| Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture Contributor(s): Novack, Cynthia J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0299124444 ISBN-13: 9780299124441 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 Annotation: In "Sharing the Dance," Cynthia Novack considers the development of contact improvisation within its web of historical, social, and cultural contexts. This book examines the ways contact improvisers (and their surrounding communities) encode sexuality, spontaneity, and gender roles, as well as concepts of the self and society in their dancing. While focusing on the changing practice of contact improvisation through two decades of social transformation, Novack's work incorporates the history of rock dancing and disco, the modern and experimental dance movements of Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, and Judson Church, among others, and a variety of other physical activities, such as martial arts, aerobics, and wrestling. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Classical & Ballet - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 792.8 |
| LCCN: 89-40534 |
| Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 9.09" W x 6.05" (0.84 lbs) 280 pages |