Sharing the Dance Contact Improvisation and American Culture

Name: Sharing the Dance Contact Improvisation and American Culture
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ISBN: 9780299124441

ISBN-10: 0299124444

ISBN-13: 9780299124441

Edition: 1990

Authors: Cynthia Novack

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nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;In Sharing the Dance, Cynthia Novack considers the development of contact improvisation within its web of historical, social, and cultural contexts.nbsp; Thisnbsp; book examines the ways contact improvisers (and their surrounding communities) encode sexuality, spontaneity, and gender roles, as well as concepts of the self and society in their dancing. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;While focusing on the changing practice of contact improvisation through two decades of social transformation, Novack’s work incorporates the history of rock dancing and disco, the modern and experimental dance movements of Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, and Judson Church, among others, and a variety of…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 8/30/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English