˜Theœ Routledge dance studies reader

The Routledge Dance Studies Reader represents the range and diversity of writings from the 1980s and 1990s, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern 'movement performance' jazz, South Asian dance and Black dance. In an enlightening introduction, Alexandra Carter traces the development of dance studies internationally and surveys current debates about the methods and methodologies appropriate to the study of dance. The collection is divided into five sections, each with an editorial preface, and featuring contributions by choreographers, performers, critics and scholars of dance and related disciplinary fields. The sections address: \* choreographing \* performing \* writing criticism \* the place of dance in history and society \* analysing dance works Includes selections by: Joan Acocella, Ramsey Burt, Arlene Croce, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Lynn Garafola, Shobana Jeyasingh, Ted Polhemus and Yvonne Rainer. Choreographers: Dancing For De Valois And Ashton / Annabel Farjeon -- Torse: There Are No Fixed Points In Space / Merce Cunningham With Jacqueline Lesschaeve -- 'no' To Spectacle... / Yvonne Rainer -- Pina Bausch: Dance And Emancipation / Norbert Servos -- Imaginary Homelands: Creating A New Dance Language / Shobana Jeyasingh -- Dancers Talking About Performance / Barbara Newman -- I Am A Dancer / Martha Graham -- A Dancing Consciousness / Rebecca Hilton With Bryan Smith -- Spacemaking: Experiences Of A Virtual Body / Susan Kozel -- Bridging The Critical Distance / Marcia B. Siegel -- (cont.) Between Description And Deconstruction / Roger Copeland -- Oh, That Pineapple Rag! / Arlene Croce -- Spring: Ashton's Symphonic Variations In America / Alstair Macaulay -- What Is Art? / Betty Redfern -- A Vulnerable Glance: Seeing Dance Through Phenomenology / Sondra Fraleigh -- Dance History Source Material / June Layson -- Embodying Difference: Issues In Dance And Cultural Studies / Jane C. Desmond -- An Introduction To Dance Analysis / Janet Adshead -- Dance, Gender And Culture / Ted Polhemus -- Choreographing History / Susan Leigh Foster -- Myths Of Origin / Andre︠e Grau -- In Pursuit Of The Sylph: Ballet In The Romantic Period / Deborah Jowitt -- Diaghilev's Cultivated Audience / Lynn Garafola -- Women Writing The Body: Let's Watch A Little How She Dances / Elizabeth Dempster -- 'keep To The Rhythm And You'll Keep To Life': Meaning And Style In African American Vernacular Dance / Jacqui Malone -- (cont.) Dance And Gender: Formalism And Semiotics Reconsidered / Stephanie Jordan And Helen Thomas -- Nijinsky: Modernism And Heterodox Representations Of Masculinity / Ramsay Burt -- Dances Of Death: Germany Before Hitler / Susan Manning -- Mark Morris: The Body And What It Means / Joan Acocella -- Dance And Music Video: Some Preliminary Observations / Theresa Buckland -- Two Analyses Of 'dancing In The Dark' (the Band Wagon, 1953) / Richard Dyer And John Mueller [edited By] Alexandra Carter. Represents The Range And Diversity Of Writings On Dance From The 1980s And 1990s--p. [i]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 294-304) And Index. This volume represents the range and diversity of writings from the 1980s and 1990s, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern "movement performance" jazz, South Asian dance and Black dance. Alexandra Carter traces the development of dance studies internationally and surveys current debates about the methods and methodologies appropriate to the study of dance. The collection is divided into five sections, each with an editorial preface, and featuring contributions by choreographers, performers, critics and scholars of dance and related disciplinary fields. The sections address: choreographing; performing; writing criticism; the place of dance in history and society; and analyzing dance works. Includes selections by: Joan Acocella, Ramsey Burt, Arlene Croce, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Lynn Garafola, Shobana Jeyasingh, Ted Polhemus and Yvonne Rainer Represents the range and diversity of writings on dance from the mid-to-late 20th century, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern 'movement performance' jazz and ethnic dance. Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; General introduction; Introduction; Choreographers: dancing for de Valois and Ashton; Torse: there are no fixed points in space; 'No' to spectacle; Pina Bausch: dance and emancipation; Imaginary homelands: creating a new dance language; Introduction; Dancers talking about performance; I am a dancer; A dancing consciousness; Spacemaking: experiences of a virtual body; Introduction; Bridging the critical distance; Between description and deconstruction; Oh, That Pineapple Rag!; Spring: Ashton's Symphonic Variations in America Representing the range and diversity of writings on dance from the 1980s and 1990s, this collection provides contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern 'movement performance' jazz and ethnic dance