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Australia Dances

2010 History
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Release : 2010
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Australia Dances by : Alan Brissenden

Download or read book Australia Dances written by Alan Brissenden. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with a wealth of photographs and designs for decor and costumes, most never before published, AUSTRALIA DANCES: CREATING AUSTRALIAN DANCE 1945-1965 surveys the major companies, the many smaller groups which flourished, modern dance, the beginnings of Aboriginal theatrical dance and the various teaching codes which became established. Selected works from company repertoires are discussed, making the book a rich and valuable resource for students and scholars as well as an essential addition to every dance lovers library.

Earth Dances

2015-01-31 Music
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Release : 2015-01-31
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis Earth Dances by : Andrew Ford

Download or read book Earth Dances written by Andrew Ford. This book was released on 2015-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimalism, savagery, the raw and the cooked, the primal and the pre-verbal, Elvis’s hips, The Rite of Spring . . . Earth Dances is an original investigation of how music and primitivism intersect – a dazzling journey through music and culture. With alternating chapters of criticism and interviews, including with Liza Lim and Brian Eno, composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford explores the relationship between primal forms of music and the most refined examples of the art – between passion and control. He looks at the voice, the drum, the drone and the dance, at ‘music that is in touch with something fundamental in our existence, music that seeks and rediscovers the earthy side of our nature, the primitive, the “simple, rude or rough”, and in doing so restores and resets our humanity’. ‘The perfect, knowledgeable, enthusiastic friend . . . I couldn’t put it down!’ —David Robertson ‘Much has been made of the search for the lost chord. But chords are sophisticated structures. Earth Dances documents Andrew Ford’s intrepid quest for the lost thud, and the lost scream . . . Music can’t survive without primitivism. It is the bushfire clearing overgrown and cluttered musical landscapes, paring them to essentials. This results in fresh structures, materials and practices that lead us to the place we belong.’ —Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes, MONA FOMA ‘Earth Dances is a vivid and rarely less than astute history of the debt modern music simultaneously owes to the inheritances of tradition, and the texture of dissonance.’ —Kill Your Darlings ‘Filled with insightful musical analysis made accessible for a general audience.’ —Sydney Morning Herald

The Celestial Dancers

2022-05-15 Performing Arts
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Release : 2022-05-15
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis The Celestial Dancers by : Amit Sarwal

Download or read book The Celestial Dancers written by Amit Sarwal. This book was released on 2022-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Celestial Dancers: Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage charts the momentous journey of the popularization of Manipur’s Hindu dances in Australia. Tradition has it that the people of Manipur, a northeastern state of India, are descended from the celestial gandharvas, dance and music blessed among them as a God’s gift. The intricately symbolic Hindu dances of Manipur in their original religious forms were virtually unseen and unknown outside India until an Australian impresario, Louise Lightfoot, brought them to the stage in the 1950s. Her experimental changes through a pioneering collaboration with dancers Rajkumar Priyagopal Singh and Ibetombi Devi modernized Manipuri dance for presentation on a global stage. This partnership moved Manipur’s Hindu dances from the sphere of ritualistic temple practice to a formalized stage art abroad. Amit Sarwal chronicles how this movement, as in the case of other prominent Indian classical dances and dancers, enabled both Manipuri dance and dancers to gain recognition worldwide. This book is ideal for anyone with an interest in Hindu temple dance, Manipur dance, cross-cultural collaborations and the globalizing of Indian Classical Dance. The Celestial Dancers is a comprehensive study of how an exceptional Hindu dance form developed on the global stage.

“Take Me to Spain”: Australian Imaginings of Spain through Music and Dance

2019-10-01 Music
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Release : 2019-10-01
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis “Take Me to Spain”: Australian Imaginings of Spain through Music and Dance by : John Whiteoak

Download or read book “Take Me to Spain”: Australian Imaginings of Spain through Music and Dance written by John Whiteoak. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australians have been transported to an imaginary Spain from at least the 1830s, when cachuchas were first danced on the Sydney stage. In Take Me to Spain John Whiteoak explores the rich tapestry of Australians’ fascination with all thing Spanish, from the voluptuous sensuality of Lola Montez to operas featuring señoritas, toreadors and Gypsies, and from evocative silent and later Spain-themed Hollywood movies to the dazzlingly creative artistry of the flamenco dancers and guitarists who toured Australia in the 1960s and ’70s. Examining the diverse ways that Spanish music and dance have been mediated or hybridised to cater for Australian popular taste, this landmark study reveals how Hispanic traditions have become integral to the cultural history of the nation.

Captain Cook's Country Dances

2020-04-20
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Release : 2020-04-20
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Book Synopsis Captain Cook's Country Dances by : Heather Clarke, 1st

Download or read book Captain Cook's Country Dances written by Heather Clarke, 1st. This book was released on 2020-04-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dances and music associated with voyages to the Pacific in the 18th century and with life in the early years of the Australian colony.

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