My Vancouver dance history story, movement, community / Peter Dickinson.
| Author/creator | Dickinson, Peter, 1968- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020] |
| Description | xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. Whose dance history? -- Friendship's folds : "Dancing alone together" with plastic orchid factory -- Walking and talking and laughing with Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg -- Between sand and water : butoh-ing on the beach with kokoro dance -- Like is as like is not : making (and unmaking) correspondences with Ziyian Kwan and Vanessa Goodman -- Putting words in motion with Rob Kitsos and Lesley Telford -- History dances whom? Gesturing toward incompleteness with Justine A. Chambers and Alexa Mardon. |
| Abstract | "In the past decade, Vancouver dance has received tremendous acclaim nationally and internationally, as witnessed by the success of choreographer Crystal Pite and a rejuvenated Ballet BC. But this is only part of a vibrant and diverse story of contemporary movement practices in the city. In My Vancouver Dance History Peter Dickinson crafts an embodied narrative that focuses on his critical and creative collaborations with nine Vancouver-based dance artists and companies. Mixing interview excerpts with fieldwork descriptions of studio research and performance analysis, Dickinson draws on ten years of close observation to delve into the individual histories of select members of this community, while also relating the cumulative story of Vancouver dance production and performance as it has unfolded in the past decade. The voices of other invested participants interpolate this rich history, and chapters are interspersed with a series of "movement intervals" that reflect key moments in Dickinson's history as a spectator, scholar, and collaborator. In innovative ways, Dickinson suggests that when we pay attention to the larger social topography of dance practice - the sites that give rise to it, the labour that goes into it, and the professional friendships it engenders - we can properly understand dance's contributions to civic life."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020476298 |
| ISBN | 9780228001072 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |