| Teaching Personality With Gracefulness: The Transmission of Japanese Cultural Values Through Japanese Dance Theatre Contributor(s): Sellers-Young, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819190152 ISBN-13: 9780819190154 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $75.23 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Folk - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Reference |
| Dewey: 793.319 |
| LCCN: 92041782 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5" W x 8" (0.58 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book includes both a description and a discussion of the methods used by Kanriye Fujima, a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to teach Nihon Buyon to primarily Japanese-Americans. Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's life as a teacher in three Pacific Northwest communities, providing an explanation of her teaching processes and contexts of performances. Incorporating the themes and images associated with the pieces, Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's vital role in the maintenance of specific Japanese cultural values. Contents: Preface; Becoming a Student; Kanriye Fujima's Life and Traditional Japanese Dance Theatre; The Movement and Its Aesthetic Base; The Students; The Studio: The Process of Teaching; The Performance Elements; Contexts of Performance; Nihon Buyo: From Japan to the Pacific Northwest; Appendices: The Dances and Program Notes of Fujinami-Kai; The Ten Most Taught Dances in Each Age Category; References; List of Illustrations; Tables and Charts. |