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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Book Title
- Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture (N
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780299124441
- Subject Area
- Performing Arts, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Sharing the Dance : Contact Improvisation and American Culture
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Item Length
- 6 in
- Subject
- Popular Culture, Dance / General, Anthropology / General
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Series
- New Directions in Anthropological Writing Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10
0299124444
ISBN-13
9780299124441
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109224
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Publication Name
Sharing the Dance : Contact Improvisation and American Culture
Language
English
Subject
Popular Culture, Dance / General, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
1990
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Social Science
Series
New Directions in Anthropological Writing Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
6 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
89-040534
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
 [Novack's] detailed descriptions of dancing, learning to dance, and watching dance provide substantive insights into processes through which the body is disciplined. Because of its comprehensive interpretation of dance, Novack's work should serve as an important model for future research by all those interested in the body's cultural construction."—Susan L. Foster, American Ethnologist, "[Novack's] detailed descriptions of dancing, learning to dance, and watching dance provide substantive insights into processes through which the body is disciplined. Because of its comprehensive interpretation of dance, Novack's work should serve as an important model for future research by all those interested in the body's cultural construction."--Susan L. Foster, American Ethnologist, "In her book on contact improvisation and American culture, Novack finds a good balance between a clear analysis of the movement itself and a selected history of the cultural context of the inception of this dance form. . . . Novack has included a chapter based on her own experience with learning contact improvisation, which gives her historical writing a kind of self-reflexivity that is especially important within the field of dance scholarship."-- Choice, "Cynthia J. Novack is an anthropologist, dancer/choreographer, and teacher. With striking intelligence and patience, she writes from all these perspectives in this book."-Steve Paxton, Contact Quarterly, "In her book on contact improvisation and American culture, Novack finds a good balance between a clear analysis of the movement itself and a selected history of the cultural context of the inception of this dance form. . . . Novack has included a chapter based on her own experience with learning contact improvisation, which gives her historical writing a kind of self-reflexivity that is especially important within the field of dance scholarship."- Choice, Sharing the Dance is valuable not just for its insights into the recent history of dance but also for the structures through which Novack analyses dance as a medium which conveys cultural meanings and values. . . . A much needed contribution to dance studies."—Burt Ramsay, Music, Theatre, Dance, "Cynthia J. Novack is an anthropologist, dancer/choreographer, and teacher. With striking intelligence and patience, she writes from all these perspectives in this book."--Steve Paxton, Contact Quarterly, "Sharing the Danceis valuable not just for its insights into the recent history of dance but also for the structures through which Novack analyses dance as a medium which conveys cultural meanings and values. . . . A much needed contribution to dance studies."-Burt Ramsay,Music, Theatre, Dance, In her book on contact improvisation and American culture, Novack finds a good balance between a clear analysis of the movement itself and a selected history of the cultural context of the inception of this dance form. . . . Novack has included a chapter based on her own experience with learning contact improvisation, which gives her historical writing a kind of self-reflexivity that is especially important within the field of dance scholarship."— Choice, "Sharing the Dance is valuable not just for its insights into the recent history of dance but also for the structures through which Novack analyses dance as a medium which conveys cultural meanings and values. . . . A much needed contribution to dance studies."-Burt Ramsay, Music, Theatre, Dance,  "[Novack's] detailed descriptions of dancing, learning to dance, and watching dance provide substantive insights into processes through which the body is disciplined. Because of its comprehensive interpretation of dance, Novack's work should serve as an important model for future research by all those interested in the body's cultural construction."-Susan L. Foster, American Ethnologist, " Sharing the Dance is valuable not just for its insights into the recent history of dance but also for the structures through which Novack analyses dance as a medium which conveys cultural meanings and values. . . . A much needed contribution to dance studies."--Burt Ramsay, Music, Theatre, Dance,  "[Novack's] detailed descriptions of dancing, learning to dance, and watching dance provide substantive insights into processes through which the body is disciplined. Because of its comprehensive interpretation of dance, Novack's work should serve as an important model for future research by all those interested in the body's cultural construction."--Susan L. Foster, American Ethnologist, "In her book on contact improvisation and American culture, Novack finds a good balance between a clear analysis of the movement itself and a selected history of the cultural context of the inception of this dance form. . . . Novack has included a chapter based on her own experience with learning contact improvisation, which gives her historical writing a kind of self-reflexivity that is especially important within the field of dance scholarship."-Choice, "Cynthia J. Novack is an anthropologist, dancer/choreographer, and teacher. With striking intelligence and patience, she writes from all these perspectives in this book."--Steve Paxton, Contact Quarterly, Cynthia J. Novack is an anthropologist, dancer/choreographer, and teacher. With striking intelligence and patience, she writes from all these perspectives in this book."—Steve Paxton, Contact Quarterly, "In her book on contact improvisation and American culture, Novack finds a good balance between a clear analysis of the movement itself and a selected history of the cultural context of the inception of this dance form. . . . Novack has included a chapter based on her own experience with learning contact improvisation, which gives her historical writing a kind of self-reflexivity that is especially important within the field of dance scholarship."-- Choice, " Sharing the Dance is valuable not just for its insights into the recent history of dance but also for the structures through which Novack analyses dance as a medium which conveys cultural meanings and values. . . . A much needed contribution to dance studies."-Burt Ramsay, Music, Theatre, Dance
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
792.8
Synopsis
In Sharing the Dance , Cynthia Novack considers the development of contact improvisation within its web of historical, social, and cultural contexts. This 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. 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 other physical activities, such as martial arts, aerobics, and wrestling., Blending poetry, prose and autobiographical details, Development and Two Selves together constitute a compelling bildungsroman that follows a young woman's process of coming out. Through the fictionalized character Nancy, the novels trace Bryher's life through her childhood and young adulthood.
LC Classification Number
GV1781.2.N68 1990
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