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Author : Lynn Matluck Brooks
Release : 1988
Genre : Christian dance
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Book Rating : 651/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Dances of the Processions of Seville in Spain's Golden Age by : Lynn Matluck Brooks
Download or read book The Dances of the Processions of Seville in Spain's Golden Age written by Lynn Matluck Brooks. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Naomi M. Jackson
Release : 2021-11-16
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 520/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance by : Naomi M. Jackson
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance written by Naomi M. Jackson. This book was released on 2021-11-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to recent evolutions in the fields of dance and religious and secular studies, The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance documents and celebrates the significant impact of Jewish identity on a variety of communities and the dance world writ large. Focusing on North America, Europe, and Israel in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this Handbook highlights the sometimes surprising, often hidden and overlooked Jewish resonances within a range of styles from modern and postmodern dance to folk dance and flamenco. Privileging the historically marginalized voices of scholars, performers, and instructors the Handbook considers the powerful role of dance in addressing difference, such as between American and Israeli Jewish communities. In the process, contributors advocate values of social justice, like Tikkun Olam (repair of the world), debate, and humor, exploring the fascinating and potentially uncomfortable contradictions and ambiguities that characterize this robust area of research.
Author : Jennifer Nevile
Release : 2008-06-25
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 85X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250–1750 by : Jennifer Nevile
Download or read book Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250–1750 written by Jennifer Nevile. This book was released on 2008-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mid-13th to the mid-18th century the ability to dance was an important social skill for both men and women. Dance performances were an integral part of court ceremonies and festivals and, in the 17th and 18th centuries, of commercial theatrical productions. Whether at court or in the public theater danced spectacles were multimedia events that required close collaboration among artists, musicians, designers, engineers, and architects as well as choreographers. In order to fully understand these practices, it is necessary to move beyond a consideration of dance alone, and to examine it in its social context. This original collection brings together the work of 12 scholars from the disciplines of dance and music history. Their work presents a picture of dance in society from the late medieval period to the middle of the 18th century and demonstrates how dance practices during this period participated in the intellectual, artistic, and political cultures of their day.
Author : Cia Sautter
Release : 2010-12-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 276/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Miriam Tradition by : Cia Sautter
Download or read book The Miriam Tradition written by Cia Sautter. This book was released on 2010-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miriam Tradition works from the premise that religious values form in and through movement, with ritual and dance developing patterns for enacting those values. Cia Sautter considers the case of Sephardic Jewish women who, following in the tradition of Miriam the prophet, performed dance and music for Jewish celebrations and special occasions. She uses rabbinic and feminist understandings of the Torah to argue that these women, called tanyaderas, "taught" Jewish values by leading appropriate behavior for major life events. Sautter considers the religious values that are in music and dance performed by tanyaderas and examines them in conjunction with written and visual records and evidence from dance and music traditions. Explaining the symbolic gestures and motions encoded in dances, Sautter shows how rituals display deeply held values that are best expressed through the body. The book argues that the activities of women in other religions might also be examined for their embodiment and display of important values, bringing forgotten groups of women back into the historical record as important community leaders
Author : Craig H. Russell
Release : 2012-03-29
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 160/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Serra to Sancho by : Craig H. Russell
Download or read book From Serra to Sancho written by Craig H. Russell. This book was released on 2012-03-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music in the California missions was a pluralistic combination of voices and instruments, of liturgy and spectacle, of styles and functions - and even of cultures - in a new blend that was non-existent before the Franciscan friars' arrival in 1769. This book explores aesthetic, stylistic, historical, cultural, theoretical, liturgical, and biographical aspects of this repertoire. It contains a "Catalogue of Mission Manuscripts," 150+ facsimiles, translations of primary documents, and performance-ready music reconstructions.
