Screendance from Film to Festival

Celebration and Curatorial Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4766-6984-7
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Dance and film have shared a dynamic relationship since the advent of cinema—a natural interplay that developed into the genre known as screendance. During Hollywood's Golden Age, screendance film festivals emerged, celebrating the work of dancers like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel (1935), the Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather (1943), Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelley in Singin' in the Rain (1952), Rita Moreno in West Side Story (1961), and many more. Charting the history of the screendance festival, this book examines important shifts in practice and theory, distinct festival eras and communities, and the process of selecting and programming works.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagan, Cara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz

Über Autor(innen)

Cara Hagan is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose work is informed by movement, digital space, words, contemplative practice, and community. She is the director and curator for ADF's Movies by Movers, an annual, international screendance festival under the auspices of the American Dance Festival. Her scholarly and creative works can be found in the International Journal of Screendance and Snapdragon Journal of Art and Healing. She lives in Boone, North Carolina.