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OverviewChoreographing Shakespeare presents a hitherto unexplored history of the choreographers and performers who have created dance adaptations of Shakespeare. This book investigates forty dance works in genres such as ballet, modern dance, and hip-hop, produced between 1940 and 2016 by choreographers in Britain, America, and Europe, all of which use Shakespeare’s plays and Sonnets as their source material. By combining scholarly analysis of these productions with practice-based conversations from six contemporary choreographers, Klett offers both breadth of coverage and in-depth analysis of how Shakespeare’s poetic language is translated into the usually wordless medium of dance, and shows exactly how these dance adaptations move beyond the Shakespearean texts to engage with musical and choreographic influences. Ideal for students of Shakespeare and Dance Studies, Choreographing Shakespeare explores how dance adaptations strive to design legible and intelligible stories, while ultimately celebrating the beauty of pure movement. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Klett (University of Houston Clear Lake, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9780815375975ISBN 10: 0815375972 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 23 October 2019 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Choreographing Gender, Power, and Desire in Dance Adaptations of the Comedies Interview with Stanton Welch – Romeo and Juliet 2. Creating and Transcending Traditions in Dance Versions of Romeo and Juliet Interviews with Doug Elkins and Paul Vasterling – Othello and Macbeth 3. Staging Psychological Trauma in Dance Adaptations of the Tragedies Interviews with Stephen Mills and Dominic Walsh – Hamlet and Titus Andronicus 4. My Heart Dances: Choreographing Light and Dark in the Late Romances Interview with David Bintley – The Tempest 5. Poetry in Motion: Dancing the Sonnets Conclusion Appendix A: Production Details Appendix B: Glossary of Dance Terms IndexReviewsAuthor InformationElizabeth Klett is Professor of Literature at the University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA. She is the author of Cross-Gender Shakespeare and English National Identity: Wearing the Codpiece (2009), and numerous articles on adaptations of Shakespeare for theatre, dance, film, and television. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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