Author : Alice Echols
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0393338916
Alice Echols reveals the ways in which disco transformed popular music, propelling it into new sonic territory and influencing rap, techno, and trance. She probes the complex relationship between disco and the era's major movements: gay liberation, feminism, and African American rights. You won't say "disco sucks" as disco thumps back to life in this pulsating look at the culture and politics that gave rise to the music.
Author : Karma Wilson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,16 MB
Release : 2008-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781417811441
With hilarious illustrations and a rhythmic text that rumbas and boogies off the page, this story of a hippo who loves to express herself by dancing is sure to set young feet tapping and fingers snapping. Full color.
Author : Nicholas E. Tawa
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810852952
This is a study of the way in which popular words and music relate to American life. The question of what popular song was, and why it came into existence, as well as how each song fitted within the context of the larger 20th century society are considered and explained clearly and fruitfully. The author also offers insight into why musical styles were seen to change as they did during this time period.
Author : Lori Ortiz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 27,71 MB
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0313377472
This book sheds light on the fascinating untold story behind what is collectively and disputably called "disco dancing," and the incredible effect that the phenomenon had on America—in New York City and beyond. Disco is a dance and musical style that still influences these art forms today. Many think that disco "died" completely after the 1970s drew to a close, but in actuality people continued dancing in the clubs after the very word "disco" became an anathema. Disco Dance explains why disco was more than just a dance form or a fad, describing many of the clubs—in New York City especially—where the disco subculture thrived. The author examines the origins of disco music, its evolution, and how young people adapted the dance styles of the day to the disco beat, charting how this dance of celebration and rebellion during troubling times became subject to ridicule by the end of the decade.
Author : Peter Lovatt
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 006304689X
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. Dancing isn’t just good exercise. Surrendering yourself to the beat can have a far-reaching impact on all areas of your life –it can help you communicate better, to think more creatively, and can be a powerful catalyst for change. Losing yourself in the moment to a song or piece of music can also alleviate anxiety, depression, and feelings of isolation, Dr. Peter Lovatt has found. Drawing on great stories from dance history as well as fascinating case studies from his Dance Psychology Lab and his own life, Dr Lovatt shares his best steps and routines, as well as top dance anthems to inspire everyone—even those who believe they “can't dance”—to turn the music on, stand up, and dance themselves happy. The Dance Cure is filled with surprising prescriptions covering a variety of needs, revealing how a particular type of dance can help. Looking to become more empathetic? Pair up for a Scottish country dance Eager to enhance your creativity? Shake it up with contemporary dance Need to de-stress? Let loose with punk-era pogo Looking to prolong your life? Zumba is the secret In need of showing yourself more love? Go solo as you trip the light fantastic. Want to bolster your self-confidence? Try ballet and belly dance. An irresistible blend of science and whimsy, The Dance Cure shows you how to turn the beat—and your life—around.
Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 21,59 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1458477851
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Notes, tab, lyrics and chords for 30 get-down-and-funky hits: Bad Girls * Boogie Nights * Boogie Oogie Oogie * Brick House * Da Ya Think I'm Sexy * Dance with Me * Dancing Machine * December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) * Disco Inferno * Funkytown * Get down Tonight * Get Off * Good Times * I Love the Night Life * Kung Fu Fighting * Le Freak * Love Rollercoaster * Macho Man * Native New Yorker * Never Can Say Goodbye * Pick up the Pieces * Shadow Dancing * Shining Star * Stayin' Alive * Super Freak * Superstition * That's the Way (I like It) * We Are Family * Y.M.C.A. * You Should Be Dancing.
Author : Barry Gibb
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 1978
Category :
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Author : Susan M. Flynn
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1718213158
Thirty-two new dance learning experiences for K-12 students of all ability levels. Wide variety of dance styles. Instructional videos and online resources to make teaching effective and smooth. Strategies in developing learning experiences and planning lessons and units.
Author : Ian van Tuyl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 25,4 MB
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1582344221
A tongue-in-cheek guide to popstrology, a method of determining a personality profile through matching birth year, birth recording star, and birth song of the week.
Author : Eric Broder
Publisher : Gray & Company, Publishers
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 1999-11-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 193844177X
Ever had someone tell you just a little too much about himself? Meet Eric Broder, who made a habit of doing this—in the newspaper! Certain classic elements make a humor column irresistible. Workplace humiliation, weird food, rotten vacations, cats getting rubdowns, sex machines, raging self-delusion, enraged babies, at-risk squirrels, and of course pitiful date fantasies with Madonna and Katarina Witt—pure catnip to the modern reader. At least, that is, if you judge by the regular readers of Broder’s “The Great Indoors” newspaper column. Between 1987 and 1996, Eric Broder captivated and even astonished readers of Cleveland’s alternative weeklies with just such intimate and rarely believable details from his own remarkable life. And he did it with remarkable style. In fact, Broder’s writing style has been said to recall an unholy combination of Dave Barry, Barry White, Dr. Laura, Super Joe Charboneau, Walt Disney, and former Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker Jack Lambert. This book is a treasure sure to be cherished throughout the millenium. Or at least to be left in the bathroom until it gets too mildewed to pick up. Either way, it will change your life.
