|                                                                               VISUAL BOOK INDEX | ACTIVE BACKLIST Arthur Elgort: Ballet Following his career-spanning monograph The Big Picture, Arthur Elgort pays homage to his first love and eternal muse in this new collection of photographs. Through Elgort’s lens we encounter ballet not onstage but behind the >>more Steidl/Edition 7L ISBN 9783958291911 US $50.00 CAN $67.50 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 168 pgs / 114 bw. Pub Date: 08/11/2020 Out of stock
|
| Autumn Knight: In Rehearsal Text by Ryan N. Dennis, Jennifer Doyle, Cynthia Oliver, Amy L. Powell, Sandra Ruiz. This first comprehensive publication on New York–based interdisciplinary artist Autumn Knight documents her performances addressing the regulation of African American female bodies. Accompanying these images are scores and notes, text by performance studies scholars and >>more Krannert Art Museum/Project Row Houses ISBN 9781883015503 US $25.00 CAN $34.95 FLAT40 Pbk, 10.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs / 77 color. Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock
|
| Black Mountain Edited by Eugen Blume, Catherine Nichols, Matilda Felix, Gabriele Knapstein. Text by Gabriele Brandstetter, Brenda Danilowitz, Arnold Dreyblatt, Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Matilda Felix, Mary Emma Harris, Gabriele Knapstein, Annette Jael Lehmann, Catherine Nichols, Andi Schoon, Craig Schuftan, Alice Sebrell. Founded in North Carolina in 1933, Black Mountain College ranks alongside the Bauhaus as one of the most innovative schools of the 20th century. Inspired by the forward-thinking pedagogical ideas of philosopher John Dewey, the >>more Spector Books/Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ISBN 9783959052689 US $50.00 CAN $67.50 TRADE Pbk, 7.25 x 9.5 in. / 464 pgs / 22 color / 450 b&w. Pub Date: 12/17/2019 Out of stock
|
| Boris Charmatz Edited with text by Ana Janevski. Text by Gilles Almavi, Jérôme Bel, Cosmin Costinas, Bojana Cvejic, Tim Etchells, Mark Franko, Gabriella Giannochi, Adrian Heathfield, Noémi Solomon, Peter Tolmie, Christophe Wavelet, Catherine Wood. Since shocking audiences in 1993, at age 19, with his radically sparse À bras le corps, Boris Charmatz (born 1973) has emerged as one of France’s leading choreographers. Whether he’s creating a dance composed solely >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9781633450066 US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE Pbk, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 160 pgs / 40 color. Pub Date: 07/25/2017 In stock
|
| Ruth St Denis (1879–1968) and Ted Shawn (1891–1972) pioneered modern dance in the US with their company Denishawn, founded in 1914. Incorporating elements from ancient, non-Western and Native American sources, Denishawn became the first important >>more Williams College Museum of Art ISBN 9781646570270 US $45.00 CAN $63.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.25 x 10.75 in. / 128 pgs / 70 color. Pub Date: 12/27/2022 In stock
|
| Deborah Hay: RE-Perspective Text by Susan Leigh Foster, Deborah Hay, Kirsi Monni, Laurent Pichaud. Offering fresh perspective on performances and dances made over the last 50 years, this substantial volume looks at the illustrious career of Brooklyn-born choreographer Deborah Hay (born 1941), a founding member of the Judson Dance >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775746304 US $39.36 CAN $55.50 TRADE Pbk, 8 x 10.25 in. / 184 pgs / 70 color. Pub Date: 10/22/2019 Out of stock
|
| Endless Shout Edited with text by Anthony Elms. Text by Raúl de Nieves, Cynthia Oliver, The Otolith Group, taisha paggett. Conversations with George Lewis, Jennie C. Jones, Charles Gaines, Fred Moten, Wadada Leo Smith. Endless Shout asks how, why and where performance and improvisation can take place inside a museum. The book documents a six-month series of experimental performances organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, >>more Inventory Press / Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia ISBN 9781941753163 US $35.00 CAN $49.95 TRADE Pbk, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 226 pgs / 100 color. Pub Date: 05/21/2019 In stock
|
| Henry Leutwyler is certainly no stranger to the art of ballet—for many years he photographed on stage and behind the scenes at the New York City Ballet, culminating in his book Ballet, since published by >>more Steidl ISBN 9783958298927 US $50.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE Clth, 10.75 x 14.5 in. / 72 pgs / 6 color / 28 b&w. Pub Date: 09/19/2023 In stock
|
| Histories of Dance Edited with text by Adriano Pedrosa, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Olivia Ardui. This volume gathers 250 works of art that depict dancing and its attendant cultures. Artists include Adrian Piper, Alexander Calder, Ana Mendieta, Edgar Degas, Faith Ringgold, Hélio Oiticica, Toulouse-Lautrec, Hieronymus Bosch, Keith Haring, Leonardo da >>more Museu de Arte de São Paulo/KMEC Books ISBN 9786557770016 US $49.95 CAN $67.95 FLAT40 Hbk, 7.25 x 10.25 in. / 320 pgs / 62 color. Pub Date: 10/25/2022 Out of stock
|
| In-between Dance Cultures By Guy Cools. The work of Belgian-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (born 1976) and British-Bengali choreographer Akram Khan (born 1974), two of today’s most prolific choreographers, has in many ways defined the first decade of 21st- century dance. >>more Valiz/Antennae Series ISBN 9789492095114 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 160 pgs. Pub Date: 04/26/2016 In stock
|
| Ismael Ivo: I Believe in the Body Edited with text by Johannes Odenthal. Text by Dudu Tucci, Cassia Navas, Karl Regensburger, Marcel Kaskeline, Gabriele Brandstetter, Irene Sieben, et al. Photography by Dieter Blum, Anno Wilms. Brazilian dancer and choreographer Ismael Ivo (1955–2021) was a highly influential figure in modern dance history. This comprehensive publication, the first of its kind, provides a catalogue raisonné of his work alongside interviews from throughout >>more Spector Books ISBN 9783959056243 US $45.00 CAN $63.00 TRADE Pbk, 9 x 13 in. / 240 pgs / 40 color / 180 b&w. Pub Date: 05/30/2023 In stock
|
| Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done By Ana Janevski, Thomas J. Lax. Text by Giampaolo Bianconi, Harry CH Choi, Vivian A. Crockett, Danielle Goldman, Elizabeth Gollnick, Adrian Heathfield, Ana Janevski, Martha Joseph, Thomas J. Lax, Victor “Viv” Liu, Jenny Harris, Sharon Hayes, Malik Gaines, Benjamin Piekut, Kristin Poor, Julia Robinson, Gloria Sutton. A New York Times Book Review 2019 holiday gift guide pick
Taking its name from the Judson Memorial Church, a socially engaged Protestant congregation in New York's Greenwich Village, Judson Dance Theater was organized as a >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9781633450639 US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 200 pgs / 128 color / 92 b&w. Pub Date: 09/25/2018 In stock
|
| Lincoln Kirstein's Modern Edited with text by Samantha Friedman, Jodi Hauptman. Text by Lynn Garafola, Michelle Greet, Michelle Harvey, Richard Meyer, Kevin Moore. Lincoln Kirstein was a polymathic writer, critic, curator and impresario: a key connector and an indefatigable catalyst whose sweeping contributions to American cultural life in the 1930s and ‘40s shaped artists and institutions. Best known >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9781633450820 US $55.00 CAN $75.00 TRADE Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 200 pgs / 205 color. Pub Date: 04/23/2019 In stock
|
| Liquid Loft: Shiny Shiny Text by Lorenzo de Chiffre, Thomas Edlinger, Stefan Grissemann, Irmela Kästner, et al. The photographs compiled in Shiny Shiny document Austrian dance and performance company Liquid Loft’s choreographic productions. This publication expands their purview outside contemporary dance, with contributions by scholars of theater, film, music and architecture. >>more Verlag für moderne Kunst ISBN 9783903796126 US $35.00 CAN $49.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 11.5 x 8.75 in. / 120 pgs. Pub Date: 04/13/2021 In stock
|
| Meredith Monk: Calling Edited by Anna Schneider. Text by Andrea Lissoni, Rick Moody, Timothy Morton, Teresa Retzer, Beatrix Ruf, Anna Schneider, Adam Shatz, Louise Steinman, et al. Composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker and choreographer, Meredith Monk has united music, theater and dance to forge a new creative idiom exploring the human voice as instrument that has proved enormously influential for musicians and >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775754811 US $75.00 CAN $115.00 TRADE Pbk, 7.25 x 9.75 in. / 400 pgs / 120 color. Pub Date: 11/19/2024 In stock
|
| Michael Clark Edited by Suzanne Cotter, Robert Violette. Text by Michael Bracewell, Suzanne Cotter, Stephanie Jordan. Interviews with Charles Atlas, Michael Clark, Kate Coyne, Sophie Fiennes, Richard Glasstone, Matthew Hawkins, Melissa Hetherington, Sarah Lucas, Judith Mackrell, Steven Scott, Susan Stenger, Stevie Stewart, Ellen van Schuylenburch, Cerith Wyn Evans, et al. Notorious for his continually subversive takes on classical dance, Michael Clark is without doubt one of the most important dancers and choreographers of our time. He has created some of contemporary dance's finest productions, often >>more Violette Editions ISBN 9781900828338 US $49.95 CAN $67.50 TRADE Clth, 9 x 12 in. / 348 pgs / 580 illustrations. Pub Date: 08/31/2011 In stock
|
| No Singing Allowed: Flamenco & Photography Introduction by José Lebrero Stals. One of the most imaginative photo-treatments of dance ever published, No Singing Allowed is a thorough survey of the numerous portraits of flamenco culture made by more than 70 different photographers from around the world, >>more RM/Junta de Andalucía ISBN 9788492480500 US $60.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE Clth, 9.45 x 11.75 in. / 208 pgs / 15 color / 160 duotone. Pub Date: 06/30/2009 Out of stock
|
| Performa 15 Foreword by Germano Celant. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Contributions by Marc Arthur, Mark Beasley, Adrienne Edwards, Claire Bishop, Shelton Lindsay, Rozalia Jovanovic, Lia Gangitano, Robin Rhode, Jesper Just, David Hallberg, Ryan Gander, Erika Vogt, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Jérôme, Juliana Huxtable, Edgar Arceneaux, Oscar Murillo, Wyatt Kahn, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Justene Williams, et al. Celebrating ten years since the founding of the historic Performa biennial in 2005, Performa 15 once again explored the most exciting innovations in contemporary visual arts, dance, film, radio, sound and architecture.
This edition brought together >>more Gregory R. Miller & Co. ISBN 9781941366196 US $29.95 CAN $45.00 TRADE Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 160 color. Pub Date: 05/05/2020 In stock
|
| Venezuela-born, Denmark-based choreographer Sara Gebran (born 1964) uses the page as a public space where readers experience shared imaginaries. This book journeys through personal reflections, political rants, song lyrics, lists and more, capturing contemporary global >>more MaMa - Multimedia Institute/Errant Bodies Press ISBN 9789537372873 US $35.00 CAN $49.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 272 pgs. Pub Date: 11/01/2022 In stock
|
| Ralph Lemon Edited with text by Thomas J. Lax. Text by Doryun Chong, Adrienne Edwards, Saidiya Hartman, Deborah Jowitt, Ralph Lemon, André Lepecki, Fred Moten, Okwui Okpokwasili, Katherine Profeta, Will Rawls. Ralph Lemon (born 1952) is one of the most significant figures to emerge from New York’s downtown dance and performance world in the past 40 years. A polymath and shape-shifter, Lemon combines dance and theater >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9781633450073 US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE Pbk, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 144 pgs / 60 color. Pub Date: 08/23/2016 In stock
|
| Richard Siegal: Idea In Action Edited by Christine Peters, Dieta Sixt. American dancer and choreographer Richard Siegal created an artistic network called THE BAKERY in 2005 devoted to interdisciplinary research and production. Along with performing artists, Siegal works with architects, composers, new media experts, designers, and >>more Spector Books ISBN 9783940064363 US $29.00 CAN $39.50 TRADE Pbk, 8.5 x 10.75 in. / 96 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 09/01/2013 In stock
|
| Sarah Michelson Edited by David Velasco. Text by Kathy Halbreich, Gia Kourlas, Ralph Lemon, Debra Singer, Claude Wampler, Greg Zuccolo. Born in Manchester, England, in 1964, Sarah Michelson has lived and worked in New York since 1991, where she has become a fixture of the downtown dance community. Her works are known for their athleticism, >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9781633450080 US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE Pbk, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 128 pgs / 40 color. Pub Date: 07/25/2017 In stock
|
| The Bear in the Mirror is a collection of stories, prose poems, drawings, photos, letters, notes and memories by Simone Forti (born 1935)—a founding figure of postwar American dance for those following in the wake >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783960983958 US $39.95 CAN $55.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 94 pgs / 2 color / 17 b&w. Pub Date: 03/19/2019 In stock
|
| Titian Metamorphosis Edited and with introduction by Minna Moore Ede. Foreword by Monica Mason. This book celebrates a collaboration between the National Gallery and The Royal Ballet in London, for which Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger worked with some of the world’s best known choreographers and composers. >>more Art / Books ISBN 9781908970046 US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.75 x 11 in. / 182 pgs / 300 color. Pub Date: 02/28/2013 In stock
|
| Traces Of Dance: Choreographers' Drawings And Notations Contributions by Valerie Preston-Dunlop, Rene Thom. Text by Paul Virilio. In this unique critical volume, the authors turn the semiotic spotlight on an obscure area of art: the drawings and notations choreographers use to think about the human body in motion. >>more Dis Voir ISBN 9782906571280 US $44.95 CAN $60.00 TRADE Paperback, 8.5 x 11 in. / 160 pgs / 10 color / 50 b&w. Pub Date: 03/02/1994 In stock
|
| William Forsythe: The Fact of Matter Text by Susanne Gaensheimer, Mario Kramer. Over the past four decades, William Forsythe (born 1949) has created for himself a unique dance world, developing groundbreaking ballet choreographies, experimental dance pieces, digital dance scores and site-specific installations that unexpectedly turn viewers into >>more Kerber ISBN 9783735601995 US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.75 x 11.5 in. / 92 pgs / 87 color / 15 b&w. Pub Date: 09/27/2016 Out of stock
|
|
| |