The Phenomenology of Dance

by Maxine Sheets-Johnstone

Book Overview

When The Phenomenology of Dance was first published in 1966, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone asked: "When we look at a dance, what do we see?" Her questions, about the nature of our experience of dance and the nature of dance as a formed and performed art, are still provocative and acutely significant today. Sheets-Johnstone considers dance as an aesthetic mode of expression, and integrates theories of dance into philosophical discussions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439912629
• ISBN13: 9781439912621
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.2"