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The American Dance Festival
Author | : Jack Anderson |
Publsiher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : American Dance Festival |
ISBN | : 0822306832 |
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The American Dance Festival has been a magnet drawing together diverse artists, styles, theories, and dance training methods; from this creative mix the ADF has emerged as the sponsor of performances by some of the greatest choreographers and dance companies of our time. Jack Anderson traces the development of ADF from its beginnings in New England to its seasons at Duke University. He displays the ADF for the multidimensional creature it is—a center for performances, a school for the best young dancers in the country, and a provider of community and professional services.
Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance
Author | : Janet Mansfield Soares |
Publsiher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 455 |
Release | : 2009-07-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780819569745 |
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A lively and intimate portrait of an unsung heroine in American dance Martha Hill (1900–1995) was one of the most influential figures of twentieth century American dance. Her vision and leadership helped to establish dance as a serious area of study at the university level and solidify its position as a legitimate art form. Setting Hill's story in the context of American postwar culture and women's changing status, this riveting biography shows us how Hill led her colleagues in the development of American contemporary dance from the Kellogg School of Physical Education to Bennington College and the American Dance Festival to the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center. She created pivotal opportunities for Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, José Limón, Merce Cunningham, and many others. The book provides an intimate look at the struggles and achievements of a woman dedicated to taking dance out of the college gymnasium and into the theatre, drawing on primary sources that were previously unavailable. It is lavishly illustrated with period photographs.
The Black Tradition in American Dance
Author | : Richard A. Long |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : UCSC:32106010311345 |
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Traces the history, motifs and fashions of Afro-American dance from the early minstrels, through the dance-dramas of Isadata Dafora, to the thriving dance companies of today.
Modern Dance Negro Dance
Author | : Susan Manning |
Publsiher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0816637369 |
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Two traditionally divided strains of American dance, Modern Dance and Negro Dance, are linked through photographs, reviews, film, and oral history, resulting in a unique view of the history of American dance.
The Black Tradition in American Modern Dance
Author | : Gerald Eugene Myers |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : African American dance |
ISBN | : UOM:39015082764302 |
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Screendance from Film to Festival
Author | : Cara Hagan |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2022-02-08 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781476645452 |
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Dance and film have shared a dynamic relationship since the advent of cinema--a natural interplay that developed into the genre known as screendance. Charting the history of screendance festivals, this book examines important shifts in practice and theory, distinct festival eras and communities, and the process of selecting and programming works.
Eighth Sister No More
Author | : Paul P. Marthers |
Publsiher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Universities and colleges |
ISBN | : 1433112205 |
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When founded in 1911, Connecticut College for Women was a pioneering women's college that sought to prepare the progressive era's «new woman» to be self-sufficient. Despite a path-breaking emphasis on preparation for work in the new fields opening to women, Connecticut College and its peers have been overlooked by historians of women's higher education. This book makes the case for the significance of Connecticut College's birth and evolution, and contextualizes the college in the history of women's education. «Eighth Sister No More» examines Connecticut College for Women's founding mission and vision, revealing how its grassroots founding to provide educational opportunity for women was altered by coeducation; how the college has been shaped by changes in thinking about women's roles and alterations in curricular emphasis; and the role local community ties played at the college's point of origin and during the recent presidency of Claire Gaudiani, the only alumna to lead the college. Examining Connecticut College's founding in the context of its evolution illustrates how founding mission and vision inform the way colleges describe what they are and do, and whether there are essential elements of founding mission and vision that must be remembered or preserved. Drawing on archival research, oral history interviews, and seminal works on higher education history and women's history, «Eighth Sister No More» provides an illuminating view into the liberal arts segment of American higher education.
Choreographing Identities
Author | : Anthony Shay |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780786451531 |
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Throughout its history, the United States has become a new home for thousands of immigrants, all of whom have brought their own traditions and expressions of ethnicity. Not least among these customs are folk dances, which over time have become visual representations of cultural identity. Naturally, however, these dances have not existed in a vacuum. They have changed—in part as a response to ever-changing social identities, and in part as a reaction to deliberate manipulations by those within as well as outside of a particular culture. Compiled in great part from the author’s own personal dance experience, this volume looks at how various cultures use dance as a visual representation of their identity, and how “traditional” dances change over time. It discusses several “parallel layers” of dance: dances performed at intra-cultural social occasions, dances used for representation or presentation, and folk dance performances. Individual chapters center on various immigrant cultures. Chiefly the work focuses on cultural representation and how it is sometimes manipulated. Key folk dance festivals in the United States and Canada are reviewed. Interviews with dancers, teachers, and others offer a first-hand perspective. An extensive bibliography encompasses concert programs and reviews as well as broader scholarly sources.