Urban Bush Women Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out

Name: Urban Bush Women Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out
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ISBN: 9780299235543

ISBN-10: 0299235548

ISBN-13: 9780299235543

Edition: 2010

Authors: Nadine George-Graves

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Provocative, moving, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic. These are a few words that have been used to describe the ground-breaking Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women. Their unique aesthetic borrows from classical and contemporary dance techniques and theater characterization exercises, incorporates breath and vocalization, and employs space and movement to instill their performances with emotion and purpose. Urban Bush Women concerts are also deeply rooted in community activism, using socially conscious performances in places around the country-from the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Center, and the Joyce, to community centers and school auditoriums-to inspire audience members…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 7/8/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

George-Graves is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Yale University.



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Working Dance



Development: Core Values, Process, and Style



The Body: Divided and Conquered



The Word: Black Magic Realism



The World: Shelter from the Heat



The Soul: The Spirit Moves



The Community: In Theory and Practice


Coda: By Blood, through Dance


Notes


Index