UID:
edocfu_9959245200002883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-88-908727-9-1
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0-8078-6202-9
Series Statement:
Cultural studies of the United States
Content:
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.
Note:
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Manifestos; 2. Pioneer Women; 3. Primitive Moderns; 4. Men Must Dance; 5. Organizing Dance; 6. Dancing America; 7. Dance in War; Coda: The Revelations of Alvin Ailey; Notes; Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-2698-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-5367-4
Language:
English
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