Reading Dancing
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-06333-4 (ISBN)
Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance.
Illustrations
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
Reading Dance: Composing the Choreographer, the Dancer, and the Viewer
Deborah Hay
George Balanchine
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Four Bodies and Subjects
CHAPTER TWO
Reading Choreography: Composing Dances
Frames
Modes of Representation
Styles
Vocabularies
Syntaxes
Reading the Performance
CHAPTER THREE
Readings in Dance's History: Historical Approaches to Dance Composition
Allegorical Dance in the Late Renaissance
Neoclassical Dance in the Eighteenth Century
Expressionist Dance in the Early Twentieth Century
Objectivist Dance from 1950 to the Present
CHAPTER FOUR
Writing Dancing: The Viewer as Choreographer in Contemporary Dance
The Grand Union
Meredith Monk
Twyla Tharp
Writing Bodies and Subjects
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.1992 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 590 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-06333-3 / 0520063333 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-06333-4 / 9780520063334 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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