1st Edition
Choreographing Shakespeare Dance Adaptations of the Plays and Poems
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Choreographing Gender, Power, and Desire in Dance Adaptations of the Comedies Interview with Stanton Welch – Romeo and Juliet 2. Creating and Transcending Traditions in Dance Versions of Romeo and Juliet Interviews with Doug Elkins and Paul Vasterling – Othello and Macbeth 3. Staging Psychological Trauma in Dance Adaptations of the Tragedies Interviews with Stephen Mills and Dominic Walsh – Hamlet and Titus Andronicus 4. My Heart Dances: Choreographing Light and Dark in the Late Romances Interview with David Bintley – The Tempest 5. Poetry in Motion: Dancing the Sonnets Conclusion Appendix A: Production Details Appendix B: Glossary of Dance Terms Index
Biography
Elizabeth Klett is Professor of Literature at the University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA. She is the author of Cross-Gender Shakespeare and English National Identity: Wearing the Codpiece (2009), and numerous articles on adaptations of Shakespeare for theatre, dance, film, and television.
