Author: J. O. Jeppson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449030947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This historical novel is about the influence of Isadora Duncan, who never kept anything secret, on a suburban family that tried to keep many secrets.
Isadora Dances
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140566703
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A brief biography of the woman whose unique style of dance was not readily accepted by audiences at the turn of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140566703
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A brief biography of the woman whose unique style of dance was not readily accepted by audiences at the turn of the twentieth century.
Nietzsche's Dancers
Author: K. LaMothe
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403977267
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of "revaluing all values" alongside the religious rhetoric and subject matter evident in the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, who found justification and guidance in Nietzsche's texts for developing dance as a medium of religious expression.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403977267
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of "revaluing all values" alongside the religious rhetoric and subject matter evident in the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, who found justification and guidance in Nietzsche's texts for developing dance as a medium of religious expression.
Done into Dance
Author: Ann Daly
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819570966
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This cultural study of modern dance icon Isadora Duncan is the first to place her within the thought, politics and art of her time. Duncan's dancing earned her international fame and influenced generations of American girls and women, yet the romantic myth that surrounds her has left some questions unanswered: What did her audiences see on stage, and how did they respond? What dreams and fears of theirs did she play out? Why, in short, was Duncan's dancing so compelling? First published in 1995 and now back in print, Done into Dance reveals Duncan enmeshed in social and cultural currents of her time — the moralism of the Progressive Era, the artistic radicalism of prewar Greenwich Village, the xenophobia of the 1920s, her association with feminism and her racial notion of "Americanness."
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819570966
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This cultural study of modern dance icon Isadora Duncan is the first to place her within the thought, politics and art of her time. Duncan's dancing earned her international fame and influenced generations of American girls and women, yet the romantic myth that surrounds her has left some questions unanswered: What did her audiences see on stage, and how did they respond? What dreams and fears of theirs did she play out? Why, in short, was Duncan's dancing so compelling? First published in 1995 and now back in print, Done into Dance reveals Duncan enmeshed in social and cultural currents of her time — the moralism of the Progressive Era, the artistic radicalism of prewar Greenwich Village, the xenophobia of the 1920s, her association with feminism and her racial notion of "Americanness."
Barefoot Dancer
Author: Barbara O'Connor
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780876148075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Describes the life of the modern dancer who created a spontaneous, free-form dance style accompanied by literary readings and non-dance music.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780876148075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Describes the life of the modern dancer who created a spontaneous, free-form dance style accompanied by literary readings and non-dance music.
The House Where Isadora Danced
Author: J. O. Jeppson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449030947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This historical novel is about the influence of Isadora Duncan, who never kept anything secret, on a suburban family that tried to keep many secrets.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449030947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This historical novel is about the influence of Isadora Duncan, who never kept anything secret, on a suburban family that tried to keep many secrets.
Isadora Duncan in Her Dances
Author: Abraham Walkowitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century
Author: Andrea Mantell Seidel
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786477954
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an overview of modern activities and trends in the teaching and performance of Duncan's dance, the author describes her own work directing The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble, the company that sought to implement Duncan's mission to create not a school of dance but "a school of life."
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786477954
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an overview of modern activities and trends in the teaching and performance of Duncan's dance, the author describes her own work directing The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble, the company that sought to implement Duncan's mission to create not a school of dance but "a school of life."
The Dance
Author: Joan Cass
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786422319
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
In dance, the choreographer creates, the dancer performs and the viewer observes. This work is a handbook for the viewer. By presenting historical and artistic perspectives of dance, dance events are made more approachable and appreciation for the art form is heightened. The choreographic components of body language, content, structure, music, design and interpretation are included. Also discussed is the development of critical reaction over time. Examples are drawn from Western theatrical dance and worldwide cultural variations. Terms are explained throughout the text, and an extensive bibliography gives sources in print and on tape for further study. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786422319
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
In dance, the choreographer creates, the dancer performs and the viewer observes. This work is a handbook for the viewer. By presenting historical and artistic perspectives of dance, dance events are made more approachable and appreciation for the art form is heightened. The choreographic components of body language, content, structure, music, design and interpretation are included. Also discussed is the development of critical reaction over time. Examples are drawn from Western theatrical dance and worldwide cultural variations. Terms are explained throughout the text, and an extensive bibliography gives sources in print and on tape for further study. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Experiencing Dance
Author: Marty Sprague
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1718219997
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Third Edition, is geared toward students in dance II, III, and IV classes. It places teachers in the role of facilitator and opens up a world of creativity and analytical thinking as students explore dance as an art form.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1718219997
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Third Edition, is geared toward students in dance II, III, and IV classes. It places teachers in the role of facilitator and opens up a world of creativity and analytical thinking as students explore dance as an art form.
The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World
Author: Fiona Macintosh
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191634387
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When the eighteenth-century choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre sought to develop what is now known as modern ballet, he turned to ancient pantomime as his source of inspiration; and when Isadora Duncan and her contemporaries looked for alternatives to the strictures of classical ballet, they looked to ancient Greek vases for models for what they termed 'natural' movement. This is the first book to examine systematically the long history of the impact of ideas about ancient Greek and Roman dance on modern theatrical and choreographic practices. With contributions from eminent classical scholars, dance historians, theatre specialists, modern literary critics, and art historians, as well as from contemporary practitioners, it offers a very wide conspectus on an under-explored but central aspect of classical reception, dance and theatre history, and the history of ideas.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191634387
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When the eighteenth-century choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre sought to develop what is now known as modern ballet, he turned to ancient pantomime as his source of inspiration; and when Isadora Duncan and her contemporaries looked for alternatives to the strictures of classical ballet, they looked to ancient Greek vases for models for what they termed 'natural' movement. This is the first book to examine systematically the long history of the impact of ideas about ancient Greek and Roman dance on modern theatrical and choreographic practices. With contributions from eminent classical scholars, dance historians, theatre specialists, modern literary critics, and art historians, as well as from contemporary practitioners, it offers a very wide conspectus on an under-explored but central aspect of classical reception, dance and theatre history, and the history of ideas.