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First critical biography of this visionary artist written by a dance scholarSimone Forti, groundbreaking improvisor, has spent a lifetime weaving together the movement of her mind with the movement of her body to create a unique oeuvre situated at the intersection of dancing and art practices. Her seminal Dance Constructions from the 1960s crafted a new approach to dance composition and helped inspire the investigations of Judson Dance Theater...

First critical biography of Simone Forti, a renowned postmodern artist and dancer whose visual and performance work is in the collections of many art museums and whose performances have thrilled audiences around the world"--

How to Land offers a new look at embodiment that treats gravity as the organizing force for thinking and moving through our twenty-first century world.

How to Land offers a new look at embodiment that treats gravity as the organizing force for thinking and moving through our twenty-first century world.

Feminist theory illuminates the radical cultural work of contemporary dance.

For twenty-five years, Ann Cooper Albright has been exploring the intersection of cultural representation and somatic identity in dance. For Albright, dancing is a physical inquiry, a way of experiencing and participating in the world, and her writing reflects an interdisciplinary approach to seeing and thinking about dance. In her engagement as both a dancer and a scholar, Albright draws on her kinesthetic sensibilities as well as her intelle...

One of the most famous dancers of the early 1900s, Lo¿Fuller created an extraordinary sensation in Paris with her manipulations of hundreds of yards of silk, swirling high above her and lit dramatically from below. Her work inspired artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Auguste Rodin, and St¿ane Mallarm¿and she embodied many of the decorative themes of Art Nouveau. Because her work highlights important issues in dance such as the role of ...

For twenty-five years, Ann Cooper Albright has been exploring the intersection of cultural representation and somatic identity in dance. For Albright, dancing is a physical inquiry, a way of experiencing and participating in the world, and her writing reflects an interdisciplinary approach to seeing and thinking about dance. In her engagement as both a dancer and a scholar, Albright draws on her kinesthetic sensibilities as well as her intelle...

One of the most famous dancers of the early 1900s, Lo¿Fuller created an extraordinary sensation in Paris with her manipulations of hundreds of yards of silk, swirling high above her and lit dramatically from below. Her work inspired artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Auguste Rodin, and St¿ane Mallarm¿and she embodied many of the decorative themes of Art Nouveau. Because her work highlights important issues in dance such as the role of ...

This small and beautifully illustrated book showcases the work of two great American modernists, painter Abraham Walkowitz and dancer Isadora Duncan. Born in the same year (1878), both artists influenced the development of modern art in the early twentieth century by blending figurative gesture with abstraction. Duncan grew up in a free-spirited and artistic household in California and then moved to Europe. Walkowitz immigrated to the United S...

First comprehensive overview of improvisation in dance.