The Aging Body in Dance: A cross-cultural perspective by Nanako Nakajima,Gabriele Brandstetter
By Nanako Nakajima,Gabriele Brandstetter
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The getting older physique in Dance brings jointly prime students and artists from various backgrounds to enquire cultural rules of flow and wonder, expressiveness and agility.
Contributors specialise in Euro-American and jap attitudes in the direction of getting older and function, together with reviews of choreographers, dancers and directors from Yvonne Rainer, Martha Graham, Anna Halprin and Roemeo Castellucci to Kazuo Ohno and Kikuo Tomoeda. They draw a desirable comparability among youth-oriented Western cultures and dance cultures like Japan’s, the place getting older performers are celebrated as a part of the country’s residing heritage.
The first cross-cultural examine of its variety, The getting older physique in Dance offers an essential source for students and practitioners attracted to worldwide dance cultures and their differing responses to the world's getting older population.
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