Originally published in 1983 the first edition rapidly established itself as a core student text. Now fully revised and up-dated it remains the only book to address the rationale, process, techniques and methodologies specific to the study of dance history. For the main body of the text which covers historical studies of dance in its traditional and performance contexts, the editors have brought together a team of internationally known dance historians. Roger Copeland and Deborah Jowitt each take a controversial look at the modern American dance. Kenneth Archer and Millicent Hodson explain the processes they use when reconstructing 'lost' ballets, and Theresa Buckland and Georgina Gore write on traditional dance in England and West Africa respectively. With other contributions on social dance, ballet, early European modern dance and feminist perspectives on dance history this book offers a multitude of starting points for studying dance history as well as presenting examples of dance writing at its very best. Dance History will be an essential purchase for all students of dance.
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All the papers complement each other so well and manage to address the processes of dance history research in a such an effective way that the book will certainly be of benefit to researchers in traditional dance and indeed in almost any dance genre. In all, the collection is not only a self-contained starting point for any student of dance history but also will be of considerable use to dance researchers in a number of fields..
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"Chapter 1 provides the foundation line for the rest of this book in outlining and discussing the nature of history generally and, more particularly, dance history." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, West Africa, Merce Cunningham, Marie Rambert, Martha Graham, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Enrico Cecchetti, Oxford University Press, Mary Wigman, University of Surrey, Dance Horizons, Doris Humphrey, Millicent Hodson, Dancing Times, Ballet Rambert, George Balanchine, Theresa Buckland, United States, Wesleyan University Press, Antony Tudor, Ballet Club, John Cage, Royal Ballet, Theatre Museum, Frederick Ashton New!
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ballo grande, dance history texts, dance history literature, early modern dance, dance historians, dance analysis, dance anthropology, dance research, historical communication, traditional dance forms, dance books, theatrical dancing, dance criticism, choreographic process, postmodern dance, dictionary catalogue, dance collection, ballet technique, written outcomes, dance critics, dance genre, romantic ballet, dance studies, dance types, traditional dancing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, West Africa, Merce Cunningham, Marie Rambert, Martha Graham, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Enrico Cecchetti, Oxford University Press, Mary Wigman, University of Surrey, Dance Horizons, Doris Humphrey, Millicent Hodson, Dancing Times, Ballet Rambert, George Balanchine, Theresa Buckland, United States, Wesleyan University Press, Antony Tudor, Ballet Club, John Cage, Royal Ballet, Theatre Museum, Frederick Ashton New!
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- Vision of Modern Dance by Jean M. Brown on 4 pages
- The Sociology of Culture: Dance In Society Ils 85 (International Library of Sociology) by Frances Rust on 4 pages
- Under the Greenwood Tree (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy on page 21, page 30, and page 57
- The Dance in Ancient Greece by Lillian B. Lawler on page 22, page 30, and page 272
- Gautier on Dance by Theophile Gautier on page 215, page 270, and page 272
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- The Routledge Dance Studies Reader by Alexandra Carter on 5 pages
- The Routledge Dance Studies Reader by Alexandra Carter on 4 pages
- The Ballets of Maurice Ravel: Creation And Interpretation by Deborah Mawer on 4 pages
- Anthropology and the Dance: TEN LECTURES (2D ED.) by Drid Williams in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Alien Bodies: Representations of Modernity, 'Race' and Nation in Early Modern Dance by Ramsay Burt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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