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Ballet and modern dance edition 2 by susan au, susan au. Modern dance is often considered to have emerged as a rejection of, or rebellion against, classical ballet, although historians have suggested that socioeconomic changes in both the united states and europe helped to initiate shifts in the dance world. Often categorized as oldfashioned and conservative, pavlova was in fact an innovator, i suggest, in terms of the way she combined ballet and dance influences from around the world, as well as her role in revivals of neglected dance forms, and, lastly, in her rhetorical framing of ballet as a serious endeavor and an empowering. Kassing earned a bfa in ballet and theatre, an ms in modern dance, a phd in dance and related arts, and an mat in k12 curriculum integrated with technology, for which she completed a multimedia history of dance technology project. Apr 01, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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Ballet and modern dance meets the needs of both students and inquisitive dance goers through a narrative focused on the development of western theatrical dance from the renaissance to the first decades of the 21st century, incorporating the most recent scholarship and projecting trends. James rutter is a freelance arts critic and former lecturer based in philadelphia. Updated for the new millennium to feature the latest styles. Susan au s lucid text covers the entire spectrum of dance, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the dance world of today.
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