Dance Studies: Choreographing Dance and Life (Worth) – LibreTexts (CC BY)

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Any survey of dance studies should begin with the question: What is dance? Dance is more than movement. “Dance is a transient mode of expression, performed in a given form and style by the human body moving in space. Dance occurs through purposefully selected and controlled rhythmic movements; the resulting phenomenon is recognized as dance …

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Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (Bakka; Buckland; Saarikoski; Wharton, 2020) (CC-BY)

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An open textbook that explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. It is essential reading for researchers of dance in central and northern Europe, while also appealing to the general reader who wants to learn more about the vibrant histories of these familiar dance forms.