Sharing the Dance : Contact Improvisation and American Culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Novack, Cynthia Jean
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dans.
Improvisation
Tanz
Improvisation in dance.
Dance > Anthropological aspects.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Danse > Aspect anthropologique > États-Unis.
Improvisation (Danse) > Histoire.
Dance > Anthropological aspects > United States.
Improvisation in dance > History.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Contact Improvistaion and Anthropological Analysis; 2. Contact Improvisation's Origins and Influences; 3. ""You Come. We'll Show You What We Do"" : The Initial Development of Contact Improvisation; 4. Dance as ""Art-Sport"" : Continuing the Form; 5. Movement and Meaning in Contact Improvisation; 6. Experiencing the Body; 7. Cultural Symbols and Aesthetic Practices; 8. Community, Values, and Authority; 9. The Business of Performance; References; Index.

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