Before, Between, and Beyond: Three Decades of Dance Writing

Before, Between, and Beyond: Three Decades of Dance Writing
ISBN-10
0299221539
ISBN-13
9780299221539
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2007-05-25
Publisher
Univ of Wisconsin Press
Author
Sally Banes

Description

Sally Banes has been a preeminent critic and scholar of American contemporary dance, and Before, Between, Beyond spans more than thirty years of her prolific work. Beginning with her first published review and including previously unpublished papers, this collection presents some of her finest works on dance and other artistic forms. It concludes with her most recent research on Geroge Balanchine's dancing elephants. In each piece, Banes's detailed eye and sensual prose strike a rare balance between description, context, and opinion, delineating the American artistic scene with remarkable grace. With contextualizing essays by dance scholars Andrea Harris, Joan Acocella, and Lynn Garafola, this is a compelling, insightful indispensable summation of Banes's critical career.

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