Dance History

An Introduction
Herausgeber: Adshead-Lansdale, Janet; Layson, June

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first edition in 1983 was quickly established as a core text. Now fully updated it remains the only book in its field of comparable scope and depth - an essential purchase for all students of dance history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781138139275
• ISBN-10: 1138139270
• Artikelnr.: 45024486

Autorenporträt

Janet Adshead-Lansdale (Edited by), June Layson (Edited by)

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 A rationale and methodology for dance history: 1. Historical
perspectives 2. Methodologies 3. Dance history literature - a critical
appraisal Part 2 Historical studies of dance in its traditional, social and
theatre contexts: 4. Traditional dance, English ceremonial and social forms
5. Traditional dance in West Africa 6. Regional evidence for social dance
with particular reference to a Yorkshire spa town, Harrogate, UK 7. Ballets
lost and found. Restoring the 20th-century repertoire 8. Enrico Cechetti -
the influence of tradition 9. Rambert Dance Company Archive, London 10.
European early modern dance 11. Espression and expressionism in American
modern dance 12. Beyond expressionism - Merce Cunningham's critique of The
Natural 13. Feminist perspectives on dance history Part 3 Studying and
writing dance history: 14. Pathways to studying dance history 15. Writing
dance history. Appendix: Dance history texts - annotated.