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East Meets West in Dance Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue
354 Pages
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Routledge
354 Pages
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Routledge
332 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction; I: An Overview; 1: The American Dance Festival's International Projects: Invention and Implementation, I; 2: The American Dance Festival's International Projects: Invention and Implementation, II; II: China; 3: From ‘Beasts' to ‘Flowers': Modern Dance in China; 4: Bringing Modern Dance to China *; 5: Some Reflections on Modern Dance in Guangzhou; 6: A Lifetime in Dance, A Moment in Guangzhou; 7: Lasting Impressions; 8: Chinese/Japanese Roots and Branches; 9: Faces in the Moon; III: Hong Kong; 10: Dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Some Thoughts on International Networking; 11: From Helsinki to Hong Kong; 12: The Emerging Contemporary Dance Companies of Hong Kong and China; 13: Day Trip; IV: Indonesia; 14: Tradition and Change in Bali; 15: The View from Jakarta; V: Japan; 16: Promoting Dance in Japan; 17: Dance Education in Japan; 18: On the History of Western Dance in Japan; 19: Ballet Training and the Studio Scene in Tokyo; 20: Ballet in Japan: Where Does It Go From Here?; 21: Tokyo, New York, Tokyo; 22: Some Scholarly Reflections on Dance in Japan; Vi: Korea; 23: Bringing Modern Dance to Korea; 24: Toward a New Form of Dance in Korea; 25: In Search of a New Korean Voice; 26: What Is Dance?; 27: New Trends in Korea *; VII: Philippines; 28: ‘Cross-Cultural Exchange Has Always Been a Way of Life in My Country'; VIII: Taiwan; 29: Dance and Society in Taiwan: A Culture in Transition; 30: Dance Education in Taiwan; 31: Ballet in Taiwan; 32: Great Expectations: The Training of Taiwanese Dancers; 33: On Teaching Choreography in Taiwan; 34: New Beginnings: Taiwan and the United States
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John Solomon, Ruth Solomon
