Download or read book Contemporary Dance in the Low Countries written by Isabella Lanz and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation of a picture of the dance scene as it currently stands in the Netherlands and Flanders. Two general introductions and twenty portraits: twelve of Dutch choreographers and eight of Flemish. Also a brief look at companies, festivals, dance courses and dance workshops.
Download or read book Dancing at the Crossroads with Raiz Di Polon written by S̆ara Stranovsky and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cape Verde is located at the geographical and cultural crossroads between West Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The archipelago's location physically isolates the islands, while a lack of financial opportunities encourages Cape Verdeans to emigrate to study or work. Cape Verde is a point of union for many nations around the world and many Cape Verdeans identify with being both European and African. The islands are divided culturally and linguistically while united as part of the Cape Verdean Kriolu mosaic. Opposition between isolation and union has developed divisions regarding which languages and traditions will be privileged as markers of national identity. These tensions create the context for the archipelago's first contemporary dance company, Raiz di Polon. I show how director Mano Preto has innovated a style that blurs boundaries using techniques rooted in the archipelago's folk practices and informed by intercultural collaboration. Through conducting participatory ethnographic research, accessing archives, collaborating on performances and documentating the company's work, I clarify both the strengths and the constraints of migratory flows, globalization, and the financial need for a global audience. Four strategies are employed to analyze Raiz di Polon: a grounding of key historical events that built a culture of adaptation and resistance; a discussion of Kriolu as a mode of ontological expression to which to compare movement; a dissection of the performance "Cidade Velha" that reimagines the nation through narratives and the development of a "kriolized" movement lexicon; and an examination of RDP as a local, regional, and global dance training center. Five case studies highlight how Raiz di Polon's impact can be evaluated through festival and musical concert contexts. This project makes the case that RDP succeeds in reclaiming muted postcolonial histories, uniting internal archipelagic divides, and promoting sustainability through the creation of a corporeal Kriolu lexicon. I show that RDP is emblematic to Cape Verdeans who seek to officialize Kriolu against contestations regarding the archipelago's identity as an African Nation. This dissertation shows the impact of dance, art, creolity and globalization on the autonomy of small nations and highlights dance as an important subject of diaspora and globalization studies.
Download or read book Contemporary Explorations in the Culture of the Low Countries written by William Z. Shetter and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1996 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all inclusive study of Netherlandic culture.
Download or read book Undertraining written by Boris Charmatz and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edition anglaise des entretiens de Boris Charmatz sur la danse contemporaine (parus en français en 2003 et épuisés).
Download or read book Women Dance and Revolution written by Rosemary Martin and published by I.B.Tauris. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean - Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria - have undergone major turmoil in recent years, with civil war, occupation and uprising becoming a focus of international attention. Women, Dance and Revolution offers a highly original perspective on the political and cultural tensions through the experiences of contemporary dance practitioners from the region. It shows how these women - all established performers, choreographers and teachers - have been affected by and responded to the changes brought about by the troubles. As their personal dreams unfold into public aspirations for their society and country, the moving body becomes central in the debates over the future of the region. Through dance they engage in public protest and performance, endure violence and repression, and reveal new meanings of identity, gender and body politics. Their journeys of dance – both abroad and in their homelands - illuminate how, despite moments of disillusionment, objection and betrayal, being a woman and being a dancer can still mean many things and influence society in many ways in the Arab World
Download or read book The Low Countries written by Stichting Ons Erfdeel and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women Dance and Revolution written by Rose Martin (Lecturer in dance) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean-- Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria--have undergone major turmoil in recent years, with civil war, occupation and uprising. Women, Dance and Revolution offers a highly original perspective on the political and cultural tensions through the experiences of contemporary dance practitioners from the region. It shows how these women--all established performers, choreographers and teachers--have responded to the changes brought about by the troubles. Through dance they engage in public protest and performance, endure violence and repression, and reveal new meanings of identity, gender and body politics. Their journeys of dance illuminate how, despite moments of disillusionment, objection and betrayal, being a woman and being a dancer can still mean many things and influence society in many ways in the Arab World."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Download or read book The Low Countries written by Stichting Ons Erfdeel and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Made in the Low Countries written by Lutgard Mutsaers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made in the Low Countries: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music of the Dutch-speaking region comprising the Netherlands and Flanders as a region of federal Belgium. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars and publicists in this field, and covers the major issues, genres, and contexts of popular music. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the issue or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to this transnational region. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music made in the region, followed by essays that are organized into four thematic sections: I: Framing and Facilitating; II: Creation and Curation; III: Close Encounters; IV: Changes and Choices.
Download or read book The Low Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Low Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The articles in this yearbook, by British and American, Dutchand Flemish contributors, survey the living, contemporary culture of the Low Countries as well as their cultural heritage"--Foreword
Download or read book The Low Countries written by Jozef Deleu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contemporary Music in the Low Countries written by Emile Wennekes and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Low Countries written by Jozef Deleu and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Low Countries is a yearbook aimed at presenting to the world the culture and society of the Dutch speaking area which embraces both the Netherlands and also Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. The articles in this yearbook survey the living, contemporary culture of the Low Countries as well as their cultural heritage. It provides information about literature and the arts, but also about broad social and historical development in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Download or read book Translating Knowledge in the Early Modern Low Countries written by Harold John Cook and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of nature may be common to all of humanity, yet it is written in many tongues. The story of the Tower of Babel is not only an etiology of the multitude of languages, it also suggests that a "confusion of tongues" confounds communication. However, as the contributors to this volume show, translation is always a transformation. This book examines how such transformations generate new knowledge and how translations helped to establish a new science. Situated at the border of the Germanic and Romance languages, home to a highly educated population, the Low Countries fostered multilingualism and became one of the chief sites for translation. (Series: Low Countries Studies on the Circulation of Natural Knowledge - Vol. 3)
Download or read book Frontiers written by Karen Bell-Kanner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daily life of Bonnie Bird, as an American modern dancer in the 1930s, is uniquely revealed in this book. Karen Bell-Kanner shares with the reader her fascinating interviews with Bonnie Bird and the intimate letters that Bonnie Bird wrote to her family in Seattle from New York when she was working with Martha Graham between 1931 and 1937. On her return to the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle as dancer-teacher- choreographer, she had the then novice dancer Merce Cunningham among her students and the young John Cage as her accompanist. In New York again, she developed the popular dance entertainment for children, the Merry-Go-Rounders, in the 1950s. Bonnie Bird's applications of psychology led her to pioneer new concepts and techniques in dance education that have influenced generations of contemporary dance teachers. Her last twenty years were spent at London's Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, where the accomplishments of a lifetime were gathered together to expand the frontiers of
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Europe written by DK Travel and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Europe will lead you straight to the best this diverse continent has on offer. The fully updated ebook includes unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of cities and towns, from the majestic peaks of the Alps to the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Europe includes information on the culture, history, architecture, and art of the continent, in addition to the best of Europe's gardens, beaches, cathedrals, castles, and shopping. DK's insider travel tips and essential local information will help you discover Europe your way, whether you want to explore the luscious green landscape of Ireland, laze on a beach in Greece, or both! Winner of the Top Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2017.
