I want to be ready : improvised dance as a practice of freedom / Danielle Goldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, Danielle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Improvisation in dance.

Dance--Political aspects.

Dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.

Summary:

A conceptual framework for understanding the development of improvised dance in late 20th-century America.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction: The Land of the Free

1. Mambo's Open Shines: Causing Circles at the Palladium

2. We Insist! Seeing Music and Hearing Dance

3. Bodies on the Line: Contact Improvisation and Techniques of Nonviolent Protest

4. The Breathing Show: Improvisation in the Work of Bill T. Jones

Conclusion: Exquisite Dancing-Altering the Terrain of Tight Places

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60491-0

9786612604911

0-472-02661-5

OCLC:

642208117