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050	0	0	_aGV1588.3 _b.M37 1996
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100	1		_aMcFee, Graham _d1951- _eauthor
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding dance / _cGraham McFee.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c1996,©1992.
300			_aviii, 344 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and index.
505			_tPART I Goundwork : _t1. Basic concepts for aesthetics / _rDefinition and 'definiteness' ; The objectivity of appreciation ; The artistic and the (merely) aesthetic ; Conclusion -- _tPART II The Nature of Dance : _t2. Dance as Action / _rThe 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 -- _t3. Dance as art / _rTraditions 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 -- _t4. Dance as a Performing Art / _rPerforming 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 -- _t5. Dance as an Object of Understanding / _rMeaning, 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 -- _tPART III Understanding of Dance : _t6. Understanding the Dance Criticism / _rThree 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 -- _t7. Understanding, Experience and Criticism / _rDance 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 -- _t8. The Point of Dance / _rPurposive 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 -- _tPART IV Concepts of Understanding : _t9. Style and Technique / _rThe 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 -- _t10. Imagination and Understanding / _rImagination and perception ; Some objections considered ; Three ideas of the imaginary ; Conclusion -- _t11. Intention and Understanding / _rIntentionalist and anti-intentionalist positions ; The public character of intention ; Choreographer's intention and 'Black Angels' -- _t12. Expression in Dance / _rExpressiveness in dance versus expressiveness in movement ; Expression and artistic concepts ; Expression and understanding ; Expressive of what? ; Conclusion -- _tPART IV Applications and Implications : _t13. Aesthetic Eduaction: Some myths / _rThe very idea of kinaesthetic sense ; The importance of performance ; The 'creative process' ; The very idea of an aesthetic education -- _t14. Dance and Society / _rThe meaning of the word 'Dance' ; Dance as 'natural' ; An 'art-shaped hole' in the theory ; A sense of history ; Relativism and understanding ; Conclusion -- _tConclusion ? _rA necessary limitation on the presentation ; Methods and a key assumption of the text ; Two fundamental principles of aesthetics ; Dance in education.
520			_a"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
650		0	_aDance _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aAesthetics.
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