Choreography and Dance Studies Series
First We Take Manhattan: Four American Women and the New York School of Dance Criticism
1st Edition
By Diana Theodores
September 01, 1996
Four American women: Marcia Siegel, Deborah Jowitt, Arlene Croce and Nancy Goldner are writers who became dance critics partly by design. By showing us extensive examples from their vivid writing about dance, Diana Theodores presents a detailed and illuminating analysis of their styles and ideas ...
Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements
1st Edition
Edited
By David Vaughan
June 01, 1996
Merce Cunningham reached the age of 75 in 1994, an age at which many creative artists are content to rest on their laurels, or at least to leave behind whatever controversies they may have caused during their careers. No so Cunningham. In the first place, his 70s have been a time of intense ...
Alvin Ailey: An American Visionary
1st Edition
Edited
By Muriel Topaz
February 01, 1996
During its three and half decades, the Alvin Ailey Company has left lasting markers on the playing field of American Modern Dance. It has established a reputation for precise but spectacular dancing, for depicting an African American ethos with sensitivity and elegance, and set standards for ...
Dance Words
1st Edition
Edited
By Valerie Preston-Dunlop
July 01, 1995
In her unique collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners and researchers, Valerie Preston-Dunlop presents a comprehensive view of people in dance: what they do, their movement, their sound, and the space in which they work - from the standpoint of the performers, choreographers, ...
East Meets West in Dance: Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue
1st Edition
Edited
By John Solomon, Ruth Solomon
May 01, 1995
East Meets West in Dance chronicles this development in the words of many of its best known and most active exponents. This collection of articles provides a theoretical discussion of the promises and pitfalls inherent in transplanting art forms from one culture to another; it offers practical ...
Modern Dance in Germany and the United States: Crosscurrents and Influences
1st Edition
By Isa Partsch-Bergsohn
April 01, 1995
First Published in 1995. In Modern Dance in Germany and the United States: Crosscurrents and Influences Isa PartschBergsohn discusses the phenomenon of the modem dance movement between 1902 and 1986 in an international context, focussing on its beginnings in Europe and its philosophy as formulated...
Antonio Triana and the Spanish Dance: A Personal Recollection
1st Edition
By Rita Vega de Triana
September 01, 1994
This book also traces the evolution of the Spanish Dance technique, marked as it is by a turbulent history. Antonio Triana was a dancer of mature artistry, dignity and power. His physical and technical achievements went beyond what is generally known about Spanish Dance. His dance presented the ...
Upward Panic: The Autobiography of Eva Palmer-Sikelianos
1st Edition
Edited
By John P. Anton
January 01, 1993
First Published in 1993.A complete autobiography of Evalina Palmer-Sikelianos (1874-1952), a woman of immense spiritual strength who fought for the arts against the background of war. She contributed impressively throughout her life to the revival of interest in classical Greece, the theatre and ...
Doople\aa: The Eternal Law of African Dance
1st Edition
By Alphonse Tierou
January 01, 1992
The African dancer requires complete technical mastery and must respect the precise rules handed down by the society of the Masques de Sagesse. Alphonse Tirou is from the Ouenon people of the Ivory Coast. His major study is the first written record of this oral tradition and it explains the ...
Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera
1st Edition
By Pauline Koner
January 01, 1992
Elements of Performance is based on Pauline Koner's course of the same name taught at the Juilliard School in New York. It discusses her theories of the primary and secondary elements of the art of performing. The primary elements are Emotion, Motivation, Focus and Dynamics and the secondary are ...