Talking dance : contemporary histories from the Southern Mediterranean / Nicholas Rowe, Ralph Buck with Rose Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowe, Nicholas, 1968- author.

Buck, Ralph, author.

Martin, Rose (Lecturer in dance), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dancers--Mediterranean Region--Interviews.

Dancers.

Dance--Mediterranean Region.

Dance.

Mediterranean Region.

Dance--Middle East.

Middle East.

Dance--Arab countries.

Arab countries.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Contents:

Part 1 Capturing voice 1

1 Telling dance stories... moments of shared imagining 3

2 Dance in the Southern Mediterranean Metaphoric and political meanings of water 9

3 Finding dancers, finding stories Google and cold calling 15

4 Sifting and sorting It takes a thousand voices 20

Part 2 A dancer's journey 27

5 Starting dance Climb before walking 29

6 Learning dance YouTube is my teacher 51

7 Auditions Dancers wanted 65

8 Creating dance Make up the scenes and stories 72

9 Performing dance Not nervous at all 101

10 Teaching dance Patience to teach 131

11 Watching dance One very clear memory 148

12 Administering dance A one-way ticket 154

13 Dancing abroad Sleeping and working 159

Part 3 Connecting it all 167

14 Families and dance Crashed the wedding 169

15 Society, politics, economics and dance Don't compromise 181

16 Heritage and dance A little bit further into our past 188

17 Dreams, fears and dance The right spirit 195

18 Conclusion Go down to Tahrir Square! 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.

ISBN:

9781780764894

1780764898

OCLC:

825745946