{"product_id":"dance-in-musical-theatre-9781350235526","title":"Dance in Musical Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eOklahoma! \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e, to \u003ci\u003eSpring Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e, dance remains one of the most important and key factors in musical theatre. \u003c\/b\u003eThrough the integration of song and dance in the ''dream ballets'' of choreographers like Agnes De Mille; the triple threat performances of Jerome Robbins' dancers; the signature style creation by choreographers like Bob Fosse with dancers like Gwen Verdon; and the contemporary, identity-driven work of choreographers like Camille A. Brown, the history of the body in movement is one that begs study and appreciation. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDance in Musical Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offers guidelines in how to read this movement by analyzing it in terms of composition and movement vocabulary whilst simultaneously situating it both historically and critically. This collection provides the tools, terms, history, and movement theory for reading, interpreting, and centralizing a discussion of dance in musical theatre, importantly, with added\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents   Image List   List of Contributors    Acknowledgements   Introduction:             Dustyn Martincich and Phoebe Rumsey   \u003cb\u003eSection I: Choreography and Function\u003c\/b\u003e   Chapter 1:  Reading Dance: The Body in Motion Onstage Phoebe Rumsey   Chapter 2: Dancing Genre: Influences on Dance in Musical Theatre  Nathan James Chapter 3: Musical Theatre Dance Training: Approaches in the United States and China Mijiang He and Dustyn Martincich   Chapter 4: Ensembles in Motion: Formations, Spectacle, and Unison Adrienne Gibbons Oehlers   Chapter 5: Dancing Narrative: Storytelling through the Ensemble Body Amanda Olmstead   Chapter 6: Storytelling through Dance: The Rise of the Dream Ballet Bud Coleman   Chapter 7: Making Space, Keeping Time: Musical Theatre Dance and Temporality in the United States Joanna Dee Das   \u003cb\u003eSection II: Approaches to Choreography and the Body\u003c\/b\u003e   Chapter 8:  Take Off with Us: Expressing Gender and Sexuality in Golden Age Broadway Choreography Kevin Winkler   Chapter 9: Asian Faces, American Bodies: Reading Asian\/American Movement on the Broadway Stage Kim Varhola   Chapter 10: Tap and the Broadway Musical: Subversion and Subjectivity through Historical Consciousness  Benae Beamon   Chapter 11: Ballet, Race, and the Great White Way Ramon Flowers   Chapter 12: Conversations, Creators \u0026amp; Storytellers in \u003ci\u003eContact\u003c\/i\u003e: An Interview with Tomé Cousin Phoebe Rumsey   Chapter 13: Postmodern Dance’s Legacies on the Contemporary Musical Theatre Stage Ariel Nereson   Chapter 14: Movement Direction in Musical Theatre: Physical Actions and Gestural Storytelling Michael D. Jablonski and Dustyn Martincich   Chapter 15: Everybody Cancan: Contemporary Musical Theatre Dance Dustyn Martincich and Alexandra Joye Warren","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738607858007,"sku":"9781350235526","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350235526.jpg?v=1720049636","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dance-in-musical-theatre-9781350235526","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}