The Knowing Body
The Artist as Storyteller in Contemporary Performance
Written by Louise Steinman
Price: $20.00
North Atlantic Books
Steinman's book really stands alone among performance art books. While there are many that document what particular artists are doing, this one offers a way in for a person who wants to perform (or know more about how performance artists work). Must reading for anyone interested in performance art, it will...
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Action Theater
The Improvisation of Presence
Written by Ruth Zaporah
Price: $29.95
North Atlantic Books
Each chapter of this book presents a single day of the twenty-day training which Ruth Zaporah developed into Action Theater, her investigation into the life-reflecting process of improvisation. This book shows through exercises, stories, anecdotes, and metaphors how to focus attention on the body's awareness of the present moment, moving away...
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Talking Feet
Solo Southern Dance: Buck, Flatfoot, and Tap
Written by Mike Seeger
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
Compiled by musician/folklorist Mike Seeger and dancer Ruth Pershing, Talking Feet introduces us to dancers from the Appalachian, Piedmont, and Blue Ridge Mountain regions of the South. In its various forms—flatfooting, buckdancing, hoedown, rural tap or clogging—Southern dancing involves a great deal of personal style and innovation as dancers create the...
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