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The body eclectic : evolving practices in dance training / edited by Melanie Bales, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xi, 264 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0252032624
  • 9780252032622
  • 0252074890
  • 9780252074899
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.807 22
LOC classification:
  • GV1589 .B635 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Deconstruction and Bricolage, and Other Themes of the Post-Judson Era / Melanie Bales -- BricolageA Dancing Dialectic / Melanie Bales -- A New York Dancer / Veronica Dittman -- Training as the Medium Through Which / Melanie Bales -- A Dance-Musician's Perspective: An Interview with Natalie Gilbert / Melanie Bales -- Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed / Joshua Monten -- Ballet for the Post-Judson Dancer / Melanie Bales -- DeconstructionSomatics: An Interview with Martha Myers / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- First It Was Dancing / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Re-Locating Technique / Wendell Beavers -- Teaching Alignment / Glenna Batson -- Falling, Releasing, and Post-Judson Dance / Melanie Bales -- Training Stories: -- Chris Aiken -- David Dorfman -- Kathleen Fisher -- Karen Graham -- Mark Haim -- Angie Hauser -- Sara Hook -- Irene Hultman -- Stephen Koester -- Ralph Lemon -- Bebe Miller -- Tere O'Connor -- Cynthia Oliver -- Janet Panetta -- Kraig Patterson -- Shelley Washington -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: "This rich collection of essays and interviews explores modern-dance technique training from the last fifty years. Focusing on the culture of dance, editors Melanie Bales and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol examine choreographic process and style, dancer agency and participation in the creative process, and changes in the role and purpose of training. Bringing recent writings on dance into dialogue with dance practice, The Body Eclectic: Evolving Practices in Dance Training asks readers to consider the relationship between training practices and choreographic style and content. The contributors explore how technique training both guides and reflects the art of dance. Contributors include Melanie Bales, Glenna Batson, Wendell Beavers, Veronica Dittman, Natalie Gilbert, Joshua Monten, Martha Myers, and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol. Dance professionals interviewed include David Dorfman, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Tere O'Connor, and Shelley Washington."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Deconstruction and Bricolage, and Other Themes of the Post-Judson Era / Melanie Bales -- BricolageA Dancing Dialectic / Melanie Bales -- A New York Dancer / Veronica Dittman -- Training as the Medium Through Which / Melanie Bales -- A Dance-Musician's Perspective: An Interview with Natalie Gilbert / Melanie Bales -- Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed / Joshua Monten -- Ballet for the Post-Judson Dancer / Melanie Bales -- DeconstructionSomatics: An Interview with Martha Myers / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- First It Was Dancing / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Re-Locating Technique / Wendell Beavers -- Teaching Alignment / Glenna Batson -- Falling, Releasing, and Post-Judson Dance / Melanie Bales -- Training Stories: -- Chris Aiken -- David Dorfman -- Kathleen Fisher -- Karen Graham -- Mark Haim -- Angie Hauser -- Sara Hook -- Irene Hultman -- Stephen Koester -- Ralph Lemon -- Bebe Miller -- Tere O'Connor -- Cynthia Oliver -- Janet Panetta -- Kraig Patterson -- Shelley Washington -- Contributors -- Index.

"This rich collection of essays and interviews explores modern-dance technique training from the last fifty years. Focusing on the culture of dance, editors Melanie Bales and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol examine choreographic process and style, dancer agency and participation in the creative process, and changes in the role and purpose of training. Bringing recent writings on dance into dialogue with dance practice, The Body Eclectic: Evolving Practices in Dance Training asks readers to consider the relationship between training practices and choreographic style and content. The contributors explore how technique training both guides and reflects the art of dance. Contributors include Melanie Bales, Glenna Batson, Wendell Beavers, Veronica Dittman, Natalie Gilbert, Joshua Monten, Martha Myers, and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol. Dance professionals interviewed include David Dorfman, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Tere O'Connor, and Shelley Washington."--Publisher description.

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