Poetics of Dance: Body, Image, and Space in the Historical Avant-Gardes (Oxford Studies in Dance Theory)

Synopsis

When It Was First Published In German In 1995, Poetics Of Dance Was Already Seen As A Path-breaking Publication, The First To Explore The Relationships Between The Birth Of Modern Dance, New Developments In The Visual Arts, And The Renewal Of Literature And Drama In The Form Of Avant-garde Theatrical And Movement Productions Of The Early Twentieth Century. Author Gabriele Brandstetter Established In This Book Not Only A Relation Between Dance And Critical Theory, But In Fact A Full Interdisciplinary Methodology That Quickly Found Foothold With Other Areas Of Research Within Dance Studies. As A Whole, The Book Makes An Important Contribution To The Theory Of Modernity. -- From Back Cover. Pathos Formulas : Body-image And Danced Figuration. Dance In The Museum : Body And Memory ; Patterns Of Femininity And The Body-image Of Dance ; Delirium Of Movement And Trance Dance ; The Dancer As Muse -- Topos Formulas : Dance Movement And Figurations Of Space. Dance Costume And Movement Space : Spatial Formulas And Their Metamorphoses Into Fabric ; Dance-text : Transformations Of Choreography ; Aerodance : Futurist Dance And Aviation ; Writing Dance And Spatial Writing : Between Alphabet And Topos Formula ; Interruption : Intermediality And Disjunction In The Movement Concepts Of Avant-garde Dance And Theater. Gabriele Brandstetter ; Translation From The German By Elena Polzer With Mark Franko. Translated From The German. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.