Women And Dance
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Dancing Female
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Author : Sharon E. Friedler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-08
Dancing Female written by Sharon E. Friedler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Performing Arts categories.
How do women set up institutions? How has higher education helped or hindered women in the world of dance? These are some of the questions addressed through interviews and researched by the educators and dancers Sharon E. Friedler and Susan B. Glazer in Dancing Female . In dealing with some of the tensions, joys, frustrations, and fears women experience at various points of their creative lives, the contributors strike a balance between a theoretical sense of feminism and its practice in reality. This book presents answers to basic questions about women, power, and action. Why do women choreographers choose to create the dances they do in the manner they do? How do women in dance work independently and organizationally?
Women And Dance
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Author : Christy Adair
language : en
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Release Date : 1992-10-27
Women And Dance written by Christy Adair and has been published by Red Globe Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-27 with Political Science categories.
"The author's love of dance shines through these pages, sweeping the reader along with her own enthusiasm ... This book emphatically and convincingly shifts the exploration of dance to centre-stage, providing a pioneering foundation for future work."--Cathy Lebelska, Women's Studies Network practise within a feminist perspective and, for the non-dance sociologist, it will provide an introduction to issues and concerns in the field.' - Leisure Studies Association demolishes the myth that dance is a female art form by demonstrating the way in which it is dominated by male managers, choreographers and directors. While most dancers are women, for the most part they interpret male-constructed images rather than create them. This is not inevitable, however, the author argues; dance is a possible arena for feminist practice and women's liberation. 'Feminism, cultural studies, and dance analysis will all benefit from this reorientation.' - Janet Wolff.
Dancing Women
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Author : Sally Banes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Dancing Women written by Sally Banes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Dancing Women: Female Bodies Onstage is a spectacular and timely contribution to dance history, recasting canonical dance since the early nineteenth century in terms of a feminist perspective. Setting the creation of specific dances in socio-political and cultural contexts, Sally Banes shows that choreographers have created representations of women that are shaped by - and that in part shape - society's continuing debates about sexuality and female identity. Broad in its scope and compelling in its argument Dancing Women: * provides a series of re-readings of the canon, from Romantic and Russian Imperial ballet to contemporary ballet and modern dance * investigates the gaps between plot and performance that create sexual and gendered meanings * examines how women's agency is created in dance through aspects of choreographic structure and style * analyzes a range of women's images - including brides, mistresses, mothers, sisters, witches, wraiths, enchanted princesses, peasants, revolutionaries, cowgirls, scientists, and athletes - as well as the creation of various women's communities on the dance stage * suggests approaches to issues of gender in postmodern dance Using an interpretive strategy different from that of other feminist dance historians, who have stressed either victimization or celebration of women, Banes finds a much more complex range of cultural representations of gender identities.
Gestures Of Genius
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Author : Rachel Vigier
language : en
Publisher: Stratford, Ont. : Mercury Press
Release Date : 1994
Gestures Of Genius written by Rachel Vigier and has been published by Stratford, Ont. : Mercury Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gestures of Genius is for all women seeking understanding of the history in their own bodies, an engaging, uplifting, and accessible book about recapturing freedom of movement. Rachel Vigier, dance and social theorist, begins with a brief overview of the history of women’s dance and the relationship between society and sanctions on women’s movement, then focuses on the histories of famous women with an important relationship to dance (including Isadora Duncan and Zelda Fitzgerald), and on contemporary women dancers from a variety of communities, whose stories of perseverance and dedication to the art of movement are enlightening, freeing, and joyful. Included are twenty-four black and white photographs arranged as a picture essay on women’s dance through the ages.
Some Women Dance
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Author : Helene Mansfield
language : en
Publisher: Avon Books
Release Date : 1985
Some Women Dance written by Helene Mansfield and has been published by Avon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Fiction categories.
Determined and independent, a showgirl in the spectacular Ballet Rose forges her own powerful business empire despite the dangerous obsession of a ruthless, jealous man
Women And Dance
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Author : Christy Adair
language : en
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Release Date : 1992-10-27
Women And Dance written by Christy Adair and has been published by Red Globe Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-27 with Political Science categories.
A broad-ranging account of women's roles and experience in dance, which demolishes the myth that dance is a female art form by demonstrating the way in which it is dominated by male managers, choreographers and directors. While most dancers are women, for the most part they interpret male-constructed images rather than create their own. This is not inevitable, however, the author argues; dance is a possible arena for feminist practice and women's liberation.
Women S Work
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Author : Lynn Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2008-01-05
Women S Work written by Lynn Brooks and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Like the history of women, dance has been difficult to capture as a historical subject. Yet in bringing together these two areas of study, the nine internationally renowned scholars in this volume shed new and surprising light on women’s roles as performers of dance, choreographers, shapers of aesthetic trends, and patrons of dance in Italy, France, England, and Germany before 1800. Through dance, women asserted power in spheres largely dominated by men: the court, the theater, and the church. As women’s dance worlds intersected with men’s, their lives and visions were supported or opposed, creating a complex politics of creative, spiritual, and political expression. From a women’s religious order in the thirteenth-century Low Countries that used dance as a spiritual rite of passage to the salon culture of eighteenth-century France where dance became an integral part of women’s cultural influence, the writers in this volume explore the meaning of these women’s stories, performances, and dancing bodies, demonstrating that dance is truly a field across which women have moved with finesse and power for many centuries past.
Dancing On The Earth
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Author : Johanna Leseho
language : en
Publisher: Findhorn Press
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Dancing On The Earth written by Johanna Leseho and has been published by Findhorn Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Performing Arts categories.
The essays in this dynamic compilation are a testament to dance as a healing art. Widely interdisciplinary in nature and written by women dancers from around the world, they illustrate a rich array of dance practices, cultures, and disciplines and show how this expressive therapy can be both empowering and exhilarating. The women’s narratives all share a deep appreciation for the connection between mental, spiritual, and physical dimensions, offering dance as a transformative power of renewing and rebuilding that bond. Both personal and professional, the stories weave a vivid tapestry of lived experiences and insights, balance, and a community healed by dance.
Moving Space
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Author : Urmimala Sarkar Munshi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12-15
Moving Space written by Urmimala Sarkar Munshi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Aimed at addressing the lacunae in academic publications on women dancers in India, The Moving Space highlights the idea of the 'space' created, occupied and negotiated by women in Indian dance. It initiates a conversation between dance scholarship and women's studies, and brings together scholars from a multidisciplinary background, emphasizing that research and practice have roots in both these specific areas. This book takes dance as a critical starting point, and endeavours to create an inclusive discourse around the female dancer and the historic, gendered and contested 'space(s)' that accommodate or are created by her. Highlighting the scope and necessity of using feminist theories in understanding complex relationships between individual experiences, gendered representation and cultural constructions in the realm of dance in India, it traces the lived experience of the dancer--her movements, her voice and her subjectivity. This collection of essays contextualizes women dancers from diverse historical and social milieu--from temple to courtyard, from silver screen to dance bars and from national to regional stages--within the larger rubric of dance studies, and brings out stories of survival, struggle, empowerment, subjugation and subversion.
Dynamic Women Dancers
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Author : Anne Dublin
language : en
Publisher: Second Story Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Dynamic Women Dancers written by Anne Dublin and has been published by Second Story Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The women profiled here have become masters of their art, dancing and choreographing their way around the world. All of them have helped transform their style of dance, paving the way for the next generation. As you read about their lives, you will see that these women share a commitment to making a difference in the world of dance and beyond. Anna Pavlova, one of history’s greatest ballerinas, brought classical ballet to all corners of the globe. Geeta Chandran, a master of Indian Bharatanatyam, has used dance to protest violence against women. Judith Marcuse choreographs dances that explore such issues as teen suicide and the environment. Pearl Primus fought against racism, bringing Caribbean and African influence to modern dance. Their passion has left a lasting mark on the world.