Dancing Revelations : Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture.
Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) is arguably the most important black American choreographer in the short history of modern dance. This study presents an examination of Ailey's range of choreography, considers its cultural sources, theories of African American Performance, and the ways in which Ailey sh...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: Revelations 1962; TWO: Early Dances; THREE: Early Company; FOUR: Revelations II: 1969; FIVE: Touring, Touring, Touring; SIX: Reflecting a Spectrum of Experience; SEVEN: Other Dances; EIGHT: Ailey Celebrates Ellington; NINE: Gender and Spectatorship; TEN: Later Dances; ELEVEN: Concluding Moves; APPENDIX: Choreography by Alvin Ailey; Notes; Bibliography; Index.