This year’s DSA Conference was held as a hybrid event from October 13 through October 16. Our virtual booth is open through November 30, 2022 and offers great deals on our dance studies titles. Use code DSA22 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual … Continue reading Our 2022 DSA Virtual Booth and Book Sale
Awards Announcement: Our Authors’ Recent Wins
The University Press of Florida and the UF Press proudly present some of our recent award-winning books and authors. The Insubordination of Photography: Documentary Practices under Chile's DictatorshipÁngeles Donoso Macaya Latin American Studies Association Historia Reciente y Memoria Section Best Book Prize Latin American Studies Association Visual Culture Section Best Book Prize The Insubordination of … Continue reading Awards Announcement: Our Authors’ Recent Wins
Highlights from our 2021 DSA Virtual Booth
This year’s DSA Conference will be held as a hybrid event from October 10 through October 17. Our virtual booth is open through December 15, 2021 and offers great deals on our dance studies titles. Use code DSA21 for discount prices and free shipping. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual Booth Read on … Continue reading Highlights from our 2021 DSA Virtual Booth
Why I Wrote Being a Ballerina
By Gavin Larsen, author of Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life It was a spring day, sometime in 2011 or ’12, and I’d just finished teaching a ballet class for the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. On my way out of the building, I passed through the lobby, which offered … Continue reading Why I Wrote Being a Ballerina
Q&A with Gavin Larsen, author of Being a Ballerina
In Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life, Gavin Larsen—a former professional ballet dancer—describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer’s continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist. Get … Continue reading Q&A with Gavin Larsen, author of Being a Ballerina
Being a Ballerina
Launch Event: April 28, 6:00 p.m. Gavin Larsen, author of Being a Ballerina, will launch her book with a virtual event hosted by Malaprop's Bookstore. Larsen will be joined in conversation by Shannon Wheeler, cartoonist and creator of "Too Much Coffee Man." To register, click here. A look inside a dancer’s world “There is power and … Continue reading Being a Ballerina
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