Dancing Modernism/performing Politics
Author | : Mark Franko |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0253324327 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780253324320 |
Rating | : 4/5 (320 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dancing Modernism/performing Politics written by Mark Franko and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation "... almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." -- Signs"... [an] important step... in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and betweeen present and past." -- Theatre Journal"This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." -- Dance Theatre Journal"Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and, I believe, an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." -- Dance Research JournalA revisionary account of the evolution of "modern dance" in which Mark Franko calls for a historicization of aesthetics that considers the often-ignored political dimension of expressive action. Includes an appendix of articles of left-wing dance theory, which flourished during the 1930s