Dancefilm Choreography and the Moving Image

Name: Dancefilm Choreography and the Moving Image
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ISBN: 9780195367232

ISBN-10: 0195367235

ISBN-13: 9780195367232

Edition: 2010

Authors: Erin Brannigan

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Dancefilm: Choreography and the Moving Image examines the choreographic in cinema - the way choreographic elements inform cinematic operations in dancefilm. It traces the history of the form from some of its earliest manifestations in the silent film era, through the historic avant-garde, musicals and music videos to contemporary experimental short dancefilms. In so doing it also examines some of the most significant collaborations between dancers, choreographers, and filmmakers. The book also sets out to examine and rethink the parameters of dancefilm and thereby re-conceive the relations between dance and cinema. Dancefilm is understood as a modality that challenges familiar models of…

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/9/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.33" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 1.100



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Introduction: Between Dance and Film



Modern Movement, Dance, and the Birth of Cinema



The Close-up: Micro-choreographies



Gesture-Dance



Maya Deren: Strategies for Dancefilm



Anarchic Moves, Experimental Cinema



The Musical: Moving into the Dance



Dancefilm as Gestural Exchange


Filmmography


Bibliography


Index