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Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics by Mark Franko (English) Paperback Book
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Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics
by Mark Franko, Juan Ignacio Vallejos
In the much-anticipated update to a classic in dance studies, Mark Franko analyzes the political aspects of North American modern dance in the 20th century.A revisionary account of the evolution of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics features a foreword by Juan Ignacio Vallejos on Franko's career, a new preface, a new chapter on Yvonne Rainer, and an appendix of left-wing dance theory articles from the 1930s. Questioning assumptions that dancing reflects culture, Franko employs a unique interdisciplinary approach to dance analysis that draws from cultural theory, feminist studies, and sexual, class, and modernist politics. Franko also highlights the stories of such dancers as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and even revolutionaries like Douglas Dunn in order to upend and contradict ideas on autonomy and traditionally accepted modernist dance history.Revealing the captivating development of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics will fascinate anyone interested in the intersection of performance studies, history, and politics.
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PaperbackLANGUAGE
EnglishCONDITION
Brand New
Table of Contents
Foreword: Geneaology and Event in the Work of Mark Franko, by Juan Ignacio Vallejos
Preface
Introduction: The Politics of Expression
1. The Invention of Modern Dance
2. Bodies of Radical Will
3. Emotivist Movement and Histories of Modernism: The Case of Martha Graham
4. Expressivism and Chance Procedure: The Future of an Emotion
5. Some Notes on Yvonne Rainer, Modernism, Politics, Emotion, Performance, and the Aftermath
Appendix: Left-Wing Dance Theory: Articles on Dance from New Theatre, New Masses, and Daily Worker
Notes
Bibliography
IndexReview
"Almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." —Signs "[An] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and between present and past." —Theatre Journal "This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." —Dance Theatre Journal "Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and . . . an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." —Dance Research Journal
Review Text
"Almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." -- Signs "[An] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and between present and past." -- Theatre Journal "This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." -- Dance Theatre Journal "Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and . . . an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." -- Dance Research Journal
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" "Almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." -- Signs "[An] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and between present and past." -- Theatre Journal "This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." -- Dance Theatre Journal "Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and . . . an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." -- Dance Research Journal "--, reviewing a previous edition or volume
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ISBN0253065429Author Juan Ignacio VallejosPublisher Indiana University PressLanguage EnglishYear 2023Edition 2ndISBN-10 0253065429ISBN-13 9780253065421Format PaperbackPublication Date 2023-05-02DEWEY 792.8Imprint Indiana University PressPlace of Publication Bloomington, INCountry of Publication United StatesAU Release Date 2023-05-02NZ Release Date 2023-05-02US Release Date 2023-05-02UK Release Date 2023-05-02Edition Description Revised EditionAudience Professional & VocationalPages 252Alternative 9780253065414Illustrations 27 b&w illus. - 27 Illustrations, black and white
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