| #2110883 in eBooks | 2014-05-02 | 2014-05-02 | File type: PDF||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Sublime Read|By George Russell|I thought this book would be interesting, but I didn't expect it to be jam-packed with surprises and page-turningly well written and timely. This book is sublime. If you know anything about modern dance, you'll appreciate knowing the who's who of Jewish modernism and you'll get a lot of new information (and clips of dance) that will fill it in|||Recipient, Special Citation from the de la Torre Bueno Prize, Society of Dance History Scholars | |2015 Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance Research, Congress on Research in Dance | |"She describes and annotates, with relish and care, selected Jewish-theme
While Jews are commonly referred to as the "people of the book," American Jewish choreographers have consistently turned to dance as a means to articulate personal and collective identities; tangle with stereotypes; advance social and political agendas; and imagine new possibilities for themselves as individuals, artists, and Jews. Dancing Jewish delineates this rich history, demonstrating that Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to Ameri...
You easily download any file type for your device.Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance | Rebecca Rossen. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
