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Author : Jean Morrison Brown
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Book Company
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038799636
A collection of writings by 21 major figures in modern dance.
Author : Jean Morrison Brown,Naomi Mindlin,Charles Humphrey Woodford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015045637249
The essential thinking of the most prominent exponents of modern dance.
Author : Selma Jeanne Cohen
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780819570932
CONTRIBUTORS: Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, Donald McKayle, Alwin Nikolas, Pauline Koner, Paul Taylor.
Author : Julia L. Foulkes
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0807862029
In 1930, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of "dance as an art of and from America." Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Katherine Dunham, and Helen Tamiris joined Graham in creating a new form of dance, and, like other modernists, they experimented with and argued over their aesthetic innovations, to which they assigned great meaning. Their innovations, however, went beyond aesthetics. While modern dancers devised new ways of moving bodies in accordance with many modernist principles, their artistry was indelibly shaped by their place in society. Modern dance was distinct from other artistic genres in terms of the people it attracted: white women (many of whom were Jewish), gay men, and African American men and women. Women held leading roles in the development of modern dance on stage and off; gay men recast the effeminacy often associated with dance into a hardened, heroic, American athleticism; and African Americans contributed elements of social, African, and Caribbean dance, even as their undervalued role defined the limits of modern dancers' communal visions. Through their art, modern dancers challenged conventional roles and images of gender, sexuality, race, class, and regionalism with a view of American democracy that was confrontational and participatory, authorial and populist. Modern Bodies exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved modern dance to the edges of society, a place both provocative and perilous.
Author : Joshua Legg
Publisher : Dance Horizons
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 087127325X
Each unit contains core ideas, a series of journaling and discussion topics, improvisation experiments, biographical sketches of the choreographers, and a presentation of-class material. At the end of each chapter, questions and experiments offer basic ideas that you can use to further your understanding of the choreography presented. --
Author : Jean Morrison Brown,Charles Humphrey Woodford,Naomi Mindlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0871274043
Dance is a non-verbal art form, often subject to the interpretation of the viewer.The Vision of Modern Dance is the moving story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists who created it. They were revolutionaries, with each succeeding generation rebelling against the last. It begins with Isadora Duncan who rejected ballet as unnatural land clothed herself in Greek tunics. It continues with statements by the early moderns, Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, and Charles Weidman.Though modern dance was considered to be American, there was a paralleldevelopment in Germany known as expressive dance, represented in thiscollection by Mary Wigman and Hanya Holm. The Nazi era curtailedGerman expressionism, but it later reemerged as dance theater, notably inthe iconoclastic works of Pina Bausch, who is represented here. True to itsliberating heritage, modern dance has spread around the world with its message of freedom of expression. One of the foremost contemporary exponents, the Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, has the last word.
Author : M. Huxley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137439215
The Dancer's World 1920-1945 focuses on modern dancers as they saw themselves. Five chapters describe a narrative arc that encompasses Europe and the USA with a focus between 1920 and 1945. A final chapter considers contemporary relevance for dancers, dance artists, choreographers, dance students and scholars alike.
Author : Jane Desmond
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 082231942X
On dance and culture
Author : Martha Bremser,Lorna Sanders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134850181
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Jan Erkert
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Modern dance
ISBN : 0736044876
Illustrated with abstract and imaginative photographs, this is a philosophical guide for the dance field about the art of teaching modern dance. Integrating somatic theories, scientific research and contemporary aesthetic practices, it asks the reader to reconsider how and why they teach.
Author : Ellen Graff
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0822319489
Stepping Left simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of "dancing modern" was joined with the revolutionary vision promised by the Soviet Union. This account reveals the major contribution of Communist and left-wing politics to modern dance during its formative years in New York City. From Communist Party pageants to union hall performances to benefits for the Spanish Civil War, Graff documents the passionate involvement of American dancers in the political and social controversies that raged throughout the Depression era. Dancers formed collectives and experimented with collaborative methods of composition at the same time that they were marching in May Day parades, demonstrating for workers' rights, and protesting the rise of fascism in Europe. Graff records the explosion of choreographic activity that accompanied this lively period--when modern dance was trying to establish legitimacy and its own audience. Stepping Left restores a missing legacy to the history of American dance, a vibrant moment that was supressed in the McCarthy era and almost lost to memory. Revisiting debates among writers and dancers about the place of political content and ethnicity in new dance forms, Stepping Left is a landmark work of dance history.
Author : Mary Wigman
Publisher : New York : Dance Horizons
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Modern dance
ISBN : UOM:39015002471723
Author : Miriam Giguere
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781718230002
Beginning Modern Dance With HKPropel Access introduces undergraduate and high school students to modern dance as a performing art through participation, appreciation, and academic study in a dance technique course. In the book, 50 photos with concise descriptions support students in learning beginning modern dance technique and in creating short choreographic or improvisational studies. For those new to modern dance, the book provides a friendly orientation on the structure of a modern dance technique class and includes information regarding class expectations, etiquette, and appropriate attire. Students also learn how to prepare mentally and physically for class, maintain proper nutrition and hydration, and avoid injury. Beginning Modern Dance supports students in understanding modern dance as a performing art and as a medium for artistic expression. The text presents the styles of modern dance artists Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and José Limón, Katherine Dunham, Lester Horton, and Merce Cunningham along with an introduction to eclectic modern dance style. Chapters help students begin to identify elements of modern dance as they learn, view, and respond to dance choreography and performance. Related materials delivered online via HKPropel include 38 interactive video clips and photos of dance technique to support learning and practice. In addition, e-journal and self-reflection assignments, performance critiques, and quizzes help students develop their knowledge of modern dance as both performers and viewers. Through modern dance, students learn new movement vocabularies and explore their unique and personal artistry in response to their world. Beginning Modern Dance supports your students in their experience of this unique and dynamic genre of dance. Beginning Modern Dance is a part of Human Kinetics’ Interactive Dance Series. The series includes resources for ballet, modern, tap, jazz, musical theater, and hip-hop dance that support introductory dance technique courses taught through dance, physical education, and fine arts departments. Each student-friendly text has related online learning materials including video clips of dance instruction, assignments, and activities. The Interactive Dance Series offers students a collection of guides to learning, performing, and viewing dance. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is not included with this ebook but may be purchased separately.
Author : Townsend Ludington
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0807848913
Examines the impact of the modernist art movement on American popular culture in a collection of critical essays.
Author : Jacqueline Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134396788
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.