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Dancefilm : choreography and the moving image / Erin Brannigan.

Title
Dancefilm : choreography and the moving image / Erin Brannigan.
Author
Brannigan, Erin.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Description
xvi, 224 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
'Dancefilm: Choreography and the Moving Image' examines the ways choreographic elements inform cinematic operations in dancefilm. It examines some of the most significant collaborations between dancers, choreographers and filmmakers presenting new models of cinematic movement that are historically informed.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Alternative Title
Dance film
Subject
  • Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
  • Choreography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Includes filmography.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : between dance and film -- Modern movement, dance, and the birth of cinema -- The close-up: micro-choreographies -- Gesture-dance -- Maya Deren : strategies for dancefilm -- Anarchic moves, experimental cinema -- The musical : moving into the dance -- Dancefilm as gestural exchange.
ISBN
  • 9780195367232 (alk. paper)
  • 0195367235 (alk. paper)
  • 9780195367249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0195367243 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009044232
OCLC
461631503
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library