Eyewitness: Dance - Hardcover

Tambini, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789458764 ISBN 13: 9780789458766

Publisher: DK Children, 2000

Synopsis

Discover the many kinds of dance around the world -- from the magic of ballet to the drama of flamenco.

Here is an original and exciting new guide to the magic and beauty of dance around the world. Step-by-step sequences and glorious full-color photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view of dance traditions -- including the magical performances, stunning costumes and extraordinary talent of dancers. See a ballet costume designed by Picasso, dancers who balance on stilts, and headdresses studded with gemstones. Learn why male dancers sometimes dress as women, the stories of the great classical ballets, and why the tango was banned. Discover why Javanese dancers "flow like water", dance crazes from the last 100 years, the dervishes who whirl around in worship, and much, much more.

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From the Inside Flap:

From the American Indian sun dance to the Zulu marriage dance, from the ballets of Ballanchine to the disco craze--dance is a part of almost every culture of the world. As ritual, as celebration, and as art, dance is both exotic and traditional, primitive and modern. This stunning exploration of this most visual of art forms is brimming over with richly detailed sets and costumes and photos of memorable performers and their techniques. A 75th Eyewitness volume with truly universal appeal.  

Review:

...a mini museum between the covers of a book. [Eyewitness series] -- The New York Times

These books' striking visual impact will draw in even the most casual readers. [Eyewitness series] -- School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0789458764
• ISBN 13: 9780789458766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64