Nietzsche's dancers : Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the revaluation of Christian values / Kimerer L. LaMothe.

By:

LaMothe, Kimerer L [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: xv, 269 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

140396825X
9781403968258

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

792.801 22

LOC classification:

GV1588 .L315 2006

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Introduction : reading Nietzsche's images of dance -- First steps -- Free spirits -- Loving life -- A Dionysian artist -- Incarnating faith -- An affirmation of life -- Athletes of God -- Words to dance -- Conclusion : another ideal -- --

Part I. Nietzsche's Dance -- A God who Dances -- Revaluing Christian Values -- Part II. Isadora Duncan: -- Dionysian Artist -- Expressing Life -- Incarnating Faith in the Body -- Part III. Martha Graham -- Athlete of God -- Affirming Life -- Words and Bodies -- Conclusion: Dancing Religion.

Summary: "Nietzsche uses images of dance throughout his work to represent the process and the fruits of his "revaluation of all values." American modern dancers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham were inspired by his work as they created their respective visions for what dance can and should be. This book examines the relationships among these three figures, arguing that the techniques of dance practice, choreography, and performances developed by Duncan and Graham critically advance Nietzsche's revaluation of Christian values."--Publisher description.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	792.801 LAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A398386B

Browsing City Campus shelves, Shelving location: City Campus Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	792.801 DAN Dancing texts : intertextuality in interpretation /	792.801 DAN Dancing texts : intertextuality in interpretation /	792.801 FRA Dancing identity : metaphysics in motion /	792.801 LAM Nietzsche's dancers : Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the revaluation of Christian values /	792.801 LIV The living dance : an anthology of essays on movement and culture /	792.801 NIK The Nikolais/Louis dance technique : a philosophy and method of modern dance /	792.801 NIK The Nikolais/Louis dance technique : a philosophy and method of modern dance /	Next

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.

"Nietzsche uses images of dance throughout his work to represent the process and the fruits of his "revaluation of all values." American modern dancers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham were inspired by his work as they created their respective visions for what dance can and should be. This book examines the relationships among these three figures, arguing that the techniques of dance practice, choreography, and performances developed by Duncan and Graham critically advance Nietzsche's revaluation of Christian values."--Publisher description.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.