Choreographing Difference: The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance

by Ann Cooper Albright

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Feminist theory illuminates the radical cultural work of contemporary dance.

The choreographies of Bill T. Jones, Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels, Zab Maboungou, David Dorfman, Marie Chouinard, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and others, have helped establish dance as a crucial discourse of the 90s. These dancers, Ann Cooper Albright argues, are asking the audience to see the body as a source of cultural identity -- a physical presence that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0819563218

ISBN13:9780819563217

Release Date:September 1997

Publisher:Wesleyan University Press

Length:244 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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