Dance and the Body in Western Theatre

Dance and the Body in Western Theatre
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781137034892
ISBN-13 : 1137034890
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Book Synopsis Dance and the Body in Western Theatre by : Sabine Sörgel

Download or read book Dance and the Body in Western Theatre written by Sabine Sörgel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the body appears in almost all cultural discourses, it is nowhere as visible as in dance. This book captures the resurgence of the dancing body in the second half of the twentieth century by introducing students to the key phenomenological, kinaesthetic and psychological concepts relevant to both theatre and dance studies.


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