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Modern bodies : dance and American modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey / Julia L. Foulkes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foulkes, Julia L.
- Series:
- Cultural studies of the United States.
- Cultural studies of the United States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modern dance--United States--History.
- Modern dance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1930, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of ""dance as an art of and from America."" Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Katherine Dunham, and Helen Tamiris joined Graham in creating a new form of dance, and, like other modernists, they experimented with and argued over their aesthetic innovations, to which they assigned great meaning.Their innovations, however, went beyond aesthetics. While modern dancers devised new ways of moving bodies in accordance with many modernist principles, their artistry was indelibly shaped by their place in society.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Manifestos; 2. Pioneer Women; 3. Primitive Moderns; 4. Men Must Dance; 5. Organizing Dance; 6. Dancing America; 7. Dance in War; Coda: The Revelations of Alvin Ailey; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890872791
- 9780807862025
- 0807862029
- OCLC:
- 476268512
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