A Balanchine Story
- By: Toni Bentley
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard, Toni Bentley
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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At age seventeen, Toni Bentley was chosen by Balanchine, then in his final years, to join the New York City Ballet. From both backstage and onstage, she carries us through the serendipitous history and physical intricacies and demands of Serenade....
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What a beautiful book!
- By Ning on 05-04-22
By: Toni Bentley
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Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop
- By: Cynthia Millman, Frankie Manning
- Narrated by: Derrick E. Hardin
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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In the early days of swing dancing, Frankie Manning stood out for his moves and innovative routines; he introduced the air step in the Lindy hop, a dance that took the US and then the world by storm....
By: Cynthia Millman, and others
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Trash the Trophies
- How to Win Without Losing Your Soul
- By: Chasta Hamilton
- Narrated by: Chasta Hamilton
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In the world of competitive dance, biased scoring, skimpy costumes, and toxic rivalries are the additional line items of a bill that exceeds thousands of dollars. For Chasta Hamilton, six years of sending dancers to competitions was six years too many....
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Great for anyone associated in the Competitive dance world
- By H. Dubitzky on 11-02-23
By: Chasta Hamilton
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Diaghilev's Empire
- How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
- By: Rupert Christiansen
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Serge Diaghilev, the Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, is often said to have invented modern ballet....
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Great
- By Amazon Customer on 01-15-23
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Martha Graham in Love and War
- The Life in the Work
- By: Mark Franko
- Narrated by: Gary Telles
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe....
By: Mark Franko
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What You Become in Flight
- A Memoir
- By: Ellen O'Connell Whittet
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this raw and redemptive debut memoir, Ellen O'Connell Whittet explores the silent suffering of the ballerina - and finds it emblematic of the violence that women quietly shoulder every day....
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Behind the scenes
- By gianna on 07-24-23
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Art of Grace
- On Moving Well Through Life
- By: Sarah L. Kaufman
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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We are naturally drawn to smooth, harmonious movement. Both social and physical graces have been taught since the dawn of civilization....
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Art of Grace
- By Mimi on 01-08-24
By: Sarah L. Kaufman
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The Phenomenology of Dance
- By: Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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The Phenomenology of Dance provides an informed approach to teaching dance and to dance education, appreciation, criticism, and choreography....
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The concept of dance
- By Ning on 01-07-24