[PDF] East Meets West In Dance eBook

Author : John Solomon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134361017

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East Meets West in Dance chronicles this development in the words of many of its best known and most active exponents. This collection of articles provides a theoretical discussion of the promises and pitfalls inherent in transplanting art forms from one culture to another; it offers practical guidance for those who might want to participate in this enterprise and explains the general history of the dance exchange to date. It also identifies the differences that are unique to specific cultures, such as the development of theatrical forms, arts education, and the status of artists. This is a first examination of a phenomenon that has already touched most people in the arts community worldwide, and that none can afford to ignore. A lively dialogue has evolved over the last few decades between dance professionals -- performers, teachers and administrators -- in the United States and Europe and their counterparts in Asia and the Pacific rim.

Author : Rod Curtis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 1995
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Mixture of Australian and Japanese dance presented as part of the Fringe Festival (photo).

Author : Ching-hwang Yen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9811247226

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Born in South China before 1949, brought up and educated in Southeast Asia and Australia, and having worked in Southeast Asia, Australia and Hong Kong, Professor Yen has a unique personal experience in telling the fascinating stories of the encounter and clashes of cultural and social values between East and West. Imbued with many traditional Chinese cultural values such as diligence, perseverance, resilience and determination, in this book, he tells his life story of how he was determined to climb the pinnacle of scholarship. As an ethnic minority in Australian society, he devoted himself to fight for the interests of the the Chinese diaspora and help promote multi-culturalism in Australia.This book also provides first-hand source materials for the study of intellectuals, from the Chinese diaspora, studying and working in a Western university through his eyes: his initial problem of adjusting to a new western environment, his experience of cultural dislocation, the clashes of cultural values and social mores, his experience of racial discrimination, and his pursuit of academic excellence.

Author : Selma Jeanne Cohen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :

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"Exciting and fascinating, this reference work succeeds in its goal of bringing "joy as well as enlightenment" about all forms of dance in all countries of the world. An extremely useful synoptic outline of contents" with nine sections (including "Ritual and Religion" and "Popular Entertainment") enables the user to explore dance in its cultural and social aspects, while topical essays complement the 2,000-plus entries. Heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the encyclopedia captures the fluid movement of dance; with its depth and scope, this outstanding work has carved a well-deserved niche."--"Outstanding Reference Sources: the 1999 Selection of New Titles," American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Folk dancing
ISBN :

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Includes a few dances with music.