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Author Novack, Cynthia Jean.

Title Sharing the dance : contact improvisation and American culture / Cynthia J. Novack.

Publication Info. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [1990]
©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 258 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series New directions in anthropological writing
New directions in anthropological writing.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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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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Subject Improvisation in dance -- History.
Improvisation in dance.
History.
Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- United States.
Dance -- Anthropological aspects.
United States.
Indexed Term United States Modern dance, history
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Novack, Cynthia Jean. Sharing the dance. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1990 (DLC) 89040534 (OCoLC)20930321
ISBN 9780299124434 electronic book
0299124436 electronic book
0299124401
9780299124403
0299124444 paperback
9780299124441 paperback