The black dancing body : a geography from coon to cool
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The black dancing body : a geography from coon to cool
Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-316) and index
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Description
What is the essence of black dance in America? To answer that question, Brenda Dixon Gottschild maps an unorthodox "geography", the geography of the black dancing body, to show the central place black dance has in American culture. From feet to the butt to hair to skin/face and beyond to soul/spirit, Brenda Dixon Gottschild talks to some of the greatest choreographers of the day including Garth Fagan, Francesca Harper, Meredith Monk, Brenda Buffalino, Doug Elkins, Ralph Lemon, Fernando Bujones, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Jawole Zollar, Bebe Miller, Sean Curran and Shelly Washington to look at the evolution of black dance and its importance to American culture.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART I: TOPOGRAPHY OF THINGS TO COME: RUMINATIONS ON DANCING IN A BLACK DANCING BODY - Latitude I - Black White Dance Dancers - The Physical Terrain - Position/Disposition: Bujones/Zollar Interviews - Location: 'Who Is There?' - PART II: MAPPING THE TERRITORIES - Latitude II - Feet - Butt - Skin/Hair - Location: 'To Be or Not . . .' - PARTIII: THE CONTINENT - Latitude III - Soul/Spirit - Blood Memories, Spirit Dances - Position/Disposition: From Coon to Cool - Location: Horizon - Notes - Bibliography
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