Commercial Dance: An Essential Guide
£37.50
This is an exploration of the vital and rapidly evolving world of Commercial Dance, tracing the evolution and merging of Hip-Hop, Club and Jazz dance styles from the music videos of the early 1980s, to today’s huge influence on pop music and dance in a multi-media culture.
Chapters including ‘Iconic Moments’ and ‘Main Movers’ contextualise and analyse culturally significant works and choreographers. With direct contributions from an international array of industry leading dancers, choreographers and creatives – including JaQuel Knight (Beyonce’s choreographer), Rich + Tone Talauega (Madonna & Michael Jackson collaborators), Rebbi Rosie (Rihanna’s dancer), Dean Lee (Janet Jackson’s choreographer) and Kiel Tutin (BLACKPINK’s choreographer) – this book shines a light on the creatives in the Commercial Dance industry who have made significant impacts, not just on the world of dance but on popular culture itself. Chapters discussing dance history, copyright law, inclusivity and dance class culture as well as additional contributions from dance scholars enable this book to give credence to Commercial Dance as a legitimate academic area of study.
This is a complete and comprehensive textbook for all dance students at any level of study on college, university or conservatory courses.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (29 Sept. 2023), Routledge |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 224 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0367625954 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0367625955 |
| Dimensions | 17.78 x 1.27 x 24.13 cm |
by Sheila Mcgill
This publication is a must for anyone following any dance programme which includes Commercial Dance. This is the first of it’s kind and will be invaluable to all students, irrespective of dance techniques. A pity that one reviewer just mentioned a printing problem and didn’t actually review the book! They could have returned it to Amazon and requested a replacement.
by DS
A complete book, containing analysis of iconic choreographic moments in music video, film and live performance which also gives an overview of the history of all the strands of dance which tie Commercial Dance together. Essential for all dance students of today and anyone interested in popular culture!
by Sheila Mcgill
Several of the pages are marked as shown. These are imprinted onto the oages so I guess they were there before re print occurred. Disappointing considering the price ????