Rhythm Field : The Dance of Molissa Fenley

Murphy, Ann (EDT); Fenley, Molissa (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0857422197 / ISBN 13: 9780857422194

Edité par Seagull Books, 2015

N° de réf. du vendeur 21439622-n

Synopsis :

Molissa Fenley, one of the most influential artists of postmodern dance, has had a lasting impact on performance. In dance, she has explored extreme effort and duration in highly crafted patterns and performed with an explosive, joyous energy that infused her work with endurance, balance, and life force. She challenged modern dance orthodoxy and redefined the character of a woman's moving body in the late twentieth century, bringing postmodernized ritual to the stage.

Rhythm Field is a vivid and probing portrait of Fenley's four-decade career, written by her fellow artists. The collection functions as a multifaceted look into one woman's complex performing arts legacy. The result is itself an aesthetic undertaking that investigates the ways in which Fenley straddles dance traditions, art genres, and gender norms and has been a model to the field. The collection offers several scholarly analyses of the choreographer's work, and is, above all, a vibrant record from the field. Rhythm Field sits at a necessary midpoint between criticism and scholarship.

À propos des auteurs: Molissa Fenley is a choreographer and performer based in New York City.

Ann Murphy is assistant professor and chair of the Mills College Dance Department, as well as a dance critic for the San Jose Mercury and Contra Costa Times.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Rhythm Field : The Dance of Molissa Fenley
Éditeur : Seagull Books
Date d'édition : 2015
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New