The Dance Experience; Insights into History, Culture and Creativity

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780871272515
• ISBN10: 0871272512
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Princeton Book Co Pub

Summary

Highlighting ballet, modern dance, jazz, and tap, this comprehensive collection features a variety of engaging essays written by experts in their respective fields of dance. Students of dance, professionals, instructors, and enthusiasts will learn how to look at dance, what to look for during a performance, and how to appreciate dance styles from around the world. Providing an understanding of the history, evolution, and universality of dance as an art form, this explores the significance of dance in culture, the relationship of dance to other art forms, the contributions of great pioneering choreographers, dancers, and teachers, and the creative process.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD: WHY DANCE?
Edward Villella Founding Artistic Director, Miami City Ballet	xi
PREFACE
Myron Howard Nadel	xiv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Myron Howard Nadel, Marc Raymond Strauss	xvi
INTRODUCTION:THE DANCE EXPERIENCE AND THE 21ST CENTURY
Myron Howard Nadel with Marc Raymond Strauss	xvii
SECTION ONE: APPRECIATING THE WORLD OF DANCE
CHAPTER ONE	5	(6)
THROUGH WORLD EYES
Carl Wolz	5	(6)
CHAPTER TWO	11	(6)
DANCE IN EARLY GREEK SOCIETY
Marc Raymond Strauss	11	(6)
CHAPTER THREE	17	(12)
AFRICAN DANCE: DIVINE MOTION
Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker	17	(12)
CHAPTER FOUR	29	(10)
FOLK DANCE: FATHER MUSIC, MOTHER DANCE
Rosa Guerrero	29	(10)
CHAPTER FIVE	39	(16)
PIERCING THE MASK OF JAPANESE DANCE THEATER
He1en Myers	39	(16)
CHAPTER SIX	55	(26)
SOCIAL DANCE: A PORTRAIT OF PEOPLE AT PLAY
Myron Howard Nadel	55	(26)
CHAPTER SEVEN	81	(18)
AND "ALL THAT JAZZ" DANCE
Myron Howard Nadel	81	(18)
CHAPTER EIGHT	99	(14)
BALLET A HISTORY IN BROAD BRUSHSTROKES
Carol Pardo	99	(14)
CHAPTER NINE	113	(24)
CURRENTS OF 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY DANCE
Myron Howard Nadel with Marc Raymond Strauss	113	(24)
CHAPTER TEN	137	(12)
CONNECTING MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT
Myron Howard Nadel	137	(12)
SECTION TWO THE DANCE EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER ELEVEN	149	(10)
DANCE ON THE SCREEN
Marc Raymond Strauss	149	(10)
CHAPTER TWELVE	159	(14)
OF DAINTY GORILLAS AND MACHO SYLPHS: DANCE AND GENDER
Janice La Pointe-Crump	159	(14)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN	173	(12)
A FAILED MARRIAGE: DANCE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Myron Howard Nadel	173	(12)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN	185	(20)
TECHNIQUE: THE CRAFT OF DANCING
Myron Howard Nadel	185	(20)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN	205	(12)
SEEING CHOREOGRAPHY SEPARATING THE DANCE FROM THE DANCER
Myron Howard Nadel	205	(12)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN	217	(12)
WHAT IS DANCE NOTATION?
Ann Hutchinson Guest	220	(9)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN	229	(10)
COLLABORATION AMONG THE ARTS
Marc Raymond Shauss	229	(10)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN	239	(16)
SEEING FEELINGS; COSTUME DESIGN DANCE
Catherine E Norgren	239	(16)
CHAPTER NINETEEN	255	(16)
"AS A FISH LIVES IN WATER, A DANCER LIVES IN LIGHT"
Rick Yeatman	255	(16)
CHAPTER TWENTY	271	(16)
DANCE, MUSIC, AND THEATER IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Myron Howard Nadel	271	(16)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE	287	(10)
DANCE CRITICISM
Marc Raymond Strauss	287	(10)
CONCLUSION	297	(1)
YOUR DANCE EXPERIENCE
Marc Raymond Strauss	297	(2)
APPENDICES
VIDEO, FILM AND INTERNET RESOURCES
Marc Raymond Strauss	299	(29)
CONTRIBUTORS	328