Full Description
The need to 'rethink' and question the nature of dance history has not diminished since the first edition of Rethinking Dance History. This revised second edition addresses the needs of an ever-evolving field, with new contributions considering the role of digital media in dance practice; the expansion of performance philosophy; and the increasing importance of practice-as-research. A two-part structure divides the book's contributions into:
• Why Dance History? - the ideas, issues and key conversations that underpin any study of the history of theatrical dance.
• Researching and Writing - discussions of the methodologies and approaches behind any successful research in this area.
Everyone involved with dance creates and carries with them a history, and this volume explores the ways in which these histories might be used in performance-making - from memories which establish identity to re-invention or preservation through shared and personal heritages. Considering the potential significance of studying dance history for scholars, philosophers, choreographers, dancers and students alike, Rethinking Dance History is an essential starting point for anyone intrigued by the rich history and many directions of dance.
Contents
Part One
INTRODUCTION: WHY DANCE HISTORY?
Geraldine Morris and Larraine Nicholas
MEMORY, HISTORY AND THE SENSORY BODY: DANCE, TIME, IDENTITY
Larraine Nicholas
CARA TRANDERS'S REVERIES
By herself
BEYOND FIXITY: AKRAM KHAN ON THE POLITICS OF DANCING HERITAGES
Royona Mitra
AFRICAN-AMERICAN DANCE REVISITED: UNDOING MASTER NARRATIVES IN THE STUDYING AND TEACHING OF DANCE HISTORY
Takiyah Nur Amin
DANCE WORKS, CONCEPTS AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
Anna Pakes
RECONSTRUCTION AND DANCE AS EMBODIED TEXTUAL PRACTICE
Helen Thomas
PRESERVING THE REPERTORY AND EXTENDING THE HERITAGE OF MERCE CUNNINGHAM
Karen Eliot
MAKING DANCE HISTORY LIVE — PERFORMING THE PAST
Henrietta Bannerman
Part Two
INTRODUCTION: RESEARCHING AND WRITING
Geraldine Morris and Larraine Nicholas
DESTABILISING THE DISCIPLINE: CRITICAL DEBATES ABOUT HISTORY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE STUDY OF DANCE
Alexandra Carter
DECOLONISING DANCE HISTORY
Prarthana Purkayastha
MANY SOURCES, MANY VOICES
Lena Hammergren
'DREAM NO SMALL DREAMS!': IMPOSSIBLE IMAGINARIES IN DANCE COMMUNITY ARCHIVING IN A DIGITAL AGE
Astrid von Rosen
WHEN PLACE MATTERS: PROVINCIALIZING THE 'GLOBAL'
Emily E. Wilcox
CONSIDERING CAUSATION AND CONDITIONS OF POSSIBILITY: PRACTITIONERS AND PATRONS OF NEW DANCE IN PROGRESSIVE-ERA AMERICA
Linda J. Tomko
'DANCIN' IN THE STREET': STREET DANCING ON FILM AND VIDEO FROM FRED ASTAIRE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
Beth Genné
JUDSON: REDUX AND REMIX
Marcia B. Siegel
RUTH PAGE, FEMININE SUBJECTIVITY, AND GENERIC SUBVERSION
Joellen A. Meglin
EXTENSIONS: ALONZO KING AND BALLET'S LINES
Jill Nunes Jensen
GISELLE AND THE GOTHIC: CONTESTING THE ROMANTIC IDEALISATION OF THE WOMAN
Geraldine Morris
