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ISBN 10: 0871273950
ISBN 13: 978-0871273956
Author: Dance Horizons, Harriet Lihs
Appreciating Dance is a thorough and accurate history of various forms of dance, analyzing everything from social dance, and ballet to modern dance, tap, jazz, theatrical dance and contemporary dance. In it readers will find: a brief biography of notable dancers and choreographers; information needed to expand the enjoyment of performance; the intersection of dance and religion; the history of dance through the beginning of the 21st century; and budding dance trends. Every chapter in this fifth edition has been updated and revised with new information, including suggestions for YouTube viewing at the end of each chapter.
Appreciating Dance A Guide to the World’s Liveliest Art 5th Table of contents:
Acknowledgements
One: Definitions and Origins
Definitions
A Sampling of Definitions of Dance
Origins
The Body
Time
Space
Effort
Appreciating Dance
Bibliography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Two: Dance and Religion
Types of Religious Dance
Dances of Imitation
Medicine Dances
Commemorative Dances
Dances for Spiritual Connection
World Religious Dance
Africa
Australian Aboriginal Dance
Ancient Greece and Rome
India
Islam (Dance in Islamic Countries)
Jewish Dance
Native American Dance
South and Central America
South Pacific
Tibet and Nepal
Christianity and Dance
Religious Dance in America
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Suggested Internet/YouTube Sources
Bibliography
Videography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Three: Social Dance
Types of Social Dance
Courtship Dances
Work Dances
War Dances
Communal Dances
America: The Dance Crossroads
Derek Hough and Julianne Hough
Suggested Internet/YouTube Sources
Bibliography
Videography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Four: The Development of Ballet
From the Royal Courts to Theatrical Dance
Court Dance
Chinese Court Dance
Japanese Court Dance
The Early Development of Ballet
Eighteenth Century Ballet
The Romantic Period
The Classical Period
Early 20th Century Ballet
The Diaghilev Era
The Ballet Russe Wars
Developments in Ballet in America and Europe
The Balanchine Legacy
Jerome Robbins
Other Ballet Notables, 18th through Early 20th Century
Some Ballet Terminology
Suggested Internet/YouTube Sources
Bibliography
Videography
Other Resources
Discussion Questions
Notes
Five: Modern Dance
New Voices, New Ideas
Forerunners and Pioneers
First Generation
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Martha Hill, John Martin
Lester Horton
Katherine Dunham
Pearl Primus
Other Notable First Generation Modern Dance Choreographers and Performers
Second Generation
Erick Hawkins
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
José Limón
Alvin Ailey
Other Second Generation Choreographers
Resources
Suggested Internet/YouTube Sources
Bibliography
Videography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Six: The American Originals
Tap, Jazz, Musical Theater, Television and Film Dance
Tap Dance
Early Tap Dance: Minstrel Shows
The Rise of Vaudeville
Tap Dance in Hollywood
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
The Nicholas Brothers
Other Hollywood Tap Dancers
Fred Astaire
Today’s Tap
Jazz Dance/Broadway Musicals
The Birth of Jazz Dance
Jack Cole
Jazz Choreographers of the 1950s–1970s
Jerome Robbins
Gene Kelly
Bob Fosse
Michael Bennett
Three Jazz Dance Educators
The Tap Revival, Video Dance and Hip Hop
Gregory Hines and Savion Glover
The 21st Century
Other Major Figures in Tap and Jazz
Hollywood Movie Musicals
Suggested Internet/YouTube Sources
Bibliography
Videography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Seven: Dance in the 21St Century
Postmodernists
Modernists
Mark Morris
Crossing Dance Boundaries
Rennie Harris
Ballet/Modern/Jazz Blends
Arthur Mitchell
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Twyla Tharp
Robert Joffrey
World Contemporary Dance
Maurice Béjart
Pina Bausch
Jir?í Kylián
Boris Eifman
Tatsumi Hijikata
Other Major Figures and Companies in Contemporary Dance
Misty Copeland
Justin Peck
Alexei Ratmansky
Christopher Wheeldon
Suggested Internet/YouTube Sources
Bibliography
Videography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Eight: A Dancer’S World
Careers and Concerns
The Professional Dancer
Dancers’ Health Concerns
Physical Pressures on the Body
The Need to be Thin
Dance Medicine
Career Transitions for Dancers
The Choreographer/Company Director
Funding
Regional Dance Companies
Dance Notation
The Dance Educator
Teaching Dance in the Public Schools
Private Studio Teaching
Conventions, Competitions and Festivals
Other Festivals
Fitness Dance
Dance Therapy and Movement Studies
Why Dance?
A Sampling of Dance Organizations
Suggested Internet Sources
An Additional Resource: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Bibliography
Videography
Discussion Questions
Notes
Index
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