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Beyond the surface : American dance history

Title
  1. Beyond the surface : American dance history / Michelle Grant-Murray.
Published by
  1. Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, [2015]
  2. ©2015
Author
  1. Grant-Murray, Michelle

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Description
  1. viii, 145 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "The aim of this book is to first engage dance academia in the core principles of what is American dance. Secondly, its objective is to empower emerging artists, students, and the general public to embrace American dance, utilizing historical evidence to pay homage to its ancient forms - forms that have shaped the foundations of American culture. Its final intent is to inspire new dance forms"--Preface, pages vii-viii.
Alternative title
  1. American dance history
  2. Beyond the surface : an inclusive American dance history
  3. Inclusive American dance history
Subject
  1. Dance > United States > 20th century > History
  2. African American dance > History
  3. Dancers > United States > History
  4. African American dancers > History
  5. African American dance teachers > History
  6. Modern dance > United States > History
  7. African American women choreographers
  8. African American choreographers
  9. Dance
  10. United States
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. What is dance? -- The call: a synopsis of the impact of the traditional dance and its relevance to American dance history -- Dance techniques, forms, and styles -- Writing about dance -- Practice: idiom, identification, and implications -- Murray method: ancestral dance movement memory.
Call number
  1. Sc E 21-1341
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).
Author
  1. Grant-Murray, Michelle, author.
Title
  1. Beyond the surface : American dance history / Michelle Grant-Murray.
Publisher
  1. Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, [2015]
Copyright date
  1. ©2015
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Cover title
  1. Beyond the surface : an inclusive American dance history
ISBN
  1. 9781465260635
  2. 1465260633
  3. 9781524956875
  4. 1524956872
Research call number
  1. Sc E 21-1341
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