The Vision of Modern Dance

The Vision of Modern Dance
Title The Vision of Modern Dance PDF eBook
Author Jean Morrison Brown
Publisher Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Book Company
Pages 220
Release 1979
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN

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A collection of writings by 21 major figures in modern dance.

Modern Bodies

Modern Bodies
Title Modern Bodies PDF eBook
Author Julia L. Foulkes
Publisher Univ of North Carolina Press
Pages 272
Release 2003-11-03
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0807862029

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In 1930, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of "dance as an art of and from America." Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Katherine Dunham, and Helen Tamiris joined Graham in creating a new form of dance, and, like other modernists, they experimented with and argued over their aesthetic innovations, to which they assigned great meaning. Their innovations, however, went beyond aesthetics. While modern dancers devised new ways of moving bodies in accordance with many modernist principles, their artistry was indelibly shaped by their place in society. Modern dance was distinct from other artistic genres in terms of the people it attracted: white women (many of whom were Jewish), gay men, and African American men and women. Women held leading roles in the development of modern dance on stage and off; gay men recast the effeminacy often associated with dance into a hardened, heroic, American athleticism; and African Americans contributed elements of social, African, and Caribbean dance, even as their undervalued role defined the limits of modern dancers' communal visions. Through their art, modern dancers challenged conventional roles and images of gender, sexuality, race, class, and regionalism with a view of American democracy that was confrontational and participatory, authorial and populist. Modern Bodies exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved modern dance to the edges of society, a place both provocative and perilous.

Harnessing the Wind

Harnessing the Wind
Title Harnessing the Wind PDF eBook
Author Jan Erkert
Publisher Human Kinetics
Pages 236
Release 2003
Genre Medical
ISBN 9780736044875

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Illustrated with abstract and imaginative photographs, this is a philosophical guide for the dance field about the art of teaching modern dance. Integrating somatic theories, scientific research and contemporary aesthetic practices, it asks the reader to reconsider how and why they teach.

Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques

Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques
Title Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques PDF eBook
Author Joshua Legg
Publisher Dance Horizons
Pages 0
Release 2011
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 9780871273253

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Each unit contains core ideas, a series of journaling and discussion topics, improvisation experiments, biographical sketches of the choreographers, and a presentation of-class material. At the end of each chapter, questions and experiments offer basic ideas that you can use to further your understanding of the choreography presented. --

The Vision of Modern Dance

The Vision of Modern Dance
Title The Vision of Modern Dance PDF eBook
Author Jean Morrison Brown
Publisher
Pages 260
Release 1998
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN

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The essential thinking of the most prominent exponents of modern dance.

Meaning in Motion

Meaning in Motion
Title Meaning in Motion PDF eBook
Author Jane Desmond
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 412
Release 1997
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 9780822319429

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On dance and culture

Stepping Left

Stepping Left
Title Stepping Left PDF eBook
Author Ellen Graff
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 268
Release 1997
Genre History
ISBN 9780822319481

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Stepping Left simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of "dancing modern" was joined with the revolutionary vision promised by the Soviet Union. This account reveals the major contribution of Communist and left-wing politics to modern dance during its formative years in New York City. From Communist Party pageants to union hall performances to benefits for the Spanish Civil War, Graff documents the passionate involvement of American dancers in the political and social controversies that raged throughout the Depression era. Dancers formed collectives and experimented with collaborative methods of composition at the same time that they were marching in May Day parades, demonstrating for workers' rights, and protesting the rise of fascism in Europe. Graff records the explosion of choreographic activity that accompanied this lively period--when modern dance was trying to establish legitimacy and its own audience. Stepping Left restores a missing legacy to the history of American dance, a vibrant moment that was supressed in the McCarthy era and almost lost to memory. Revisiting debates among writers and dancers about the place of political content and ethnicity in new dance forms, Stepping Left is a landmark work of dance history.