Choreographing Shakespeare presents a hitherto unexplored history of the choreographers and performers who have created dance adaptations of Shakespeare. This book explores how dance adaptations strive to design legible and intelligible stories, while celebrating the beauty of pure movement.
Choreographing Shakespeare presents a hitherto unexplored history of the choreographers and performers who have created dance adaptations of Shakespeare. This book explores how dance adaptations strive to design legible and intelligible stories, while celebrating the beauty of pure movement.
Elizabeth Klett is Professor of Literature at the University of Houston - Clear Lake, USA. She is the author of Cross-Gender Shakespeare and English National Identity: Wearing the Codpiece (2009), and numerous articles on adaptations of Shakespeare for theatre, dance, film, and television.
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List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Choreographing Gender, Power, and Desire in Dance Adaptations of the Comedies Interview with Stanton Welch - Romeo and Juliet 2. Creating and Transcending Traditions in Dance Versions of Romeo and Juliet Interviews with Doug Elkins and Paul Vasterling - Othello and Macbeth 3. Staging Psychological Trauma in Dance Adaptations of the Tragedies Interviews with Stephen Mills and Dominic Walsh - Hamlet and Titus Andronicus 4. My Heart Dances: Choreographing Light and Dark in the Late Romances Interview with David Bintley - The Tempest 5. Poetry in Motion: Dancing the Sonnets Conclusion Appendix A: Production Details Appendix B: Glossary of Dance Terms Index
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Choreographing Gender, Power, and Desire in Dance Adaptations of the Comedies Interview with Stanton Welch - Romeo and Juliet 2. Creating and Transcending Traditions in Dance Versions of Romeo and Juliet Interviews with Doug Elkins and Paul Vasterling - Othello and Macbeth 3. Staging Psychological Trauma in Dance Adaptations of the Tragedies Interviews with Stephen Mills and Dominic Walsh - Hamlet and Titus Andronicus 4. My Heart Dances: Choreographing Light and Dark in the Late Romances Interview with David Bintley - The Tempest 5. Poetry in Motion: Dancing the Sonnets Conclusion Appendix A: Production Details Appendix B: Glossary of Dance Terms Index
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