TY - BOOK AU - Schwaiger,Elisabeth TI - Ageing, gender, embodiment and dance: finding a balance SN - 9780230276406 (hardback) PY - 2012/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Ballarins KW - Psicologia KW - Ballarines KW - Dansa KW - Aspectes psicològics KW - lemac KW - Envelliment KW - Diferències entre sexes KW - Cos humà KW - Aspectes socials N1 - Bibliografia p. 204-210. Índex; Conté: Constructing aging, gender and self -- Gendered aging in theatrical dance -- The dancers speak -- Dancing between construction and experience -- Dancing the self through aging -- Counter-discourses -- Valuing the mature dancer : cross-cultural perspectives N2 - "At the beginning of the twenty-first century, mature movement artists such as Kazuo Ohno, Anna Halprin, Carmen De Lavallade, and Liz Lerman's "Dancers of the Third Age" company have amazed audiences around the world with their intense and nuanced performances. In her book, Elisabethh Schwaiger explores the rich aesthetic legacies of mature Australian dancers, ofering a compelling analysis of the cultural proscriptions older dancers face daily and arguing for the importance of honoring their bodily wisdom"--Coberta posterior ER -