| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Choreography and dance studies ; volume 12 |
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Choreography and dance studies ; volume 12.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction to the Series; List of Plates; Preface; BOOK I MATRIARCHS, MENTORING AND PASSING ON THE HERITAGE; Part I Dancers Talk; Dancers Talk about Their Lives in Dance: Matriarchs, Mentoring and Passing on the Heritage; Part II Matriarchs; A Portrait of Catherine and Dorothie Littlefield; Renate Schottelius: Dance at the Bottom of the World in Argentina; Making My Way in Dance; Part III Mentoring; African American Rhythm Tappers; Mentors of American Jazz Dance; Body Wisdom; Women in Dance in Higher Education |
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Part IV Passing on the HeritageFire and Ice: Female Archetypes in American Modern Dance; Sexual Politics; Feminist Theory and Contemporary Dance; BOOK II THE PHYSICAL BODY, THEORY AND PRACTICE AND USING THE KNOWLEDGE; Part V Dancers Talk; Dancers Talk about The Physical Body, Theory and Practice and Using the Knowledge; Part VI The Physical Body; Standing in Awe, Sitting in Judgment; Dance has Many Ages; The Body Never Lies; Part VII Theory and Practice; Women's Lives in Dance: A Developmental Perspective; Ballet as a Way of Knowing; Governance and Vision; A Lion in the Laundromat |
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Love and Power among the CriticsPart VIII Using the Knowledge; Sensuality and Sexuality as Dual Unity in African Dance; Political Issues of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Artist/Activist; Seduction in Andalusian Flamenco; How Can the Brown, Female, Subaltern Feminist Speak?; Sorceress, Imperial Concubine and Dancing Girl; List of Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Modern dance.
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Women dancers.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Modern dance
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Women dancers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Friedler, Sharon E., editor
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Glazer, Susan B., editor
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| ISBN |
9781134397907 |
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1134397909 |
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