By Larraine Nicholas,Geraldine Morris
The have to ‘rethink’ and query the character of dance historical past has no longer reduced because the first version of Rethinking Dance History. This revised moment version addresses the wishes of an ever-evolving box, with new contributions contemplating the position of electronic media in dance perform; the growth of functionality philosophy; and the expanding significance of practice-as-research. A two-part constitution divides the book’s contributions into:
• Why Dance heritage? – the guidelines, concerns and key conversations that underpin any examine of the historical past of theatrical dance.
• gaining knowledge of and Writing – discussions of the methodologies and ways in the back of any winning learn during this zone.
Everyone concerned with dance creates and contains with them a historical past, and this quantity explores the ways that those histories might be utilized in performance-making – from stories which identify identification to re-invention or upkeep via shared and private heritages. contemplating the aptitude value of learning dance historical past for students, philosophers, choreographers, dancers and scholars alike, Rethinking Dance History is a vital start line for somebody intrigued via the wealthy heritage and plenty of instructions of dance.
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