In Sharing the Dance; Cynthia Novack considers the development of contact improvisation within its web of historical; social; and cultural contexts. This book examines the ways contact improvisers (and their surrounding communities) encode sexuality; spontaneity; and gender roles; as well as concepts of the self and society in their dancing. While focusing on the changing practice of contact improvisation through two decades of social transformation; Novackrsquo;s work incorporates the history of rock dancing and disco; the modern and experimental dance movements of Merce Cunningham; Anna Halprin; and Judson Church; among others; and a variety of other physical activities; such as martial arts; aerobics; and wrestling.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Im an untutored classical guitarist who plays the Bach solo ...By Harvey S. LisztIm an untutored classical guitarist who plays the Bach solo violin music straight and most often listens to the music played on the lute (thank you Nigel North and Hopkinson Smith!) and I found this book absolutely delightful. It has a wealth of insights and spurs thought. The movements are discussed thematically across the six works and nothing is neglected. Even the discussion of bowing made sense; and I had to think for the first time about how the open string notes were not the same. Just reading the simple remark that Bach never wrote two notes on the same staff was worth the world. It sent me to Galamians edition that has a reproduction of the autograph manuscript at the end. Modern editions often lose what Walter Benjamin described as the "aura" of an original artwork; this book helped recover some of it for me.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Really excellent. Indispensable.By tlsIndispensable. Everywhere I open the book it is addressing and answering questions I had. It goes into issues of Baroque era tuning and intonation I hadnt been aware of at all. Really excellent.
