Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins / James Moreno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreno, James, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Limón, José.

Hawkins, Erick.

Choreographers--United States--Biography.

Choreographers.

United States.

Dancers--United States--Biography.

Dancers.

Modern dance.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

115 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins examines staging's of masculinity, whiteness, and Latinidad in the work of US modern dance choreographers, José Limón (1908-1972) and Erick Hawkins (1908-1994). Focusing on the period between 1945 to 1980, this book analyzes Limón and Hawkins' work during a time when modern dance was forming new relationships to academic and governmental institutions, mainstream markets, and notions of embodiment. The pre-war expressionist tradition championed by Limón and Hawkins' mentors faced multiple challenges as ballet and Broadway complicated the tenets of modernism and emerging modern dance choreographers faced an increasingly conservative post-war culture framed by the Cold War and Red Scare. By bringing the work of Limón and Hawkins together in one volume, Dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins accesses two distinct approaches to training and performance that proved highly influential in creating post-war dialogues on race, gender, and embodiment. This book approaches Limón and Hawkins' training regimes and performing strategies as social practices symbiotically entwined with their geo-political backgrounds. Limón's queer and Latino heritage is put into dialogue with Hawkins' straight and European heritage to examine how their embodied social histories worked co-constitutively with their training regimes and performance strategies to produce influential staging's of masculinity, whiteness, and Latinidad"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins

Recovering Hawkins

The traitor

Images

Plains Daybreak

Brown in Black and White: José Limón dances The Emperor Jones.

Notes:

"Routledge focus"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Moreno, James, The dances of José Limón and Erick Hawkins

ISBN:

9781138300477

1138300470

OCLC:

1137813196