Milestones in Dance in the USA

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

AvElizabeth McPherson,Elizabeth Mcpherson

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Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America. Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, it traces dance in the USA as it broke traditional forms, crossed genres, provoked social and political change, and drove cultural exchange and collision. The authors put a particular focus on those whose voices have been silenced, unacknowledged, and/or uncredited – exploring racial prejudice and injustice, intersectional feminism, protest movements, and economic conditions, as well as demonstrating how socio-political issues and movements affect and are affected by dance. In looking at concert dance, vernacular dance, ritual dance, and the convergence of these forms, the chapters acknowledge the richness of dance in today’s USA and the strong foundations on which it stands. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas. This book is ideal for undergraduate courses that embrace culturally responsive pedagogy and seek to shift the direction of the lens from western theatrical dance towards the wealth of dance forms in the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-09-30
Mått138 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt840 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMilestones
Antal sidor320
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032131023

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Elizabeth McPherson, Professor and Director of the Dance Division at Montclair State University, is the editor of The Bennington School of the Dance: A History in Writings and Interviews and author of The Contributions of Martha Hill to American Dance and Dance Education. Executive Editor for the journal Dance Education in Practice, she has written articles for various other publications including Ballet Review, the Journal of Dance Education, and the Journal of Movement Arts Literacy. She holds a BFA from Juilliard, an MA from The City College of NY, and a PhD from New York University.

1. Native American Dance and Engaged ResistanceRobin Prichard2. An American Take on BalletDawn Lille3. Black Women Keep the Tempo: The Impact of Black Women on Jazz and Tap Dance in the USAAlesondra Christmas4. Gendered Politics and the Female Dancing BodyJulie Kerr-Berry5. An Exploration of Inspiration, Imitation, and Cultural Appropriation in Dance in the USAMiriam Giguere6. Dancing for Social Change in the 20th and 21st CenturiesHannah Kosstrin7. Challenging the Distinction between Art and Entertainment: Dance in Musical TheaterJoanna Dee Das8. Postmodern Dance: Laboratory of RuptureEmmanuele Phuon9. On Black Dance and Postmodern Representation from Black Power to Afro-Futurist PerformanceCarl Paris10. From The Serpentine to The Renegade: Milestones in Dance and Media TechnologyJody Sperling

Milestones in Dance in the USA is a winner of the National Dance Education Organization's 2023 Ruth Lovell Murray book award.“With an introduction by McPherson, ten contributing authors provide a more complete picture of how dance in the US impacts—and has been impacted by—society, economics, politics, and religion. […] Each chapter is well-researched and developed, focusing on a specific genre and its cultural context.”“When studying this book, readers will hear the voices of unfamiliar, important US artists, and also reconsider familiar artists who have forever been part of the dance history canon.”Gretchen McLaine, College of Charleston, USA in Journal of Dance Education (2025)