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Appalachian Dance
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Author : Susan Eike Spalding
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Appalachian Dance written by Susan Eike Spalding and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Performing Arts categories.
In Appalachian Dance: Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities, Susan Eike Spalding brings to bear twenty-five years' worth of rich interviews with black and white Virginians, Tennesseeans, and Kentuckians to explore the evolution and social uses of dance in each region. Spalding analyzes how issues as disparate as industrialization around coal, plantation culture, race relations, and the 1970s folk revival influenced freestyle clogging and other dance forms like square dancing in profound ways. She reveals how African Americans and Native Americans, as well as European immigrants drawn to the timber mills and coal fields, brought movement styles that added to local dance vocabularies. Placing each community in its sociopolitical and economic context, Spalding analyzes how the formal and stylistic nuances found in Appalachian dance reflect the beliefs, shared understandings, and experiences of the community at large, paying particular attention to both regional and racial diversity. Written in clear and accessible prose, Appalachian Dance is a lively addition to the literature and a bold contribution to scholarship concerned with the meaning of movement and the ever-changing nature of tradition.
Hoedowns Reels And Frolics
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Author : Phil Jamison
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Hoedowns Reels And Frolics written by Phil Jamison and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Music categories.
In Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, old-time musician and flatfoot dancer Philip Jamison journeys into the past and surveys the present to tell the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia. These distinctive folk dances, Jamison argues, are not the unaltered jigs and reels brought by early British settlers, but hybrids that developed over time by adopting and incorporating elements from other popular forms. He traces the forms from their European, African American, and Native American roots to the modern day. On the way he explores the powerful influence of black culture, showing how practices such as calling dances as well as specific kinds of steps combined with white European forms to create distinctly "American" dances. From cakewalks to clogging, and from the Shoo-fly Swing to the Virginia Reel, Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics reinterprets an essential aspect of Appalachian culture.
Communities In Motion
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Author : Susan E. Spalding
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1995-04-30
Communities In Motion written by Susan E. Spalding and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-04-30 with Performing Arts categories.
For the first time, a book on vernacular dance provides detailed case studies about a range of forms: old-time square dancing in Virginia, Indiana, and Newfoundland; African-American step shows; clogging; Cherokee traditional dance; historical reconstructions of 18th-century dance; and modern contra. This book fills a need from graduate studies to high schools, which are mandated under the Educate America Act to teach dance in historical and cultural perspective. Those interested in folklore, anthropology, dance history, ethnology, aesthetics, American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and more, will benefit from this work as they learn how vernacular dance reflects and shapes communities. The work is divided into four sections. Each section is prefaced with an introductory essay that sets the essays and interviews into a theoretical context. Continuity and Change deals primarily with dance forms that have developed organically within a community. Conserving Tradition considers the conscious efforts of people from a particular culture to maintain a vernacular dance tradition in the face of change. Inventing Tradition examines revival dance and historical dance reconstructions. Finally, Practical Suggestions for the Documentation of Traditional Dance will benefit readers who want to try their hands at research and documentation.
Ballet For Martha
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Author : Jan Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Flash Point
Release Date : 2010-08-03
Ballet For Martha written by Jan Greenberg and has been published by Flash Point this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the score's composition to Martha's intense rehearsal process. The authors' collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life.
Talking Feet
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Author : Mike Seeger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Talking Feet written by Mike Seeger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Music categories.
Compiled by musician/folklorist Mike Seeger and dancer Ruth Pershing, Talking Feet introduces us to dancers from the Appalachian, Piedmont, and Blue Ridge Mountain regions of the South. In its various forms—flatfooting, buckdancing, hoedown, rural tap or clogging—Southern dancing involves a great deal of personal style and innovation as dancers create the rhythm of old-time country music—talking blues, bluegrass, hand-patting and western swing. Traditionally, people have danced at corn shuckings, apron hemmings, weddings, and house parties. Nowadays, clog dancers compete at festivals and competitions. Talking Feet is a precious record of the experience of old-timers and an inspiration to younger enthusiasts who want to absorb the tradition and make it their own.
The Southern Appalachian Region
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Author : Thomas R. Ford
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
The Southern Appalachian Region written by Thomas R. Ford and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with Social Science categories.
The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American "problem area"—an area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficient to relieve the chronic poverty of its people. The existence of the problem was recognized a generation ago, but in the past decade the resistance of such areas to economic advance has acquired a more urgent significance in American thought. In 1958, a group of scholars undertook to make a new survey of the Southern Appalachian Region. Aided by grants from the Ford Foundation ultimately amounting to $250,000, they set out to analyze the direction and extent of the changes which had taken place since the last survey (in1935), to define the problem in terms of the present situation, and—if possible—to arrive at recommendations for action which might enable the leaders of the Region and the nation to attack the problem with practical measures. In this volume are presented their comprehensive reports on the Region's population, its economy, its institutions, and its culture. The problems defined by this survey are a challenge to the whole nation, for the consequences of success or failure in solving them will not be limited to the Southern Appalachian Region.
The Encyclopedia Of Traditional Appalachian Square Dancing
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Author : Bill Nichols
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-09
The Encyclopedia Of Traditional Appalachian Square Dancing written by Bill Nichols and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with categories.
This encyclopedia contains instructions for executing Traditional Appalachian Square Dance figures. It also provides a brief synopsis of the history and definitions of various dance forms found in Appalachia. Chapters include descriptions of the music, the steps, calling technique, and terminology used in Appalachian Square Dance. It is a privilege to reprint this encyclopedia in honor of two great men - my dad, Bill, and my friend, Garland! The information within these pages is a result of lifelong experiences of both authors.
Wayfaring Strangers
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Author : Fiona Ritchie
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-09-29
Wayfaring Strangers written by Fiona Ritchie and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-29 with Music categories.
Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German, Welsh, African American, French, and Cherokee origin. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. In Wayfaring Strangers, Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change. From ancient ballads at the heart of the tradition to instruments that express this dynamic music, Ritchie and Orr chronicle the details of an epic journey. Enriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, this abundantly illustrated volume includes a CD featuring 20 songs by musicians profiled in the book, including Dolly Parton, Dougie MacLean, Cara Dillon, John Doyle, Pete Seeger, Sheila Kay Adams, Jean Ritchie, Doc Watson, David Holt, Anais Mitchell, Al Petteway, and Amy White. In 2017, noted Scottish musician Phil Cunningham followed this musical migration for the acclaimed BBC tv series "Wayfaring Stranger" to which the authors contributed. In the pages of this book, tv viewers will enjoy re-visiting the people and places they loved on screen.
Appalachian Clogging And Flatfooting Steps
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Author : Ira G. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Ira Bernstein
Release Date : 1992
Appalachian Clogging And Flatfooting Steps written by Ira G. Bernstein and has been published by Ira Bernstein this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Clog dancing categories.
Clogging And The Southern Appalachian Square Dance
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Author : Frank X. Bonner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Clogging And The Southern Appalachian Square Dance written by Frank X. Bonner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Clog-dancing categories.