Rethinking Dance History: Issues and Methodologies by Larraine Nicholas,Geraldine Morris
By Larraine Nicholas,Geraldine Morris
The have to ‘rethink’ and query the character of dance background has no longer reduced because the first variation of Rethinking Dance History. This revised moment version addresses the desires of an ever-evolving box, with new contributions contemplating the position of electronic media in dance perform; the growth of functionality philosophy; and the expanding value of practice-as-research. A two-part constitution divides the book’s contributions into:
• Why Dance heritage? – the information, matters and key conversations that underpin any examine of the background of theatrical dance.
• getting to know and Writing – discussions of the methodologies and techniques at the back of any winning learn during this quarter.
Everyone concerned with dance creates and consists of with them a background, and this quantity explores the ways that those histories might be utilized in performance-making – from stories which determine id to re-invention or maintenance via shared and private heritages. contemplating the capability value of learning dance heritage for students, philosophers, choreographers, dancers and scholars alike, Rethinking Dance History is a vital start line for someone intrigued via the wealthy heritage and plenty of instructions of dance.
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