Of the presence of the body : essays on dance and performance theory / Essays on dance and performance theory edited by André Lepecki. - 184 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.

Introduction: Presence and Body in Dance and Performance Theory / Trisha Brown's Orfeo: Two Takes on Double Endings / Genealogy and Dance History: Foucault, Rainer, Bausch, and de Keersmaeker / Dance and Its Others: Theory, State, Nation, and Socialism / The Black Beat Made Visible: Hip Hop Dance and Body Power / Danced Spirituals / Breast Milk Is Sweet and Salty (A Choreography of Healing) / Given Movement: Dance and the Event / Inscribing Dance / Embodying Transgression / Andre Lepecki -- Peggy Phelan -- Ramsay Burt -- Randy Martin -- Thomas F. Defrantz -- Susan Manning -- Barbara Browning -- Mark Franko -- Andre Lepecki -- Karmen MacKendrick. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

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Dance--Sociological aspects
Human body--Symbolic aspects
Movement, Aesthetics of
Human locomotion

GV1588.6 / .O4 2004

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