Elizabeth Klett

Choreographing Shakespeare (eBook, PDF)

Dance Adaptations of the Plays and Poems

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351238670
• Artikelnr.: 57928489

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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