TY  - BOOK
AU  - McFee,Graham
TI  - Understanding dance
SN  - 0415078091 
AV  - GV1588.3 .M37 1996
U1  - 792.801 20
PY  - 1996///,©1992
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Dance
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Aesthetics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and index; PART I Goundwork; 1. Basic concepts for aesthetics; Definition and 'definiteness' ; The objectivity of appreciation ; The artistic and the (merely) aesthetic ; Conclusion --; PART II The Nature of Dance; 2. Dance as Action; The importance of the issue ; Dance as a 'special kind pf movement' ; Understanding action ; People, not machines ; Two ways of talking ; The importance of context ; Insights from the two-language view ; A technical point: defeasibility ; Conclusion --; 3. Dance as art; Traditions and conventions of art ; Conventions and understanding ; An institutional account of art ; A fundamental objection to institutional theories of art ; A reply to this objection ; A diagnosis of the origin of the objection ; Digression: the 'community' view of concepts ; Outcomes of the institutional analysis ; Conclusion --; 4. Dance as a Performing Art; Performing arts, multiplies and identity ; Type/token ; The creation of the type-work ; The thesis of notationality ; Interpretation and performance ; Performers' interpretations ; Further considerations ; Re-evaluation ; Variety among performances ; Conclusion --; 5. Dance as an Object of Understanding; Meaning, understanding and explanation ; Meaning and institutional concepts ; Two difficulties for the dance/language analogy ; Objections from structural linguistics: an example ; An area of disanalogy? ; Interpretation and performance (again) ; Conclusion --; PART III Understanding of Dance; 6. Understanding the Dance Criticism; Three topics for the understanding of dance ; Two unsatisfactory accounts of criticism: 'rules' and scrutiny ; A modest proposal for the extension of the critic's cognitive stock ; Two provisos for an account of criticism as noticing ; The restrictive proviso reconsidered ; Arbitrariness and 'reading in' ; Some criticisms of the view of criticism as noticing --; 7. Understanding, Experience and Criticism; Dance as an object of understanding ; The 'meaning' of dances as identified with informed criticism ; Interpretation and emotional education (I) ; Interpretation and emotional education (II) ; The knowledge-base of criticism ; Conclusion --; 8. The Point of Dance; Purposive versus artistic justification ; Emotional education and conceptual change ; The objects of emotions ; Art and life issues ; Art works and art forms ; Two theses for an account of art ; Life issues and 'the familiar' ; Conclusion --; PART IV Concepts of Understanding; 9. Style and Technique; The notion of individual style ; Two characteristics of style ; The place of technique (I) ; Four notes of caution ; Outcomes of the style/technique connection ; Condition three: psychological reality ; The place of technique (II) ; Conclusion --; 10. Imagination and Understanding; Imagination and perception ; Some objections considered ; Three ideas of the imaginary ; Conclusion --; 11. Intention and Understanding; Intentionalist and anti-intentionalist positions ; The public character of intention ; Choreographer's intention and 'Black Angels' --; 12. Expression in Dance; Expressiveness in dance versus expressiveness in movement ; Expression and artistic concepts ; Expression and understanding ; Expressive of what? ; Conclusion --; PART IV Applications and Implications; 13. Aesthetic Eduaction: Some myths; The very idea of kinaesthetic sense ; The importance of performance ; The 'creative process' ; The very idea of an aesthetic education --; 14. Dance and Society; The meaning of the word 'Dance' ; Dance as 'natural' ; An 'art-shaped hole' in the theory ; A sense of history ; Relativism and understanding ; Conclusion --; Conclusion ?; A necessary limitation on the presentation ; Methods and a key assumption of the text ; Two fundamental principles of aesthetics ; Dance in education
N2  - "By focusing on the work of a number of major choreographers, companies and critics, McFee explores the nature of our understanding of dance by considering the "practice" of understanding dance-works themselves." -- WorldCat
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0648/91044620-d.html
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