In "Choreographing History", historians of science, sexuality, the arts, and history itself focus on the body, merging the project of writing about the body with theoretical concerns in the writing of history. Contributors examine how bodies are historicized and presented as political, aesthetic,...
Corporealities is an important and exciting development in dance studies. As a bridge to other disciplines that have neglected dance for too long, it demands to be readby all who have an interest in cultural studies, gender or performance.
In 1957 the English choreographer Frederick Ashton and the German composer Hans Werner Henze began to collaborate on a new ballet, Ondine. During the creation to the work Henze kept a diary of its progress and of his thoughts on the choreography and the music. Here translated into English for the...
Hardcover: 188 pages
(November , 2007)
Language: English
ISBN / Barcode: 9780811856980
Long renowned as one of the world's preeminent ballet companies, San Francisco Ballet marks its seventy-fifth anniversary with a stunningly beautiful retrospective. Replete with intimate portraits of the dancers and behind-the-scenes contributors, this book is the first serious depiction of...
Dance as...traces the development of dance from sixteenth-century Europe up to the present by showing you the original writings of the leading dancers choreographers, and theorists of Western dance. Each section of Dance as... has a historical and critical essay by editor Selma Jeanne Cohen, with...
Aimed at dance students and professionals who wish to break into a new dance area, this book concentrates on commercial dance and includes information about sources of work: as a show dancer, club dancer, television dancer, touring dancer, singer dancer, travelling dancer and seasonal dancer. It is...
In Staging a Musical Matthew White describes all the elements involved in putting on a musical production, including: choosing the right show, budgets and schedules, auditions, rehearsals and performances. There are also sections on set design, costumes, lighting and publicity.
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A second update of Kurt Ganzl's hugely popular and respected Musicals, first published in 1995. The stage musical today stands at the centre of popular culture once again, with both new musicals and fresh revivals of old favourites packing in audiences on both sides of the...
Massenet possessed a natural sense of graceful melody in a distinctively French style. In Manon he used leading themes and experimented with having the dialogue not sung in the usual recitativo secco but spoken over a slightly orchestrated accompaniment. The opera's continuing success attests to the...
Dance Technique Injury Prevention
Justine Howse
There are five sections: Anatomy and Physiology, without which nothing can be understood; Injuries: Pathology, Causes, Treatment, Prevention, which describes injuries in general; Specific Injuries; their Cause and Treatment; Strengthening Exercises,...
