{"product_id":"merce-cunningham-the-modernizing-of-modern-dance-paperback","title":"Merce Cunningham: The Modernizing of Modern Dance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Copeland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerce Cunningham and the Modernizing of Modern Dance is a complete study of the life and work of this seminal choreographer\/dancer. More than just a biography, Copeland explores Cunningham's life story against a backdrop of an entire century of developments in American art. Copeland traces his own experience of Cunningham's dances-from the turbulent late '60s through the experimental works of the '80s and '90s-showing how Cunningham moved dance away from the highly emotional, subjective work of Martha Graham to a return to a new kind of classicism. This book places Cunningham in the forefront of an artistic revolution, a revolution that has its parallels in music (John Cage, and the minimalist composers who followed him), painting (Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg), theater (the happenings of the '60s), and dance itself (the Judson School of dancers). An iconclastic and highly readable analysis, this book will be enjoyed by all those interested in the development of the American arts in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Copeland \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Theater and Dance at Oberlin College. He is coeditor of the widely used anthology \u003cem\u003eWhat is Dance\u003c\/em\u003e? His essays about dance, theater, and film have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications including \u003cem\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457503150333,"sku":"9780415965750","price":76.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/VTlDeGVNT2F3U2RUN01ObmlldUhqUT09.webp?v=1777237951","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/merce-cunningham-the-modernizing-of-modern-dance-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}