Sharing the dance : contact improvisation and American culture /
Novack, Cynthia Jean,
Sharing the dance : contact improvisation and American culture / Cynthia J. Novack. - xvii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - New directions in anthropological writing . - New directions in anthropological writing. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0299124401 0299124444 9780299124403 9780299124441
89040534
Dance--Anthropological aspects--United States
Improvisation in dance--History
GV1781.2 / .N68 1990
792.8
Sharing the dance : contact improvisation and American culture / Cynthia J. Novack. - xvii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - New directions in anthropological writing . - New directions in anthropological writing. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0299124401 0299124444 9780299124403 9780299124441
89040534
Dance--Anthropological aspects--United States
Improvisation in dance--History
GV1781.2 / .N68 1990
792.8