Sharing the Dance : Contact Improvisation and American Culture.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series .
- New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Contact Improvistaion and Anthropological Analysis -- 2. Contact Improvisation's Origins and Influences -- 3. "You Come. We'll Show You What We Do" : The Initial Development of Contact Improvisation -- 4. Dance as "Art-Sport" : Continuing the Form -- 5. Movement and Meaning in Contact Improvisation -- 6. Experiencing the Body -- 7. Cultural Symbols and Aesthetic Practices -- 8. Community, Values, and Authority -- 9. The Business of Performance -- References -- Index.
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Improvisation in dance--History. Dance--Anthropological aspects--United States.