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Choreography and Corporeality: Relay in Motion
Thomas F. Defrantz (Ed.)
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Description for Choreography and Corporeality: Relay in Motion
Hardback. Editor(s): DeFrantz, Thomas F.; Rothfield, Philipa. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ASDC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
This book renews thinking about the moving body by drawing on dance practice and performance from across the world. Eighteen internationally recognised scholars show how dance can challenge our thoughts and feelings about our own and other cultures, our emotions and prejudices, and our sense of public and private space. In so doing, they offer a multi-layered response to ideas of affect and emotion, culture and politics, and ultimately, the place of dance and art itself within society. The chapters in this collection arise from a number of different political and historical contexts. By teasing out their ... Read more
This book renews thinking about the moving body by drawing on dance practice and performance from across the world. Eighteen internationally recognised scholars show how dance can challenge our thoughts and feelings about our own and other cultures, our emotions and prejudices, and our sense of public and private space. In so doing, they offer a multi-layered response to ideas of affect and emotion, culture and politics, and ultimately, the place of dance and art itself within society. The chapters in this collection arise from a number of different political and historical contexts. By teasing out their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New World Choreographies
Condition
New
Weight
527g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137546524
SKU
V9781137546524
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About Thomas F. Defrantz (Ed.)
Thomas F. DeFrantz is Professor and Chair of African and African American Studies at Duke University, USA, and director of SLIPPAGE: Performance, Culture, Technology, a research group that explores emerging technology in live performance applications. He co-convened the Choreography and Corporeality working group (IFTR) from 2005-2013. Other books: Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance, Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's ... Read more
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