Women’s Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan

Legacy of the Silk Road

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Laurel Victoria Gray, USA) Gray, Laurel Victoria (George Washington University, Thomas F. Defrantz, Thomas F Defrantz, Emily Wilcox, Hanna Järvinen

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The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women’s dance – Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara – and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore rootsto contemporary stage dance.The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizationsto a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power to a place of pride for Uzbek nationhood. It considers the role that immigration had to play on the development of the dances; how women boldly challenged societal gender roles to perform in public; how both material culture and the natural world manifest in the dance; and it illuminates the innovations of pioneering choreographers who drew from Central Asian folk traditions, gestures and aesthetics – not Russian ballet – to first shape modern Uzbek stage dance. Written by the first American dancer invited to study in Uzbekistan, this book offers insight into the once-hidden world of Uzbek women’s dance.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-04-18
Mått154 x 232 x 20 mm
Vikt420 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieDance in the 21st Century
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350249479

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Laurel Victoria Gray is Professor of World Dance at George Washington University, US, and past Adjunct Professor of Dance of the Islamic World at George Mason University, US. In 2007, she was named Honorary Professor at the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She has been the founding artistic director and choreographer for Silk Road Dance Company in Washington DC, US, since 1995.

List of Illustrations ixForeword xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xviNotes on Translation, Transliteration, and Honorifics xviiiTimeline xxPART ONE HIDDEN ROOTS 11 The Goddess and the Dancing Boys 32 The Primacy of Rhythm 27PART TWO THE DANCE ZONES 413 Ferghana Dance 434 Bukhara and Samarkand 555 Khorezm Dance 83PART THREE FROM THE ICHKARI TO THE CONCERT STAGE 976 Mentors and Martyrs 997 Cross-Pollination: Moscow and Paris 1118 From Revolution to Evolution 121PART FOUR TERROR AND WAR 1359 Uprooted: Koreans and Crimean Tatars 13710 The War Front and the Home Front 149PART FIVE THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING 15911 The Blossoming of the Bakhor Ensemble 16112 Constructing Karakalpak Dance 17913 Kizlarkhon Dusmukhamedova—“Queen of All the Girls” 189PART SIX FROM RED STAR TO CRESCENT MOON 19714 New Celebrations for a New Nation 19915 Conclusion: Lessons of Resilience 209Glossary of Dance Related Terms 214Bibliography 217Index 236

Author, Laurel Victoria Gray, through her ground-breaking book, Women’s Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan, reveals a comprehensive and fearless probe into the little-known passion and courage of women of Uzbekistan. Gray, a brilliant teacher, colleague and world-class cultural scholar at George Washington University, Washington, DC, delivers enormous insight into the often closed-door worlds of women along the Silk Road.