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Appreciating Dance: A Guide to the World's Liveliest Art Fourth Edition, Fourth edition

by Harriet Lihs (Author)
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Written for the dance novice, this reference is a concise history of all forms of dance. Detailing the development of dance from its earliest beginnings, this guide covers the intersection of dance and religion, social dance, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, film and theatrical dance, and contemporary dance. This fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and includes a chapter on dance in the new millennium, along with lists of the social dances of Europe and America, basic ballet terminology, Hollywood movie-musicals, dance organizations, suggested readings, and filmographies. Brief biographies of notable dancers and choreographers who have contributed to each form of dance are also included.

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    0871273187
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0871273185
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    Fourth Edition, Fourth edition
  4. Publisher
    Princeton Book Company
  5. Publication date
    September 1, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    200 pages
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"This is tailor-made for Generation @ and Twitter folks. It can fit into one's laptop carrier, dance bag, or carryall." —Attitude: The Dance Magazine

About the Author

Harriet Lihs is a professional dancer who has performed with the Radio City Ballet Company and the Brooklyn Ballet. She is an associate professor of dance at Lamar University. She lives in Beaumont, Texas.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton Book Company; Fourth Edition, Fourth edition (September 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0871273187
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0871273185
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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E.F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great history of Dance!
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2019
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I purchased this book for a class. I loved this book so much I decided to keep it and add to my book collection instead of turning it in. It provides a nice history of dance over the years so much that it sparked more curiosity. I found myself online for extra hours looking at videos related to many mentions in the book.
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B2Oakes
5.0 out of 5 stars Love!
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2014
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Love this book! Got it for my Dance Appreciation class and it was a really neat book with lots of history on Dance and how it became what it is today!! Great for classes and great for just anyone to learn more about dance and have a better understanding and appreciation of it!!
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Beth
5.0 out of 5 stars It's actually not bad reading. I thought I would get bored reading ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017
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I bought this for my Dance Appreciation course at school. It's actually not bad reading. I thought I would get bored reading about dance, but the book was written well and contained interesting information.
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Queen Kisses
4.0 out of 5 stars This book was good! Very Inexpensive for my class but I did ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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This book was good! Very Inexpensive for my class but I did find a lot​ of grammatical errors in the book!... That was crazy but I passed.
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LilSushi96
5.0 out of 5 stars College book
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2017
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I had to buy this book for college. I'm learning a lot about dance history and how it started and all of the hard work. Great reading so far.
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Carlos Gonzalez
3.0 out of 5 stars It came with someone’s writing inside of it
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018
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It’s written on so don’t say I wrote on it
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Angelica Rubina
5.0 out of 5 stars I love that it lists references and readings that you can ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015
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Very interesting, compact information about the dance through the ages. I love that it lists references and readings that you can read to subsidize the broad context. It arrived on time for my class.
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Teacher
1.0 out of 5 stars Lacking depth and has an inaccurate index
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2018
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Book does a very poor job of actually conveying dance concepts in any form. It’s really more a history of dance, and lacks meaningful enough descriptions to accurately define the different dance styles. It feels very much like the author is relying on preconceived notions of dances, which makes it poor supplementary material if you’re taking a dance course that wants definitions of certain basics. The writing is generally fine but there are some spots where things might have been better arranged.

The real glaring problem this book has is that the index doesn’t match up at all with the text. Certain things are several pages out of place compared to the index listing, or straight up not mentioned. It makes finding subjects for review really annoying. At least it’s short.
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Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2017
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