Teaching Personality With Gracefulness - The Transmission of Japanese Cultural Values Through Japanese Dance Theatre (Paperback)

This book includes both a description and a discussion of the methods used by Kanriye Fujima, a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to teach Nihon Buyon to primarily Japanese-Americans. Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's life as a teacher in three Pacific Northwest communities, providing an explanation of her teaching processes and contexts of performances. Incorporating the themes and images associated with the pieces, Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's vital role in the maintenance of specific Japanese cultural values. Contents: Preface; Becoming a Student; Kanriye Fujima's Life and Traditional Japanese Dance Theatre; The Movement and Its Aesthetic Base; The Students; The Studio: The Process of Teaching; The Performance Elements; Contexts of Performance; Nihon Buyo: From Japan to the Pacific Northwest; Appendices: The Dances and Program Notes of Fujinami-Kai; The Ten Most Taught Dances in Each Age Category; References; List of Illustrations; Tables and Charts.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1993
First published:	August 1993
Authors:	Barbara Sellers-Young
Dimensions:	218 x 345 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-8191-9015-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-8191-9015-2
Barcode:	9780819190154

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