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Wesleyan University Press. Fair. 2003. Paperback. 0819566489 . 25 oz.; 304 pages; PB light reading wear some pencil notations/underlining o/w nice clean/tight condition. First comprehensive overview of improvisation in dance.This collection of classic and new writings on dance improvisation brings together 21 essays by prominent dancers, scholars and historians. Until now, discussion of improvisation in dance has focused mainly on the postmodern form known as contact improv. Taken by Surprise reflects the development of improvisation as a compositional and performance mode in a wide variety of dance contexts, including dance traditions from around the globe, such as Yoruban masked dance, Indian Bharatanatyam and flamenco. .
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- Title Taken by Surprise: A Dance Improvisation Reader
- Author Ann Cooper Albright (Editor); David Gere (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Printing
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut
- Date 2003-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780819566485 / 0819566489
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 10.1 x 7.04 x 0.81 in (25.65 x 17.88 x 2.06 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Improvisation in dance
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003012767
- Dewey Decimal Code 792.8
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- Choice, 06/01/2004, Page 1893
- Library Journal, 10/01/2003, Page 78
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