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Beyond the surface : American dance history
- Title
- Beyond the surface : American dance history / Michelle Grant-Murray.
- Author
- Grant-Murray, Michelle
- Publication
- Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- viii, 145 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The aim of this book is to first engage dance academia in the core principles of what is American dance. Secondly, its objective is to empower emerging artists, students, and the general public to embrace American dance, utilizing historical evidence to pay homage to its ancient forms - forms that have shaped the foundations of American culture. Its final intent is to inspire new dance forms"--Preface, pages vii-viii.
- Alternative Title
- American dance history
- Beyond the surface : an inclusive American dance history
- Inclusive American dance history
- Subject
- Dance > United States > 20th century > History
- African American dance > History
- Dancers > United States > History
- African American dancers > History
- African American dance teachers > History
- Modern dance > United States > History
- African American women choreographers
- African American choreographers
- Dance
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).
- Contents
- What is dance? -- The call: a synopsis of the impact of the traditional dance and its relevance to American dance history -- Dance techniques, forms, and styles -- Writing about dance -- Practice: idiom, identification, and implications -- Murray method: ancestral dance movement memory.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1341
- ISBN
- 9781465260635
- 1465260633
- 9781524956875
- 1524956872
- OCLC
- 905879998
- Author
- Grant-Murray, Michelle, author.
- Title
- Beyond the surface : American dance history / Michelle Grant-Murray.
- Publisher
- Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Cover Title
- Beyond the surface : an inclusive American dance history
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1341