Research Catalog

Title

Urban Bush Women : twenty years of African American dance theater, community engagement, and working it out / Nadine George-Graves.

Author

George-Graves, Nadine.

Publication

• Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2010]
• ©2010

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Details

Description

xvi, 230 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

""The author's long-term engagement with the company has given her unprecedented access to Urban Bush Women. This Clearly contributes to her in-depth understanding of the dynamics of the company and of the choreographic processes that undergird Urban Bush Women Concert Pieces."--Sarah Davies Cordova, author of Paris Dances: Textual Choreographies in the Nineteenth-Century French Novel" "Provocative, moving, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic. These are a few, words that have been used to describe the groundbreaking Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban-Bush Women. Their unique aesthetic borrows from classical and contemporary dance techniques and theater characterization exercises, incorporates breath and vocalization, and employs space and movement to instill their performances with emotion and purpose. Urban Bush Women concerts are also deeply rooted in community activism, using socially conscious performances' to, places around the country--from the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Joyce Theater to community centers and school auditoriums--to inspire audience members to engage in neighborhood change and challenge stereotypes of gender, race, and class." "Nadine George-Graves presents a comprehensive history of Urban Bush Women since their founding in 1984. She analyzes their complex work, drawing on interviews with current and former dancers and her own observation of and participation in Urban Bush Women rehearsals. The accompanying photographs capture the grace and power of the dancers in motion and provide a captivating look at an innovative company that continues to raise the bar for socially conscious dance."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Studies in dance history

Uniform Title

Studies in dance history (Unnumbered)

Subjects

• African American dance
• Dance companies
• Black author
• Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
• History
• African American dance > New York (State) > New York > History
• African American women dancers > New York (State) > New York > History
• New York (State) > New York
• Dance companies > New York (State) > New York > History
• Urban Bush Women (Dance company) History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: working dance -- Development: core values, process, and style -- The Body: divided and conquered -- The Word: black magic realism -- The World: shelter from the heat -- The Soul: the spirit moves -- The Community: in theory and practice -- Coda: by blood, through dance.

Call Number

Sc E 19-1746

ISBN

• 9780299235543
• 0299235548
• 9780299235536
• 029923553X

LCCN

• 2009041985
• 40017983219

OCLC

457010514

Author

George-Graves, Nadine.

Title

Urban Bush Women : twenty years of African American dance theater, community engagement, and working it out / Nadine George-Graves.

Publisher

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2010]

Copyright Date

©2010

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in dance history

Studies in dance history (Unnumbered)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

AUTH: U. CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO. HISTORY OF BROOKLYN-BASED, ALL-BLACK FEMALE DANCE TROUPE.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Other Standard Identifier

40017983219

Research Call Number

Sc E 19-1746