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Facial choreographies : performing the face in popular dance / Sherril Dodds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dodds, Sherril, 1967- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Choreography.
- Facial expression.
- Dance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- The face contributes a vital, yet often overlooked, component of dance performance. 'Facial Choreographies' examines what the face does in dance and what it may mean. The book centres on three facial case studies: global celebrity Michael Jackson, whose face has occupied a site of fervent controversy; Maddie Ziegler, child star of the reality television series Dance Moms and de facto face of pop star Sia; and a community of hip hop dancers who engage in fiercely contested dance battles.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. About Face
- The Face in Performance
- Performing the Habitual Face
- The Work of Facial Choreography
- 2. SMILE
- Michael Jackson and the Pedagogy of a Smile
- The Tenacity of the Minstrel Smile
- Maddie Ziegler and the Billion-Dollar Smile
- Smiling Toward Happiness
- 3. LOOK
- (En)Visioning the World
- Performances of Looking in Hip Hop
- Feeling the Gaze in Battles
- Check Out the B-Girls
- 4. FROWN
- Michael Jackson and the Intention to Be Bad
- Frowning and Facial Signifyin(g)
- Mythologies of Mean Mugging in Breaking
- Mugsy, Bugsy, and Keeping It Real
- 5. CRY
- The Surrogate Face of a Reluctant Celebrity
- Sia and Big Girls Cry
- Maddie Ziegler and Her Affective Cry
- A Cry of Outrage
- 6. SCREAM
- Re-Facing Michael Jackson
- Defacement, Freakery, and Race
- A Choreographic Scream
- Michael Jackson: The Commodity and the Cut
- 7. LAUGH
- The Viral Face of Maddie Ziegler
- Maddie, Eddie, and a Wookie
- Laughter and Derision in Hip Hop Battles
- Tickling the Cypher Crowd
- 8. Face the Facts
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 2, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dodds, Sherril Facial Choreographies
- ISBN:
- 0-19-762040-X
- 0-19-762038-8
- 0-19-762039-6
- OCLC:
- 1409669559
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