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OverviewDance is a non-verbal art form, often subject to the interpretation of the viewer. The Vision of Modern Dance is the moving story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists who created it. They were revolutionaries, with each succeeding generation rebelling against the last. It begins with Isadora Duncan who rejected ballet as unnatural and clothed herself in Greek tunics. It continues with statements by the early moderns, Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, and Charles Weidman. Though modern dance was considered to be American, there was a parallel development in Germany known as expressive dance, represented in this collection by Mary Wigman and Hanya Holm. The Nazi era curtailed German expressionism, but it later reemerged as dance theater, notably in the iconoclastic works of Pina Bausch, who is represented here. True to its liberating heritage, modern dance has spread around the world with its message of freedom of expression. One of the foremost contemporary exponents, the Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, has the last word. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jean Morrison Brown , Charles Humphrey Woodford , Naomi MindlinPublisher: Princeton Book Company Imprint: Princeton Book Company Edition: 3rd Revised edition ISBN: 9780871274045ISBN 10: 0871274043 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 29 February 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJean Morrison Brown, former Professor of Dance, University of New Hampshire; Naomi Mindlin, dancer and free lance dance writer; Charles H. Woodford, publisher of Dance Horizons and Princeton Book Company, Publishers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |