Anya Peterson Royce

Anthropology of the Performing Arts

Artistry, Virtuosity, and Interpretation in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Anya Peterson Royce turns the anthropological gaze on the performing arts, attempting to find broad commonalities in performance, art, and artists across space, time, and culture. She asks general questions as to the nature of artistic interpretation, the differences between virtuosity and artistry, and how artists interplay with audience, aesthetics, and style. To support her case, she examines artists as diverse as Fokine and the Ballets Russes, Tewa Indian dancers, 17th century commedia dell'arte, Japanese kabuki and butoh, Zapotec shamans, and the mime of Marcel Marceau, adding her own observations as a professional dancer in the classical ballet tradition. Royce also points to the recent move toward collaboration across artistic genres as evidence of the universality of aesthetics. Her analysis leads to a better understanding of artistic interpretation, artist-audience relationships, and the artistic imagination as cross-cultural phenomena. Over 29 black and white photographs and drawings illustrate the wide range of Royce's cross-cultural approach. Her well-crafted volume will be of great interest to anthropologists, arts researchers, and students of cultural studies and performing arts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780759102248
• ISBN-10: 0759102244
• Artikelnr.: 21193267

Autorenporträt

Anya Peterson Royce is professor of anthropology at Indiana University and a specialist in the anthropology of dance and the performing arts.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. Toward Understanding Performance Chapter 2 2. Virtuosity: The
Masque of Nonchalance Chapter 3 3. Technique and Style, Conservatism, and
Change: Michel Fokine and the Ballets Russe Chapter 4 4. Artistry: The
Embodiment of Transparency Chapter 5 5. Codified and Metaphorical
Vocabularies: The Creative Artistry of Vaslav Nijinsky and of Marcel
Marceau Chapter 6 6. Tewa Indian Ritual: Native Aesthetics Chapter 7 7.
Artistic Performances: Janos Starker Crafts the Inevitable Chapter 8 8.
Silence and Stillness in Music and Dance Chapter 9 9. The Audience as
Creator and Interpreter Chapter 10 10. Performers and Genres: The Form and
Meaning of Innovation Chapter 11 11. Artistry and Altered States Chapter 12
12. Afterthoughts Chapter 13 References