Choreographing Difference: The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance

by Ann Cooper Albright

Book Overview

Feminist theory illuminates the radical cultural work of contemporary dance.

The choreographies of Bill T. Jones, Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels, Zab Maboungou, David Dorfman, Marie Chouinard, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and others, have helped establish dance as a crucial discourse of the 90s. These dancers, Ann Cooper Albright argues, are asking the audience to see the body as a source of cultural identity -- a physical presence that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819563218
• ISBN13: 9780819563217
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher