Book Description
Introduces the history, methods of teaching, ceremonial styles, basic steps, and famous figures of traditional Asian dance from Japan, China, India and more.
Author : Janet Descutner
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 19,72 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1438130783
Introduces the history, methods of teaching, ceremonial styles, basic steps, and famous figures of traditional Asian dance from Japan, China, India and more.
Author : Katherine Mezur
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0472054554
In Corporeal Politics, leading international scholars investigate the development of dance as a deeply meaningful and complex cultural practice across time, placing special focus on the intertwining of East Asia dance and politics and the role of dance as a medium of transcultural interaction and communication across borders. Countering common narratives of dance history that emphasize the US and Europe as centers of origin and innovation, the expansive creativity of dance artists in East Asia asserts its importance as a site of critical theorization and reflection on global artistic developments in the performing arts. Through the lens of “corporeal politics”—the close attention to bodily acts in specific cultural contexts—each study in this book challenges existing dance and theater histories to re-investigate the performer's role in devising the politics and aesthetics of their performance, as well as the multidimensional impact of their lives and artistic works. Corporeal Politics addresses a wide range of performance styles and genres, including dances produced for the concert stage, as well as those presented in popular entertainments, private performance spaces, and street protests.
Author : Michael Liu
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0739127195
Chronicles Asian Americans' fight for equality and political inclusion in the United States during the late twentieth century, exploring how the movement brought about surprising social change in ethnic neighborhoods across the country and how it influenced Asian American art, literature, and culture.
Author : Alessandra Iyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134398255
Indian Dance is not what it was. The classical dances of the subcontinent have undergone fission, have been deconstructed and have become part of a contemporary dance idiom. Some of the most innovative work has taken place because of interaction with Western dancers or because it was conceived in a Western and/or global context. Thus the British experience-the work and contribution of Indian dance practitioners based in Britain and working primarily in a British/European context-have been very important for the new development of Indian dance.
Author : Andrew Solway
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 11,31 MB
Release : 2008-09-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432913793
Which dancers dance through fire? Why does it take several hours to put on make-up for a kathakali dance? Which dance company uses tai chi, meditation, Chinese opera movement, martial arts, modern dance and ballet in its dancing? African and Asian Dance provides a detailed look at the development of African and Asian dancing, from the huge variety of traditional folk dances to the modern techniques used by choreographers such as Germaine Acogny and the Cloud Gate Theatre today. The book looks at how the choreography and improvisation differ from other styles of dance, and explores the part played by costumes and make-up.
Author : Yutian Wong
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780299308742
The definition of Asian American dance is as contested as the definition of "Asian American." The contributors to this volume address such topics as the role of the 1960s Asian American movement in creating Japanese American taiko groups, and the experience of internment during World War II influencing butoh dance in Canada. Essays about artists such as Jay Hirabayashi, Alvin Tolentino, Shen Wei, Kun-Yang Lin, Yasuko Yokoshi, Eiko & Koma, Sam Kim, Roko Kawai, and Denise Uyehara look closely at the politics of how Asian aesthetics are set into motion and marketed. The volume includes first-person narratives, interviews, ethnography, cultural studies, performance studies, and comparative ethnic studies.
Author : Emily Wilcox
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520300572
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Revolutionary Bodies is the first English-language primary source–based history of concert dance in the People’s Republic of China. Combining over a decade of ethnographic and archival research, Emily Wilcox analyzes major dance works by Chinese choreographers staged over an eighty-year period from 1935 to 2015. Using previously unexamined film footage, photographic documentation, performance programs, and other historical and contemporary sources, Wilcox challenges the commonly accepted view that Soviet-inspired revolutionary ballets are the primary legacy of the socialist era in China’s dance field. The digital edition of this title includes nineteen embedded videos of selected dance works discussed by the author.
Author : Yutian Wong
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0299308707
Original essays and interviews by artists and scholars who are making, defining, questioning, and theorizing Asian American dance in all its variety.
Author : Stephanie Burridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 1000440214
This Companion documents and celebrates artistic journeys within the framework of rich and complex cultural heritages and traditional dance practices of the Asia-Pacific region. It presents various dance forms from Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and the South Pacific. Drawing on extensive research and decades of performative experience as artists, choreographers, producers, teachers, and critics, the authors approach issues of dance and cultural diversity from a theoretical perspective while at the same time exploring change, process, and transformation through dance. The book discusses themes such as tradition, contemporization, interdisciplinarity, dance education, youth dance, dance networks, curatorial practices, and evolving performative practices of dance companies and independents. It also looks at regional networking, curating dance festivals and spaces that foster collaboration, regional cooperation, and cultural exchange, which are essential features of dance in Asia and the Pacific. This collection will be of interest to students and researchers of pedagogy, choreography, community dance practice, theatre and performance studies, social and cultural studies, aesthetics, interdisciplinary arts, and more. It will be an invaluable resource for artists and practitioners working in dance schools and communities.
Author : Mohd. Anis Md. Nor
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Bharata natyam
ISBN :