The Performer-Audience Connection - Emotion to Metaphor in Dance and Society (Paperback)

The Performer-Audience Connection is a pioneering foray into one of the major puzzles of human communication: the communication of emotion in dance. It is the first attempt of its kind systematically to investigate what performers wish to convey and what audiences perceive in the performance of dance. The centerpiece of this provocative book is an examination of performer intentions and audience response at eight dance performances in Washington, D.C. Part of the Smithsonian Institution Division of Performing Arts Dance Series, these concerts featured a variety of dance genres and cultures: American tap dance, Kathakali dance-drama from Kerala, India, Japanese Kabuki, contemporary avant-garde dance, Philippine folk dance, the Indian classical tradition of Kuchipudi, and modern dance to an AfroAmerican spiritual. How did dancer and audience interact at the emotional level on these eight occasions? What affected performer-audience rapport? Through interviews of both spectators and dancers, Judith Lynne Hanna explores the performers' ways of imparting emotion through movement and audience members' expectations and responses. In doing so she casts new light on important issues of cultural identity, sex role, historic attitudes toward dance, and even marketing the arts today. A landmark work not only for performers who wish to reach their audiences more effectively but also for choreographers, anthropologists, specialists in nonverbal communication, behavioral scientists, educators, and all who are fascinated by the arts and the special magic of the "performer-audience connection."

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1983
First published:	November 1983
Authors:	Judith Lynne Hanna
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	286
ISBN-13:	978-0-292-76480-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-292-76480-4
Barcode:	9780292764804

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