| Description |
xxii, 197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
1. Introduction : navigating the known / Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie -- 2. The aesthetics of smash and grab / Carol Brown -- 3. Writing dance / Deborah Levy -- 4. Liz Aggiss and 'authentick' grotesque expressionism / Marion Kant -- 5. Choreographic vocabulary 1 : visual metaphor / Billy Cowie -- 6. Outsider performance : a raw vision : dance and learning difficulties / Liz Aggiss -- 7. Deconstruction in Die Orchidee : mischievous plays in the spaces between language and meanings / Valerie A. Briginshaw -- 8. Hilde Holger, spirit and maracas / Liz Aggiss and Claudia Kappenberg -- 9. Choreographic vocabulary 2 : time and rhythm / Billy Cowie -- 10. The impossibility of the review in the mind of the critic / Ian Bramley -- 11. Deconstructing Heidi / Sondra Fraleigh -- 12. Choreographic vocabulary 3 : space / Billy Cowie -- 13. Screen divas : a filmic expression of the grotesque aesthetic / Sherril Dodds |
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14. Reconstruction : or why you can never step into the same river twice / Liz Aggiss -- 15. Anarchic dance / Billy Cowie |
| Summary |
"Available in one package for the first time, Anarchic Dance, consisting of a book and DVD-ROM, is a visual and textual record of the work of Divas Dance Theatre. The DVD-ROM features extracts from Aggiss and Cowie's work, including the highly acclaimed dance film Motion Control (premiered on BBC2 in 2002), rare video footage of their punk-comic live performances as The Wild Wigglers and reconstructions of Aggiss's solo performance in Grotesque Dancer." "These films are cross-referenced in the book, allowing readers to match performance and commentary as Aggiss and Cowie invite a broad range of writers to examine their live performance and dance screen practice through analysis, theory, discussion and personal response. As much as their practice is hybrid, maverick and hard to define, the various theories presented are equally challenging, lively and fresh." "Extensively illustrated with black and white and colour photographs, this beautiful multi-media package is a celebration of Divas' boundary-shattering performance work. Anarchic Dance provides a comprehensive investigation into Cowie and Aggiss's collaborative partnership and demonstrates a range of exciting approaches through which dance performance can be engaged critically."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
System requirements for accompanying disc: Computer workstation and DVD-ROM drive |
| Subject |
Aggiss, Liz -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cowie, Billy -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Divas Dance Theatre.
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Choreography.
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Dance criticism.
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Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
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Modern dance.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Aggiss, Liz.
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Bramley, Ian, 1968-
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Cowie, Billy.
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Divas Dance Theatre.
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| LC no. |
2005019860 |
| ISBN |
0415365163 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0415365171 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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