TY - BOOK AU - Novack,Cynthia J. TI - Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture T2 - New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series SN - 9780299124434 AV - GV1781.2 .N68 1990 U1 - 792.8 PY - 1990/// CY - Madison PB - University of Wisconsin Press KW - Improvisation in dance--History KW - Dance--Anthropological aspects--United States KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3445456 ER -