The dance in mind : profiles and reviews 1976-83 / Deborah Jowitt ; photographs by Lois Greenfield.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : D.R. Godine, 1985.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0879235349
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.845 JOW
LOC classification:
  • GV1599 .J66 1985
Contents:
SOME MASTERS : Back, again, to ballet ; Finding all that glints in glass ; Mr. B. mines the riches of the waltz ; A gem remembered ; Apollo radiant ; Zen and the art of dance ; Confronting the xerox with human grace ; I'm only here to fix the frieze ; Twelve frozen minutes of I want to, but I can't ; What a trail she blazed ; A fishy conversation with an obliging giant ; Under the arch, over the trellis ; Tharp's expanding world ; Tharp against the whirlwind -- ICONOCLASTS OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES : Reckless again ; Twist the opal : what color now? ; At home in the body ; To drip, perchance to steam ; Stay in your flight patterns, angels ; Still changing the rules ; Our only dancing philosopher? ; Mapping fields that don't stay still ; Dancing a song ; Underwater all islands connect ; Please draw me a dance ; Loops of tears ; How pristine dare you get? ; When the lion lies down with the lamb ; Ordeal by light ; Senta Driver : stomping out a niche for herself [mention of Bill T. Jones] ; Two different whirls -- THE PAST REKINDLED : Maria Theresa: Isadora's last dancing daughter ; Far from Manhattan ; The partner we can't refuse ; Don't fault Fokine ; Let yellow ring ; View from Mount Olympus ; She gave a lovely light ; Facts that Outmyth fiction -- THE NEW GENERATION : A shining example ; The women of the hour ; Nina Wiener: on her own track; Merce's progeny ; Wreaths for those who stick their necks out ; Calligrapher in dance ; Mining one clear view ; Crawling into a womb of rice ; A mouthful of flowers ; Performing is real too [Bill T. Jones] ; A slack string won't resonate, a tight one may snap [mention of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane] -- MODERN, TRADITIONAL, AND VERY POPULAR : Man, the marvelous mechanism [Alwin Nikolais] ; Does heroism define a hero? ; Harmony's fervent apostle ; Taking on new shapes ; And Pearl remembered to bring drummers ; Freedom to risk all ; Béjart lands: prepare for ecstasy ; Martine van Hamel feasts on dancing ; Knocking about in the jungle ; Enter the Royal (gasp, snarl) ; Unreeling the images : line taut ; Dancers shot from guns ; Does every company have a Goh? -- TRADITIONS OF OTHER COUNTRIES : Consider the ethnic dance ; You tell me your dreams ; Combat with the invisible ; Tempo will tell ; Can a doll drink water? ; Fragrance clings to the sleeve -- SOME OTHER VISTAS : A lifetime of art on the Left ; So how's by you, Siegfried? ; London letters ; Why do the ushers wear tap shoes? ; Abandoning the ivory tower ; Art on ice ; Ballet novels: you'll never dance Aurora, dear ; Portrait of the artist as a survivor [Alwin Nikolais].
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Includes index.

SOME MASTERS : Back, again, to ballet ; Finding all that glints in glass ; Mr. B. mines the riches of the waltz ; A gem remembered ; Apollo radiant ; Zen and the art of dance ; Confronting the xerox with human grace ; I'm only here to fix the frieze ; Twelve frozen minutes of I want to, but I can't ; What a trail she blazed ; A fishy conversation with an obliging giant ; Under the arch, over the trellis ; Tharp's expanding world ; Tharp against the whirlwind -- ICONOCLASTS OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES : Reckless again ; Twist the opal : what color now? ; At home in the body ; To drip, perchance to steam ; Stay in your flight patterns, angels ; Still changing the rules ; Our only dancing philosopher? ; Mapping fields that don't stay still ; Dancing a song ; Underwater all islands connect ; Please draw me a dance ; Loops of tears ; How pristine dare you get? ; When the lion lies down with the lamb ; Ordeal by light ; Senta Driver : stomping out a niche for herself [mention of Bill T. Jones] ; Two different whirls -- THE PAST REKINDLED : Maria Theresa: Isadora's last dancing daughter ; Far from Manhattan ; The partner we can't refuse ; Don't fault Fokine ; Let yellow ring ; View from Mount Olympus ; She gave a lovely light ; Facts that Outmyth fiction -- THE NEW GENERATION : A shining example ; The women of the hour ; Nina Wiener: on her own track; Merce's progeny ; Wreaths for those who stick their necks out ; Calligrapher in dance ; Mining one clear view ; Crawling into a womb of rice ; A mouthful of flowers ; Performing is real too [Bill T. Jones] ; A slack string won't resonate, a tight one may snap [mention of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane] -- MODERN, TRADITIONAL, AND VERY POPULAR : Man, the marvelous mechanism [Alwin Nikolais] ; Does heroism define a hero? ; Harmony's fervent apostle ; Taking on new shapes ; And Pearl remembered to bring drummers ; Freedom to risk all ; Béjart lands: prepare for ecstasy ; Martine van Hamel feasts on dancing ; Knocking about in the jungle ; Enter the Royal (gasp, snarl) ; Unreeling the images : line taut ; Dancers shot from guns ; Does every company have a Goh? -- TRADITIONS OF OTHER COUNTRIES : Consider the ethnic dance ; You tell me your dreams ; Combat with the invisible ; Tempo will tell ; Can a doll drink water? ; Fragrance clings to the sleeve -- SOME OTHER VISTAS : A lifetime of art on the Left ; So how's by you, Siegfried? ; London letters ; Why do the ushers wear tap shoes? ; Abandoning the ivory tower ; Art on ice ; Ballet novels: you'll never dance Aurora, dear ; Portrait of the artist as a survivor [Alwin Nikolais].

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