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A number of ebooks have been purchased by NSCD Library for student & staff use

Onsite…

If you are using an NSCD computer, you can view ebooks directly by clicking on the book title links below. If you are prompted for a log in, select the ‘OpenAthens login’ option for Taylor & Francis & the Office 365 option for VLeBooks, then enter the relevant log-on credentials

If you are off-site, prompted to log on or on your mobile/tablet/laptop:

OpenAthens | log into OpenAthens & select Taylor & Francis ebooks from the resource list

Taylor & Francis ebooks | click on the ‘login’ icon, select ‘with shibboleth or openathens’, select ‘Northern School of Contemporary Dance’ from the drop down, then enter your OpenAthens username/password

VLeBooks | select ‘Office 365’’, then sign in using your school log on credentials – the account you use to access the timetable, email, etc.

Open Access ebooks | We’ve also provided links to a range of open access ebooks available on the web…

VLeBooks

Akinleye, A. (2018) Narratives in black British dance : embodied practices
Blom, L.A. & Chaplin, L.T. (1988) Moment of Movement : Dance Improvisation
Briginshaw, V. (2009) Dance, Space & Subjectivity
Claid, E. (2021) Falling Through Dance & Life
Clarke, M. (2020) The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques
Edward, M. & Farrier, S. (ed) (2020) Contemporary Drag Practices & Performers : Drag in a Changing Scene Vol.I
Edward, M. & Farrier, S. (ed) (2020) Drag Histories, Herstories & Hairstories : Drag in a Changing Scene Vol.II
Guzman-Sanchez, T. (2012) Underground Dance Masters : Final History of a Forgotten Era
Hilderbrand, L. (2013) Paris is Burning : A Queer Film Classic
Keogh, M. (2018) Dancing Deeper Still : The Practice of Contact Improvisation
Lansley, J. (2011) The Wise Body : Conversations with Experienced Dancers
Machi, L.A. (2016) The Literature Review : Six Steps to Success
Nagrin, D. (1994) Dance and the Specific Image : Improvisation
Pears, R. (2019) Cite Them Right : the Essential Referencing Guide
Rajakumar, M. (2012) Hip Hop Dance
Sarco-Thomas, M. (ed) (2020) Thinking Touch in Partnering & Contact Improvisation : Pedagogy, Philosophy, Practice
Schloss, J.G. (2009) Foundation : B-boys, B-girls, & Hip-Hop Culture in New York
Smith, J. (2017) The Lazy Teacher’s Handbook
Wagenbach, M. (ed.) & Pina Bausch Foundation (2014) Inheriting Dance : an Invitation from Pina
Weir, L. (2019) Pina Bausch’s Dance Theatre : Tracing the Evolution of Tanztheater

We have purchased a range of ebook tiles on the VLeBooks platform for student & staff use. Follow the links and sign in via the Office 365 button on the VLeBooks site, using your school log on credentials – the credentials you use to access the timetable, email, etc.

The VLeBooks Quick Reference Guide will help you get the best out of the online ebook reader.

VLEBooks VLEBooks | Office 365

Taylor & Francis ebooks | A

Adair, C. & Burt, R. (2016) British Dance : Black Routes
Abiola, O. (2019) History Dances : Chronicling the History of Traditional Mandinka Dance
Armstrong, F. (2019) Action Research for Inclusive Education
Arlander, A. et al (ed.) (2017) Performance as Research : Knowledge, Methods, Impact

As well as the titles we’ve purchased for your use on the platform, you can view abstracts & excerpts from a wide range of other dance/performance titles. You will also find a range of open access titles on the database.

OpenAthens Taylor & Francis ebooks

Taylor & Francis ebooks | B

Banes, S. (1998) Dancing Women : Female Bodies on Stage
Benjamin, A. (2013) Making an Entrance
Bläsing, B., Puttke, M., Schack, T. (ed) (2019) The Neurocognition of Dance
Bleeker, M. (ed.) (2016) Transmission in Motion : the Technologizing of Dance
Bogart, A. (2001) A Director Prepares : Seven Essays on Art & Theatre
Bremser, M. (ed.) (2010) Fifty Contemporary Choreographers
Brinson, P. (1991) Dance as Education : Towards a National Dance Culture
Bryon, E. (2014) Integrative Performance : Practice & Theory for the Interdisciplinary Performer
Bryon, E. (2017) Performing Interdisciplinarity : Working Across Disciplinary Boundaries Through an Active Aesthetic
Burridge, S. & Nielsen, C. (2017) Dance, Access & inclusion : Perspectives on Dance , Young People & Change
Burrows, J. (2010) A Choreographer’s Handbook
Burt, R. (2006) Judson Dance Theater ; Performative Traces
Burt, R. (2007) The Male Dancer
Butterworth. J. & Wildschut, L. (ed.) (2014) Contemporary Choreography : a Critical Reader
Butterworth, J. (2011) Dance Studies : the Basics

As well as the titles we’ve purchased for your use on the platform, you can view abstracts & excerpts from a wide range of other dance/performance titles. You will also find a range of open access titles on the database.

OpenAthens Taylor & Francis ebooks

Taylor & Francis ebooks | C-G

Camerino, O. et al (ed.) (2012) Mixed Methods Research in Movement Sciences : Case Studies in Sport, Physical Education & Dance
Capel, S. & Whitehead, M. (ed.) (2015) Learning to Teach Physical Education in Secondary School
Chakravorty, P. & Gupta, N. (2010) Dance Matters : Performing India on Local & Global Stages
Chakravorty, P. & Grupta, N. (ed.) (2018) Dance Matters Too : Markets, Memories & Identities
Claid, E. (2006) Yes? No! Maybe… : Seductive Ambiguity in Dance
Copeland, R. (2004) Merce Cunningham : the Modernising of Modern Dance
Dess, N.K. (2020) A Multidisciplinary Approach to Embodiment
Dreyer, K. (2019) Dance & Light : the Partnership Between Choreography & Lighting Design
Dunbar, J. (ed.) (2000) Jose Limon : An Artist Re-Viewed
Egert, G. (2019) Moving Relation : Touch in Contemporary Dance
Evans, M., Thomaidis, K. & Worth, L. (2019) Time & Performer Training
Fleming, M. (2012) The Arts in Education
Foellmer, S., Schmidt, M., Schmitz, C. (ed.) (2019) Performing Arts in Transition
Foster, S. (2010) Choreographing Empathy : Kinesthesia in Performance
Franco, S. & Nordera, M. (2008) Dance Discourses : Keywords in Dance Research
Franko. M. (ed.) (2018) Choreographing Discourses
Friedler, S.E. & Glazer, S.B. (ed.) (1998) Dancing Female : Lives & Issues of Women in Contemporary Dance
Giersdorf, J. & Wong, Y. (ed.) (2019) The Routledge Dance Studies Reader
Greenberg, K. et al (2019) The Phenomenological Heart of Teaching & Learning : Theory, Research, & Practice in Higher Education

As well as the titles we’ve purchased for your use on the platform, you can view abstracts & excerpts from a wide range of other dance/performance titles. You will also find a range of open access titles on the database.

OpenAthens Taylor & Francis ebooks

Taylor & Francis ebooks | H-L

Hackney, P. (1999). Making Connections
Hilevaara, K. & Orley, E. (ed.) (2018) The Creative Critic : Writing as/about Practice
Hill. A. (ed.) (2016) The Psychology of Perfectionism in Sport, Dance & Exercise
hooks, b. (2014) Ain’t I a Woman
hooks, b. (2013) Teaching Community
hooks, b. (2013) Teaching Critical Thinking
hooks, b. (1994) Teaching to Transgress
Hunter, V. (ed.) Moving Sites : Investigating Site-Specific Dance Performance
Hutchenson Guest, A. (2003) The Green Table : the Labanotation Score, texts, Photographs & Music
Iyer, A. (ed.) (1998) South Asian Dance
Johnson, R. (2017) Embodied Social Justice
Kapadocha, C. (2020) Somatic Voices in Performance, Research & Beyond
Kemp, R. & McConachie, B. (ed.) (2018) The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance & Cognitive Science
Kirschner, P.A. & Henrick, C. (2020) How learning happens : Seminal Works in Educational Psychology & What They Mean in Practice
Leigh, J. (ed.) (2018) Conversations on Embodiment across Higher Education : teaching, practice & research
Lepecki, A. (2006) Exhausting Dance
Louis, M. & Nikolais, A. (2005) The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique

As well as the titles we’ve purchased for your use on the platform, you can view abstracts & excerpts from a wide range of other dance/performance titles. You will also find a range of open access titles on the database.

OpenAthens Taylor & Francis ebooks

Taylor & Francis ebooks | M-R

McFee, G. (1992) Understanding Dance
McKayle, D. (2002) Transcending Boundaries : My Dancing Life
McPherson (2018) Making Video Dance
Madhavan, A. (ed.) (2017) Women in Asian Performance
Moreno, J. (2020) Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins
Nakajima, N. & Brandstetter, G. (2017) The Aging Body in Dance : a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Newhall, M. (2017) Mary Wigman
Nichol, C. & Uytterhoeven, L. (2017) What Moves You? : Shaping Your Dissertation in Dance
Nielsen, C. & Burridge, S. (ed.) (2015) Dance Education Around the World : Perspectives on Dance, Young People & Change
Overby, L., Shanahan, O. & Young, G. (2019) Undergraduate Research in Dance : a Guide for Students
Partsch-Bergsohn, I. (1994) Modern Dance in Germany
Plate, L. & Smelik, A. (ed.) (2013) Performing Memory in Art & Popular Culture
Riggio, M.C. (ed.) (2004) Carnival : Culture in Action – the Trinidad Experience
Robinson, J. (1999) Modern Dance in France : an Adventure 1920-1970

As well as the titles we’ve purchased for your use on the platform, you can view abstracts & excerpts from a wide range of other dance/performance titles. You will also find a range of open access titles on the database.

OpenAthens Taylor & Francis ebooks

Taylor & Francis ebooks | S-Z

Sampaio, F.X.A. (2020) Lighting Dance : a Study of Technical, Philosophical, & Psychological Shadows
Scofield, C. & Start, L. ( 2018) Psychology for Dancers
Simmel, L. & Kraft, E. (2017) Nutrition for Dancers
Solomon, J. & Solomon, R. (ed.) (1998) East Meets West in Dance : Voice in a Cross-cultural Dialogue
Spatz, B. (2015) What a Body Can Do : Technique as Knowledge, Practice as Research
Spier, S. (ed.) (2011) William Forsythe & the Practice of Choreography : It Starts from Any Point
Szymajda, J. (ed.) (2014) European Dance Since 1989 : Communitas & the Other
Thobani, S. (2017) Indian Classical Dance & the Making of Postcolonial National Identities
Thomas, H. (1995) Dance, Modernity & Culture : Explorations in the Sociology of Dance
Thomas, H. & Prickett, S. (2019) The Routledge Companion to Dance Studies
Topaz, M. (ed.) (1996) Alvin Ailey
Veroli, P. & Vinay, G. (ed.) (2017) Music-Dance : Sound & Motion in Contemporary Discourse
Wallbank, A.J. (2018) Academic Writing & Dyslexia : a Visual Guide to Writing at University
Walker, M.E. (2016) India’s Kathak Dance in Historical Perspective
Walter, C. (2015) Arts Management : an Entrepreneurial Approach
Worth, L & Vardimon, J. (2017) Jasmin Vardimon’s Dance Theatre : Movement, Memory & Metaphor
Zarrilli, P. (2000) Kathakali Dance-Drama

As well as the titles we’ve purchased for your use on the platform, you can view abstracts & excerpts from a wide range of other dance/performance titles. You will also find a range of open access titles on the database.

OpenAthens Taylor & Francis ebooks

Open Access ebooks

You can access some ebooks free online, we’ll be adding titles we think you might find useful here…

Bench, H. (2020) Perpetual Motion : Dance, Digital Cultures, & the Common
Diouf, M. & Nwankwo, I.K. (ed) (2010) Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World : Rituals & Remembrances
Duncan, I. (1966) Duncan Dancer : an Autobiography
Klein, G. & Noeth, S. (2011) Emerging Bodies
Mills, D. (2017) Dance & politics : Moving beyond boundaries
Njoku, R.C. (2020) West African Masking Traditions & Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, & Transnationalism
Rouhiainen, L. (ed) (2007) Ways of Knowing in Dance & Art
Sherman, J. (1979) The Drama of Denishawn Dance
Sorell, W. (1969) Hanya Holm : the Biography of an Artist
Sörgel, S. (2007) Dancing Postcolonialism : the National Dance Company of Jamaica
Stuart Fisher, A. & Thompson, J. (2020) Performing Care
Wigman, M. (1966) The Language of Dance
Wigman, M. (1975) The Mary Wigman Book : her Writings
Wilcox, E. (2018) Revolutionary Bodies : Chinese Dance & the Socialist Legacy
Zamorska, M.A. (2018) Intense Bodily Presence : Practices of Polish Butō Dancers

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