Carter / Fensham Dancing Naturally

Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Dance
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-35448-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 179 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection

A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carter, A.

Fensham, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Nature, Force and Variation; R.Fensham Constructing and Contesting the Natural in British Theatre Dance; A.Carter Ideas of Nature, the Natural and the Modern in Early Twentieth-CenturyDance Discourse; M.Huxley & R.Burt The Ancient Greeks and the 'Natural'; F.Macintosh From the Artificial to the Natural Body: Social Dancing in Britain 1900-1914; T.Buckland Dancing Based on Natural Movement; M.A.Johnstone & M.Atkinson Undressing and Dressing Up: Natural Movement's Life in Costume; R.Fensham Nature Moving Naturally in Succession: An Exploration of Doris Humphrey's Water Study ; L.Main Tensing and Relaxing Naturally: Systematic Approaches to Training the Body; S.Foster 'Female Nature', Body Culture and Plastique ; K.Vedel Tethering the Flow: Dialogues between Dance, Physical Culture and Antiquity in Interwar Australia; A.Card Mining Anatomy: Moving Naturally; L.Worth Index

Über Autor(innen)

MADGE ATKINSON formerly choreographer, UK (deceased)

THERESA JILL BUCKLAND Professor of Performing Arts, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
RAMSAY BURT Professor of Dance History, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
AMANDA CARD Lecturer in Performance Studies, University of Sydney, Australia
SUSAN LEIGH FOSTER Distinguished Professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, USA
MICHAEL HUXLEY Researcher and Teacher, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

FIONA MACINTOSH Reader in Greek and Roman Drama, Fellow of St Hilda's College and Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford, UK

LESLEY MAIN Lecturer in Humphrey Technique and Repertory, Middlesex University, UK

KAREN VEDEL Postdoctorate Research Fellow in 'Dance in Nordic Spaces', Tampere University, Finland

LIBBY WORTH Senior Lecturer in Theatre Practice, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK