Making music for modern dance: collaboration in the formative years of a new american art

Making Music for Modern Dance is a fascinating collection of source readingsthat offer first-hand accounts of musical collaboration for early modern dance in America. Making Music for Modern Dance traces the collaborative approaches, working procedures, and aesthetic views of the artists who forged a new anddistinctly American art form during the first half of the 20th century. The book offers riveting first-hand accounts from innovative artists in the throesof their creative careers and provides a cross-section of the challenges faced by modern choreographers and composers in America. These articles are complemented by excerpts fromastute observers of the music and dance scene as well as by retrospective evaluations of past collaborative practices.Beginning with the careers of pioneers Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn, and continuing through the avant-garde work of John Cage for Merce Cunningham, the book offers insights into the development of modern dance in relation to its music. Editor Katherine Teck's introductions and afterword offer historical context and tie the artists' essays in with collaborative practicesin our own time. The substantive notes suggest further materials of interest to students, practicing danceartists and musicians, dance and music history scholars, and to all who appreciate dance.

• ISBN: 978-0-19-974320-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 03/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés