Dancing Age(ing)

2017-02-28 Performing Arts

Author : Susanne Martin
Release : 2017-02-28
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 148/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Dancing Age(ing) by : Susanne Martin

Download or read book Dancing Age(ing) written by Susanne Martin. This book was released on 2017-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can contemporary dance contribute to a critical discourse on age and ageing? Built on the premise that age(ing) is something we practice and perform as individuals and as a society, Susanne Martin asks for and develops strategies that allow dance artists to do age(ing) differently. As a whole, this project is an artistic research inquiry, which draws on and contributes to dance practice. The study develops, discusses, and stages practices and performances of age(ing) that offer alternatives to stereotypical and normative age(ing) narratives, which are not only part of dance but also of everyday culture.

The Aging Body in Dance

2017-01-06 Performing Arts

Author : Nanako Nakajima
Release : 2017-01-06
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 326/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis The Aging Body in Dance by : Nanako Nakajima

Download or read book The Aging Body in Dance written by Nanako Nakajima. This book was released on 2017-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be able to move? The Aging Body in Dance brings together leading scholars and artists from a range of backgrounds to investigate cultural ideas of movement and beauty, expressiveness and agility. Contributors focus on Euro-American and Japanese attitudes towards aging and performance, including studies of choreographers, dancers and directors from Yvonne Rainer, Martha Graham, Anna Halprin and Roemeo Castellucci to Kazuo Ohno and Kikuo Tomoeda. They draw a fascinating comparison between youth-oriented Western cultures and dance cultures like Japan’s, where aging performers are celebrated as part of the country’s living heritage. The first cross-cultural study of its kind, The Aging Body in Dance offers a vital resource for scholars and practitioners interested in global dance cultures and their differing responses to the world's aging population.

Dancing Across the Lifespan

2022-02-04 Performing Arts

Author : Pam Musil
Release : 2022-02-04
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 662/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Dancing Across the Lifespan by : Pam Musil

Download or read book Dancing Across the Lifespan written by Pam Musil. This book was released on 2022-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines matters of age and aging in relation to dance. As a novel collection of diverse authors’ voices, this edited book traverses the human lifespan from early childhood to death as it negotiates a breadth of dance experiences and contexts. The conversations ignited within each chapter invite readers to interrogate current disciplinary attitudes and dominant assumptions and serve as catalysts for changing and evolving long entrenched views among dancers regarding matters of age and aging. The text is organized in three sections, each representing a specific context within which dance exists. Section titles include educational contexts, social and cultural contexts, and artistic contexts. Within these broad categories, each contributor’s milieu of lived experiences illuminate age-related factors and their many intersections. While several contributing authors address and problematize the phenomenon of aging in mid-life and beyond, other authors tackle important issues that impact young dancers and dance professionals.

Age and Dancing

2017-09-16 Performing Arts

Author : Diane Amans
Release : 2017-09-16
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 518/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Age and Dancing by : Diane Amans

Download or read book Age and Dancing written by Diane Amans. This book was released on 2017-09-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly readable introduction to dance with older people combines key debates and issues in the field with practical guidance, as well as a resources section including numerous 'toolkit materials'. Diane Amans, leading practitioner in Community Dance, provides the ideal beginners' guide for students, practitioners and dance artists alike.

Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance

2011-11-08 Performing Arts

Author : E. Schwaiger
Release : 2011-11-08
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 086/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance by : E. Schwaiger

Download or read book Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance written by E. Schwaiger. This book was released on 2011-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nexus between gender, ageing and culture in dancers practicing a variety of genres. It challenges existing cultural norms which equate ageing with bodily decline and draws on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to explore alternatives for developing a culturally valued mature subjectivity through the practice of dance.

Popular eBooks

Dancing Age(ing)

The Aging Body in Dance

Dancing Across the Lifespan

Age and Dancing

Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance

You may also like...