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What is dance? : readings in theory and criticism / [edited by] Roger Copeland, Marshall Cohen.

Contributor(s): Copeland, Roger | Cohen, Marshall.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983Description: xvi, 582 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0195031970 (pbk.) :; 9780195031973; 0195032179 :.Subject(s): Dance | Hobbies and Games | Dance | DancingDDC classification: 793.3 COP Summary: No further information has been provided for this title.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A wide variety of writing is included in this anthology, from the practical criticism of Arlene Croce and David Denby to the more scholarly work of Rudoloph Arnheim, Suzanne Langer, and Havelock Ellis. The collection is divided into seven sections: What is Dance?; the Dance Medium; Dance and the Other Arts; Genre and Style; Language, Notation, and Identity; Dance Criticism; and Dance and Society.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 561-567.

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Author notes provided by Syndetics

Roger Copeland is an Associate Professor of Theater and Dance. Marshall Cohen is at University of Southern California, Los Angeles.