ANN COOPER ALBRIGHT is Associate Professor of Dance at Oberlin College and author of Choreographing Difference (Wesleyan, 1997). DAVID GERE is Assistant Professor at University of California at Los Angeles's Department of World Arts and Cultures and co-editor of Looking Out: Perspectives on Dance and Criticism in a Multicultural World (1995).
"For those who strive to legitimize the long-dismissed art and
craft of improvisational dance; for those who look for an
invitation, or a doorway in; for those for whom the phrase just
improvising slips (too) easily off the tongue; and for dancers and
dance lovers of all persuasions, I recommend this reader. The frank
voices in this collection pay tribute to the ranginess of
improvisational dance practices and sources while illuminating the
deep bodymind investigations that inform its application to
contemporary performance."--Lisa Nelson, choreographer,
improvisational performer, coeditor Contact Quarterly dance
journal
""This collection charts the geography of dance improvisation in an
entirely contemporary way. Whether personal, artistic,
ethnographic, critical, historical, or theoretical, each voice
speaks clearly and accessibly. This collection is refreshing,
insightful and sophisticated.""--Penny Campbell, Director of Dance,
Middlebury College
"The concept of improvisation is historically associated with jazz,
comedy, or theater, not dance... Among the authors represented are
Susan Leigh Foster, Sally Banes, and Janice Ross, as well as dance
notable such as Simone Forti, Steve Paxton, and Victoria Marks...
best suited to large dance and performing arts
collections."--Library Journal
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