Handbook in Motion: An Account of an Ongoing Personal Discourse and Its Manifestations in Dance

Simone Forti

ISBN 10: 0937645052 / ISBN 13: 9780937645055

Verlag: Wesleyan University Press, 2021

2021. 3rd ed. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780937645055

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Tracing a period in her life from the 1969 Woodstock Festival through the following years living on the land, this singular dance artist's direct and poetic writings bring a turbulent transitional era to life. Arriving in New York in the early 60's from California, she brought with her a series of pieces that proved to be a serious influence on the development of postmodern dance in years to come. Her dance-constructions were based on a concern with bodies in action, the movement not being stylized or presented for its visual line but rather as a physical fact. Combining drawings, dance reports (short descriptions of events whose movement made a deep impression on the author's memory), and documentary materials such as scores, descriptions, letters to colleagues, and photographic records of performances, Forti's eye toward creating idioms for exploring natural forms and behaviors is evident throughout.

Simone Forti shifted from painting in 1955 to study dance with Anna Halprin and went on to study composition with Robert Dunn at the Merce Cunningham Studio leading to her association with Judson Dance Theater in the '60s. Her work spans from early minimalist dance-constructions, through animal movement studies, news animations, land portraits, and currently, Logomotion, an improvisational form based on the resonance between movement and the spoken word. She performs and teaches worldwide.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: SIMONE FORTI shifted from painting in 1955 to study dance with Anna Halprin and went on to study composition with Robert Dunn at the Merce Cunningham Studio leading to her association with Judson Dance Theater in the '60s. Her work spans from early minimalist dance-constructions, through animal movement studies, news animations, land portraits, and currently, Logomotion, an improvisational form based on the resonance between movement and the spoken word. She performs and teaches worldwide.

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Titel: Handbook in Motion: An Account of an Ongoing...
Verlag: Wesleyan University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New
Auflage: 3. Auflage