Description
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.
Author: Cynthia J. Novack
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 08/15/1990
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 6.05h x 9.09w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780299124441
ISBN10: 0299124444
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Dance | Classical & Ballet
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
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.
Author: Cynthia J. Novack
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 08/15/1990
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 6.05h x 9.09w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780299124441
ISBN10: 0299124444
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Dance | Classical & Ballet
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
About the Author
Cynthia J. Novack is an anthropologist, dancer/choreographer, and teacher. She is assistant professor of dance at Wesleyan College and a member of the Richard Bull Dance Theatre.