Dancing the black question :
Adair, Christy
Dancing the black question : the Phoenix Dance Company phenomenon / Christy Adair. - Alton, Hampshire, [England] : Dance Books, 2007. - x, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-295) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: Phoenix rising -- 2. Historical and cultural perspectives -- 3. Phoenix plus: an emerging repertory company -- 4. Diving into the fire: shifting identities -- 5. Rewind: a retrospective -- 6. Phoenix reviewed -- Conclusionm -- Bibliography -- Interviews -- Abbreviations -- Appendices: 1. Choreochronicle 1981-2001 -- 2. Dancers, 1981-200/01 -- 3. Board of Directors, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2000 -- 4. Company Publicity circa 1982 -- 5. Programme insert (p.49) for Phoenix Dance Company performance at Harrogate International Festival 1985 -- 6. Reviews: Judith Mackrell, 'The problem with roots', Independent, 12 September 1990 ; Nicholas Dromgoole, 'Where did the blackness go?', Sunday Telegraph, 16 June 1996 ; Ismene Brown, 'Forget the philosophy - just trust', Daily Telegraph, 28 April 1998.
"In this cultural history of the internationally celebrated Phoenix Dance Company, Christy Adair interrogates the factors which contributed to the success of the company. This complex narrative, played out through gender, ethnicity and class, locates Phoenix as a significant artistic force in British contemporary dance. This reconsideration of British dance history confronts the Eurocentricism of dance in the late twentieth century and investigates institutional racism on the part of arts policy makers, funders and critics."--Jacket.
9781852731168 (pbk.) 1852731168 (pbk.)
Dance, Black--Great Britain.
Dance companies--Great Britain.
Modern dance--Great Britain.
GV1786.P464 / A33 2007
792.80941 / ADA
Dancing the black question : the Phoenix Dance Company phenomenon / Christy Adair. - Alton, Hampshire, [England] : Dance Books, 2007. - x, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-295) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: Phoenix rising -- 2. Historical and cultural perspectives -- 3. Phoenix plus: an emerging repertory company -- 4. Diving into the fire: shifting identities -- 5. Rewind: a retrospective -- 6. Phoenix reviewed -- Conclusionm -- Bibliography -- Interviews -- Abbreviations -- Appendices: 1. Choreochronicle 1981-2001 -- 2. Dancers, 1981-200/01 -- 3. Board of Directors, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2000 -- 4. Company Publicity circa 1982 -- 5. Programme insert (p.49) for Phoenix Dance Company performance at Harrogate International Festival 1985 -- 6. Reviews: Judith Mackrell, 'The problem with roots', Independent, 12 September 1990 ; Nicholas Dromgoole, 'Where did the blackness go?', Sunday Telegraph, 16 June 1996 ; Ismene Brown, 'Forget the philosophy - just trust', Daily Telegraph, 28 April 1998.
"In this cultural history of the internationally celebrated Phoenix Dance Company, Christy Adair interrogates the factors which contributed to the success of the company. This complex narrative, played out through gender, ethnicity and class, locates Phoenix as a significant artistic force in British contemporary dance. This reconsideration of British dance history confronts the Eurocentricism of dance in the late twentieth century and investigates institutional racism on the part of arts policy makers, funders and critics."--Jacket.
9781852731168 (pbk.) 1852731168 (pbk.)
Dance, Black--Great Britain.
Dance companies--Great Britain.
Modern dance--Great Britain.
GV1786.P464 / A33 2007
792.80941 / ADA