Author: Mary Wood HinmanPublisher:
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Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Solo dances
Author: Mary Wood HinmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Dances, Solo and Group
Author: Louis Harvy ChalifPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Solo Dance
Author: Li KotomiPublisher: World Editions
ISBN: 9781642861143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Cho Norie, twenty-seven and originally from Taiwan, is working an office job in Tokyo. While her colleagues worry about the economy, life-insurance policies, marriage, and children, she is forced to keep her unconventional life hidden--including her sexuality and the violent attack that prompted her move to Japan. There is also her unusual fascination with death: she knows from personal experience how devastating death can be, but for her it is also creative fuel. Solo Dance depicts the painful coming of age of a gay person in Taiwan and corporate Japan. This striking debut is an intimate and powerful account of a search for hope after trauma.
Heaven on Earth
Author: Charles MeePublisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1640191305
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
". . . raucous and joyful." - The New York Times Here are seven enthusiastically received plays about the pleasure of life on earth by Charles Mee: Heaven on Earth, Life, A Happy Life, Festival of Life, Daily Life Everlasting, Eterniday, and The Four Seasons. "The line between theater and performance gets another cheerful nudge from . . . Daily Life Everlasting, a party-cum-show that fizzes with a thousand dance breaks - and then effervesces . . . like Easter on ecstasy." - TimeOut.com ". . . rowdy and playfully surreal." - Village Voice
On Stage Alone
Author: Claudia GitelmanPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813042917
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Soloists ignited the modern dance movement and have been a source of its constant renewal. Pioneering dancers such as Loïe Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Maud Allan embodied the abstraction and individuality of the larger modernist movement while making astounding contributions to their art. Nevertheless, solo dancers have received far less attention in the literature than have performers and choreographers associated with large companies. In On Stage Alone, editors Claudia Gitelman and Barbara Palfy take an international approach to the solo dance performance. The essays in this standout volume broaden the dance canon by bringing to light modern dance soloists from Europe, Asia, and the Americas who have shaped significant, sustained careers by performing full programs of their own choreography. Featuring in-depth examinations of the work of artists such as Michio Ito, Daniel Nagrin, Ann Carlson, and many others, On Stage Alone reveals the many contributions made by daring solo dancers from the dawn of the twentieth century through today. In doing so, it explores many important statements these soloists made regarding topics such as freedom, personal space, individuality, and gender in the modern era.
Dancing Across the Page
Author: Karen BarbourPublisher: Intellect Books
ISBN: 1841505013
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An innovative exploration of understanding through dance, Dancing across the Page draws on the frameworks of phenomenology, feminism, and postmodernism to offer readers an understanding of performance studies that is grounded in personal narrative and lived experience. Through accounts of contemporary dance making, improvisation, and dance education, Karen Barbour explores a diversity of themes, including power; activism; and cultural, gendered, and personal identity. An intimate yet rigorous investigation of creativity in dance, Dancing across the Page emphasizes embodied knowledge and imagination as a basis for creative action in the world.
The Revival of Banned Dances
Author: Reneé Critcher LyonsPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786465948
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Throughout history, humans have used dance as a benefit for mind, body, and soul. In some cases, governments or churches have banned certain dances for a variety of reasons. This work provides an exploration of dances banned around the world, then revived by a handful of brave proponents. The sixteen case studies--ranging from Argentina's Tango and Cambodia's Royal Classical Ballet to Brazil's Samba and Ireland's Step Dance--reveal the meaning of the dance to each culture and the importance of the art form to the creation of healthy sociological and political climates. Chapters detail each dance's origins, technical steps and movements, costumes, music, and political history, providing an informative overview of the oppression of dance culture through history. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Dance, Modernity and Culture
Author: Helen ThomasPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134881827
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
By examining the development of modern dance in the USA in the inter-war period, Thomas develops a framework for analysing dance from a sociological perspective. She applies her approach to, among others, St Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham.
One Thousand Novelty and Fad Dances
Author: Thomas L. NelsonPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438926383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Intercepted e-mails alert Homeland Security to the possibility of a terrorist attack on South Florida staged from a Bahamian island. Rhonda and Morgan Early are again recruited by the Drug Enforcement Administration to monitor suspicious activity on Bimini, located just fifty miles from Miami. Ahmed Atta needs money to implement his plan to kill sixty-five thousand Americans. He busts convicted cartel leader Victor Torres from jail for one million dollars. When Rhonda and Morgan learn of suspicious activity on Bimini, they rush to the island to thwart any potential danger. Torres inadvertently assists the terrorists by attempting to avenge his earlier capture by Morgan and Rhonda. He snatches their son and lures them to his trafficking headquarters on Plana Cay with the intent to brutally murder them. Meanwhile, Ahmed Atta's brilliant plan to kill an unfathomable number of Americans proceeds unabated.
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