The Black Dancing Body: A Geography from Coon to Cool (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781403971210)

What is the essence of black dance in America? To answer that question, Brenda Dixon Gottschild maps an unorthodox 'geography', the geography of the black dancing body, to show the central place black dance has in American culture. From the feet to the butt, to hair to skin/face, and beyond to the soul/spirit, Brenda Dixon Gottschild talks to some of the greatest choreographers of our day including Garth Fagan, Francesca Harper, Meredith Monk, Brenda Buffalino, Doug Elkins, Ralph Lemon, Fernando Bujones, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Jawole Zollar, Bebe Miller, Sean Curran and Shelly Washington to look at the evolution of black dance and it's importance to American culture. This is a groundbreaking piece of work by one of the foremost African-American dance critics of our day.

Author: B. Gottschild
ISBN-10: 1403971218
ISBN-13: 9781403971210
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2005
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d