Howling Near Heaven

Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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For more than five decades, Twyla Tharp has been a phenomenon in American dance, a choreographer who not only broke the rules but refused to repeat her own successes. Tharp has made movies, television specials, and nearly one hundred riveting dance works. Her dance show Movin' Out ran on Broadway for three years and won Tharp a Tony award for Best Choreography.Howling Near Heaven is the only in-depth study of Twyla Tharp's unique, restless creativity. This second edition features a new forward that brings the account of Tharp's work up to date and discusses how dance and dance-making in the United States have changed in recent years. This is the story of a choreographer who refused to be pigeonholed and the dancers who accompanied her as she sped across the frontiers of dance.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-04-28
Mått147 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt685 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
Upplaga2
FörlagUniversity Press of Florida
ISBN9780813068145

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Foreword to the Second Edition1. Leotard Days 1965-19662. Dance Activities 1967-19693. The End of Amazonia 1969-19714. The Entertainer 1971-19735. Local to Express 1973-19756. The Big Leagues 1975-19787. Hodge Podge Rummage 1976-19798. Family Business 1979-19819. Romance and the Opposite 1982-198310. Three-Way Stretch 1983-199011. The Anti-company 1990-199512. Near Heaven 1995-2005Epilogue: An Audience of OneNotesA Note on SourcesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Praise for the previous edition:"Reading such intelligent, formidable prose about Ms. Tharp is a joy." —New York Times"Not only does Siegel furnish us with highly detailed descriptions of various Tharp works and vivid accounts of particular performances, she also tries to give us a real sense of the creative process as manifested in this particular artist." —Los Angeles Times"Siegel provides a wealth of insight into the choreographer's groundbreaking movement vocabulary and its development over four decades. . . . A thoughtful record of Tharp's oeuvre and a must for theater and dance scholars and aficionados." —Publishers Weekly"For those of us who experienced these dances live, the book summons images of a heady era in recent dance history. For those who missed these works (even the ephemera), the prose makes us regret our absence." —Dance Magazine"Siegel's attention to detail allows the history of Tharp to become a story. She ties Tharp's past to her present work, as well as the evolution of American dance. In so doing, she carves a permanent place for Tharp within written dance history."— Dance Research Journal