Dance Manual: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Dance (Haynes Manuals) - Hardcover

Keyna Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785210629 ISBN 13: 9781785210624

Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Dance is gaining recognition as a way for everyone to improve and maintain their physical health, as well as a sense of well-being. The Dance Manual gives you a chance to try out some dance styles at home and to find one, or several, that you can enjoy. It s an easy-to-follow guide full of colour photos and clear instructions, supported by online videos to get you started. It takes you through simple tasks and sequences, helping you to master the basics and leads you on to more challenging steps. It also covers the important things such as what to wear and what to expect from a typical dance class in each of the ten different styles; ballet, belly dancing, burlesque, Bollywood, flamenco, American line dancing, jazz, tango, tap and waltz. The Dance Manual includes: The history and essence of the dance styles - The dress codes and the reasons behind these - The fitness level required and the particular health benefits - Suggestions for music that you can use Introductory tasks for each of the dance styles - Basic moves/steps joined into a simple routine - Additions to make the routine harder - Ideas for adapting dance styles for people who need to sit on a chair

About this title

About the Author

Keyna Paul has been involved with dance for almost thirty years and worked as a teacher, choreographer and performer. She has always been passionate about getting people to dance and has devised different ways for this to happen, which now includes the Dance Manual. She was external examiner for the Post Graduate Dance in the Community Programme at Trinity Laban 2009 2013 and has been chair of several arts organisations including The Foundation for Community Dance (People Dancing) and Junction Arts. She is a member of the RAD and the ISTD and presently working as dance adviser for Kingston upon Hull City Council.

Edition details

• Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785210629
• ISBN 13: 9781785210624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192