Dancing Revelations : Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture.
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Dancing Revelations : Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture.
Yazar:
DeFrantz, Thomas F.
ISBN:
9780195348354
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1 online resource (312 pages)
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- ONE Why Revelations Worked -- TWO Early Dances -- THREE Early Company -- FOUR Revelations II: 1969 -- FIVE Touring, Touring, Touring -- SIX Reflecting a Spectrum of Experience -- SEVEN Other Dances -- EIGHT Ailey Celebrates Ellington -- NINE Gender and Spectatorship -- TEN Later Dances -- ELEVEN Concluding Moves -- APPENDIX Choreography by Alvin Ailey -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Özet:
Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) is arguably the most important black American choreographer in the short history of modern dance. This study presents an examination of Ailey's range of choreography, considers its cultural sources, theories of African American Performance, and the ways in which Ailey shaped African American participation in modern dance.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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