Overview
"The unique career of choreographer Liz Lerman has taken her from theater stages to shipyards, and from synagogues to science labs. In this wide-ranging collection of essays and articles, she reflects on her life-long exploration of dance as a vehicle for human insight and understanding of the world around us. Lerman has been described by the Washington Post as ""the source of an epochal revolution in the scope and purposes of dance art."" Here, she combines broad outlooks on culture and society with practical applications and accessible stories. Her expansive scope encompasses the craft, structure, and inspiration that bring theatrical works to life as well as the applications of art in fields as diverse as faith, aging, particle physics, and human rights law. Offering readers a gentle manifesto describing methods that bring a horizontal focus to bear on a hierarchical world, this is the perfect book for anyone curious about the possible role for art in politics, science, community, motherhood, and the media. To explore Lerman's dances about science and tools for embodied learning please visit her Science Choreography website: http://sciencechoreography.wesleyan.edu/. The site is a valuable resource for teachers from middle school through the university level."
Full Product Details
Author: Liz Lerman
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.526kg
ISBN: 9780819574367
ISBN 10: 0819574368
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 02 May 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Hiking the Horizontal constructs a portrait of a compelling artist whose convictions are at the core of her creative engagement in dance--a choreographer whose activism is personal. --Rita Felciano, Dance Chronicle
Hiking the Horizontal is a necessary addition to the libraries of dance aficionados and artists. But it also has much to offer to the broader dialogue on the arts. Lerman is thoughtful, insightful and gentle in her approach, and her message carries deep value. Peter DeVries, <i><b>Dance International</b></i>
Lerman's concise text inspires and equips the reader with a host of new perspectives from which to tackle the making of artworks. ...Lerman's ideas are novel, deep, and challenging and, as such, require time to take in, analyze, and potentially adopt. --Lisa Jo Sagolla, BackStage magazine
Author Information
LIZ LERMAN is a MacArthur Fellow and founder of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
