Описание: Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in the historical blanks for a dance form known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as "belly dance." Eyewitness accounts written by European travelers, the major primary source for modern scholars, provide most of the research material. The author shapes these numerous accounts into a coherent whole, providing a meaningful picture of Egyptian female entertainers of the period as professionals in the arts, rather than as a group of unnamed "ethnic" dancers and singers including one or two identified women of dubious reputation. Analysis is given of the contexts of this dance - which was a legitimate performing art form in Egyptian society appreciated by a wide variety of audiences - with a focus on actual performances - and a re-creation their choreography.
Автор: Alatrash Ghada Название: Stripped to the Bone: Portraits of Syrian Women ISBN: 1927032466 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781927032466 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2943.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Set between war-torn Syria and the West, Stripped to the Bone explores issues of identity, love, strife, courage and resilience in seven fictional portraits of Syrian women. Syrian-Canadian author and translator Ghada Alatrash is a Doctoral Student at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary She has an MA in English Literature from the University of Oklahoma. One of her goals is to amplify the voices of the marginalized through her writings. She translated and published a collection of Arabic poems in English, entitled So that the Poem Remains.
Автор: McLaughlin Darlene Название: Stripped: Recovered and Refinished by the Hand of the Lord ISBN: 1942923295 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781942923299 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Female loyalists occupied a nearly impossible position during the American Revolution. Unlike their male counterparts, loyalist women were effectively silenced. In this book, Kacy Dowd Tillman argues that women`s letters and journals are the key to recovering these voices, as these private writings were used as vehicles for public engagement.
Автор: Foley Название: Undressed for Success ISBN: 1403969930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403969934 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Undressed for Success collects extensive primary source research - newspapers, journals, trade publications, photography collections, press releases, memoirs, and interviews with both strippers and pageant contestants - and employs a wide array of gender, feminist, and performance theory to analyze them.
Working from the premise that dance history can be studied as it has been created in and through the bodies of dancers, Karen Eliot closely examines the lives and careers of five popular female dancers: Giovanna Baccelli, Adèle Dumilâtre, Tamara Karsavina, Moira Shearer, and Catherine Kerr. Notable dancers in European and Russian ballet and American modern dance genres, these women represent a historical cross section of performance, training, and technique.
By elegantly guiding the reader through the Russian Revolution, stage fright and illness, liaisons with aristocracy, movie stardom, and dancing rivalries, Dancing Lives provides valuable insight into the culture in which each woman performed. Readers are introduced to each dancer's social and economic status, her education and training, and changing debates about dance and choreography. The resulting stories are packed with intimate personal details, keen descriptions of dance pedagogy and performance, and behind-the-curtain glimpses of popular dance trends.
Автор: A. Jarmakani Название: Imagining Arab Womanhood ISBN: 1349372579 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349372577 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5487.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress.
Описание: * Learn how to become a professional burlesque dancer, with clear detailed steps illustrated by real-life examples of famous performers from the 20th century and current stars, and beneficiate from a former performer`s insight• Discover the legends of the art form and its origins, find out what kind of performer you want to become.
Автор: LaMothe Название: Nietzsche`s Dancers ISBN: 140396825X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403968258 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10610.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The American modern dancers, Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham were inspired by the way Nietzsche uses images of dance to figure an alternative to Christian values. This book investigates the role his dance images play in his project of `revaluing all values` and does so alongside the religious rhetoric, evident in the writing of Duncan and Graham.
Автор: Janet Mansfield Soares Название: Louis Horst: Musician in a Dancer`s World ISBN: 0822312263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822312260 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 7722.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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From his musical beginnings as a piano player in gambling houses and society cafés, Louis Horst (1884-1964) became one of the chief architects of modern dance in the twentieth century. How a musician untrained in dance came to make such a mark is told here for the first time in rich detail. At the center of this story is Horst's relationship with Martha Graham, who was his intimate for decades. "I did everything for Martha," Horst said late in life. Indeed, as her lover, ally, and lifelong confidante, he worked with such conviction to make her the undisputed dance leader in the concert world that Graham herself would later remark: "Without him I could not have achieved anything I have done." Drawing on the conversation and writings of Horst and his colleagues, Janet Mansfield Soares reveals the inner workings of this passionate commitment and places it firmly in the context of dance history. Horst emerges from these pages as a man of extraordinary personality and multifaceted talent: a composer whose dance scores, such as the one for Graham's Primitive Mysteries, became models for many who followed; a concert pianist for American dancers such as Doris Humphrey and Helen Tamiris, as well as their German counterparts; an editor and writer whose advocacy for American dance made him a leading critic of his time; and, above all, a teacher and mentor whose work at the Neighborhood Playhouse, the Bennington School of Dance, American Dance Festival, and Juilliard helped shape generations of dancers and choreographers. Richly illustrated, sensitive to intimate detail and historical nuance, this comprehensive biography reveals the raison d'etre underlying Horst's theories and practices, offering a wealth of insight into the development of dance as an art form under his virtually unchallenged rule.
Автор: Lesley Nicole Braun Название: Congo`s Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa ISBN: 0299340309 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780299340308 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 10026.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dance music plays a central role in the cultural, social, religious, and family lives of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the various genres popular in the capital city of Kinshasa, Congolese rumba occupies a special place and can be counted as one of the DRC’s most well-known cultural exports. The public image of rumba was historically dominated by male bandleaders, singers, and musicians. However, with the introduction of the danseuse (professional concert dancer) in the late 1970s, the role of women as cultural, moral, and economic actors came into public prominence and helped further raise Congolese rumba’s international profile.
In Congo’s Dancers, Lesley Nicole Braun uses the prism of the Congolese danseuse to examine the politics of control and the ways in which notions of visibility, virtue, and socio-economic opportunity are interlinked in this urban African context. The work of the danseuse highlights the fact that public visibility is necessary to build the social networks required for economic independence, even as this visibility invites social opprobrium for women. The concert dancer therefore exemplifies many of the challenges that women face in Kinshasa as they navigate the public sphere, and she illustrates the gendered differences of local patronage politics that shape public morality. As an ethnographer, Braun had unusual access to the world she documents, having been invited to participate as a concert dancer herself.
Автор: Wardell Kelly Marcia Название: Dancer`s Pocket Guide to Embodied Performance ISBN: 194403756X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781944037567 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1952.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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