Watching Weimar Dance asks what audiences saw on stages from cabaret and revue to concert dance and experimental theatre in the turbulent moment of the Weimar Republic. Spectator reports that performers died or became half-machine archive not only the physicality of past performance; but also the ways audiences used the temporary world of the theatre to negotiate pressing social issues; from female visibility within commodity culture to human functioning in an era of increasing technologization. Archives of watching a range of performance artists; including Oskar Schlemmer; Valeska Gert; Kurt Jooss; Mary Wigman; Bertolt Brecht; Anita Berber; and the Tiller Girl troupes also revise and complicate our understanding of Ausdruckstanz as the representative dance of this moment in Germany. They further reveal how such practices came to be imbued with different significance in the postwar era as well as in transnational context. By bringing insights from theatre; dance; and performance studies to German cultural studies; and vice versa; Watching Weimar Dance develops a culturally-situated model of spectatorship that not only offers a new narrative but also demonstrates new methods for dance scholarship to shape cultural history.
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70 of 71 people found the following review helpful. New Cover- Old contentBy Rikelle BrandeI hate to say it but I am little disappointed by this book. The quality of the artwork and projects are fantastic - if I hadnt already seen them. Every project is from other North Light publications; that I already own; the photography and content is the same. I wish I had known that. If you dont own many North Light Books on mixed media such as "A Flavor for Mixed Media" then this would be a great sampler and i would highly recommend buying the book. However; if you do; you wont see anything new - at all. It would be better if this book were named; "A collection of some of our best projects from our other books you probably already own."0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I like this bookBy nikkita mitchellI like this book. It is more about learning techniques to empower your own art; rather than trying to copy the writers designs. Great addition to my mixed media book collection.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful book. Great way to learnBy AccountWonderful product. Walks you through projects step by step. Great way to learn
