Ageing, gender, embodiment and dance : finding a balance / Elisabeth Schwaiger

By:

Schwaiger, Elisabeth, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: XIII, 213 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780230276406 (hardback)

Subject(s):

Contents:

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

Summary: "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

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés	793.2 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900070302

Bibliografia p. 204-210. Índex

"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

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