Dance on its own terms : histories and methodologies / edited by Melanie Bales and Karen Eliot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bales, Melanie.

Eliot, Karen, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--History.

Dance.

History.

Dance--Research.

Dance--Methodology.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

vi, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Dance on Its Own Terms: Histories and Methodologies anthologizes a wide range of subjects examined from dance-centered methodologies: modes of research that are emergent, based in relevant systems of movement analysis, use primary sources, and rely on critical, informed observation of movement. The chapters emphasize dance history and core disciplinary knowledge in three categories of significant dance activity: performance and reconstruction, pedagogy and choreographic process, and notational and other written forms that analyze and document dance. Conceptually, each chapter also raises concerns and questions that point to broadly inclusive methodological applications. Engaging and insightful, Dance on Its Own Terms represents a major contribution to research on dance. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 In the Moment of Re-Creation and Performance

Introduction to Part One 9

1 Dancing the Canon in Wartime: Sergeyev, de Valois, and Inglesby and the Classics of British Ballet / Karen Eliot Eliot, Karen 13

2 Reimagining Le Boeuf sur le Toit / Ann Dils Dils, Ann 43

3 Reframing the Recent Past: Issues of Reconstruction in Israeli Contemporary Dance / Deborah Friedes Galili Galili, Deborah Friedes 65

4 The Body Censored: Dance, Morality, and the Production Code During the Golden Age of the Film Musical / Betsy Cooper Cooper, Betsy 97

5 "Single Ladies" Is Gay: Queer Perfomances and Mediated Masculinities on YouTube / Harmony Bench Bench, Harmony 127

Part 2 Within the Body and Mind of the Dancer and Choreographer

Introduction to Part Two 153

6 La Cosmografia del Minor Mondo: Recovering Dance Theory to Create Today's Baroque Practice / Catherine Turocy Turocy, Catherine 157

7 Touchstones of Tradition and Innovation: Pas de Deux by Petipa, Balanchine and Forsythe / Melanie Bales Bales, Melanie 175

8 Pavlova and Her Daughters: Genealogies of Contingent Autonomy / Carrie Gaiser Casey Casey, Carrie Gaiser 207

9 Joined-up Fragments in A Wedding Bouquet: Ashton, Berners and Stein / Geraldine Morris Morris, Geraldine 229

10 Kaddish at the Wall: The Long Life of Anna Sokolow's "Prayer for the Dead" / Hannah Kosstrin Kosstrin, Hannah 255

11 Developing the American Ballet Dancer: The Pedagogical Lineage of Rochelle Zide-Booth / Jessica Zeller Zeller, Jessica 283

Part 3 In The Shape of Written Records

Introduction to Part Three 305

12 Recording the Imperial Ballet: Anatomy and Ballet in Stepanov's Notation / Sheila Marion Marion, Sheila, Karen Eliot Eliot, Karen 309

13 Musical Expression in the Bournonville-Lovenskjold La Sylphide Variation / Rebecca Schwartz-Bishir Schwartz-Bishir, Rebecca 341

14 Archives of Embodiment: Visual Culture and the Practice of Score Reading / Victoria Watts Watts, Victoria 363

15 Reading Music, Gesture, and Narrative in Mark Morris' Dido and Aeneas / Rachael Riggs-Leyva Riggs-Leyva, Rachael 389

16 What's in a Dance? The Complexity of Information in Writings about Dance / Candace Feck Feck, Candace 411.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199939985

0199939985

9780199940004

0199940002

OCLC:

805831481