Author: Rowe WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
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Author: Rowe WrightSchweizerland: Its Scenery and People
Author: Gsell-FelsThe Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance
Author: Elizabeth Wayland BarberPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393089215
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance. From Southern Greece to northern Russia, people living in agrarian communities have long believed in “dancing goddesses,” mystical female spirits who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. In The Dancing Goddesses, archaeologist, linguist, and lifelong folkdancer Elizabeth Wayland Barber follows the trail of these spirit maidens—long associated with fertility, marriage customs, and domestic pursuits—from their early appearance in traditional folktales and harvest rituals to their more recent incarnations in fairytales and present-day dance. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and line drawings, the result is a brilliantly original work that stands at the intersection of archaeology and folk traditions—at once a rich portrait of our rich agrarian ancestry and an enchanting reminder of the human need to dance.
The Educator-journal
Author: DANCING
Author: MRS. LILLY GROVETheatre, Body and Pleasure
Author: Simon ShepherdPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136406255
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the physical reality of theatre. Examining a range of material, Theatre, Body, Pleasure addresses a significant gap in the literary and drama studies arenas and explores the interplay of bodily value, the art of bodies and the physical responses to that art. It explains first how the body makes meaning and carries value. Then it describes the relationships between time and space and body. The book’s features include: * large historical range, from medieval to postmodern * case studies offering close readings of written texts * examples of how to ‘read for the body’, exploring written text as a ‘discipline’ of the body * breadth of cultural reference, from stage plays through to dance culture * a range of theoretical approaches, including dance analysis and phenomenology Writing in accessible prose, Shepherd introduces new ways of analyzing dramatic text and has produced a book which is part theatre history, part dramatic criticism and part theatrical tour de force. Students of drama, theatre and performance studies and cultural studies will find this an absolute must read.
Dancing
Author: Lady Lilly Grove FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballet
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A handbook of Irish dances
Author: J G. O'KeeffePublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5873928355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Program
Author: Ann Arbor (Mich.) May FestivalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concert programs
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The Golden Bough
Author: James George FrazerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108047521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Frazer's innovative and controversial 1890 examination of classical religion, and of the place of human sacrifice in cultures worldwide.