By Marc Raymond Strauss,Myron Howard Nadel
ISBN-10: 0871273543
ISBN-13: 9780871273543
With a spotlight on dance innovation from the overdue nineteenth century to the current, this historical past presents dance scholars with available info at the significant participants to the artwork. prepared chronologically by means of the a long time during which innovators have been born or dance organisations have been based, the research exhibits the similarities and generational personality that come up from shared impression. instead of illustrations or images, this contemporary advisor deals hyperlinks to YouTube movies and different web references to view examples of the paintings mentioned. The scope is overseas, with assurance of German, Swedish, Belgian, Dutch, Taiwanese, Russian, Finnish, and Spanish pioneers of the avant-garde to demonstrate that dance is a world language that keeps to damage obstacles and discover new principles. quite a few of the a hundred and twenty artists and performers featured contain Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, George Balanchine, Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Jose Limon, Katherine Dunham, Chunky flow, and Trey McIntyre.
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