Dancing naturally: nature, neo-classicism and modernity in early twentieth-century dance

Dancing naturally: nature, neo-classicism and modernity in early twentieth-century dance

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A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the bodywas to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context. RACHEL FENSHAM Professor of Dance and Theatre Studies at the University ofSurrey, UK. Her research is currently focused on theatre spectatorship and a study of transnational choreographic histories. Publications include' To WatchTheatre '(Peter Lang, 2009) and journal articles in New Theatre Quarterly andDiscourses on Dance. ALEXANDRA CARTER Emeritus Professor at Middlesex University, UK. She edited the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader' (1998, 2010), and 'Rethinking Dance History '(2004), and sole authored 'Dance and Dancers in the Victorian and Edwardian Music Hall Ballet '(2005). She has also published widelyon gender and historiographical concepts and methodologies. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors -Nature, Force and Variation; 'R.Fensham - 'Constructing and Contesting the Natural in British Theatre Dance; 'A.Carter' - Ideas of Nature, the Natural and the Modern Shaping Dance Discourse; 'M.Huxley' &' R.Burt' - The Ancient Greeksand the 'Natural'; 'F.Macintosh' - From the Artificial to the Natural Body: Social Dancing in Britain; 'T.Buckland' - Dancing Based on Natural Movement; 'M.A.Johnstone' &' M.Atkinson - 'Undressing and Dressing Up: Natural Movement's Life in Costume; 'R.Fensham - 'Nature Moving in Succession: Doris Humphrey's 'Water Study'; 'L.Main' - Tensing and Relaxing Naturally: Systematic Approachesto Training the Body; 'S.Foster - ''Female Nature', Body Culture and Plastique; 'K.Vedel - 'Tethering the Flow: Dance, Physical Culture and Antiquity in Interwar Australia;' A.Card - 'Mining Anatomy: Moving Naturally; 'L.Worth - 'Index

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-27844-8
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 192
  • Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés