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- Hiking the Horizontal: Field Notes from a Choreographer
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
summary
The unique career of choreographer Liz Lerman has taken her from theater stages to shipyards, and from synagogues to science labs. In this wide-ranging collection of essays and articles, she reflects on her life-long exploration of dance as a vehicle for human insight and understanding of the world around us. Lerman has been described by the Washington Post as “the source of an epochal revolution in the scope and purposes of dance art.” Here, she combines broad outlooks on culture and society with practical applications and accessible stories. Her expansive scope encompasses the craft, structure, and inspiration that bring theatrical works to life as well as the applications of art in fields as diverse as faith, aging, particle physics, and human rights law. Offering readers a gentle manifesto describing methods that bring a horizontal focus to bear on a hierarchical world, this is the perfect book for anyone curious about the possible role for art in politics, science, community, motherhood, and the media.
Ebook Edition Note: Two images have been redacted, on page 200, Dances at a Cocktail Party, and on page 201, the bottom photo of Small Dances about Big Ideas.
Ebook Edition Note: Two images have been redacted, on page 200, Dances at a Cocktail Party, and on page 201, the bottom photo of Small Dances about Big Ideas.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- Questions as a Way of Life
- The Sounds of St. Albans
- pp. 22-24
- Was Einstein a Choreographer?
- pp. 25-26
- Influence, Inquiry, Action
- pp. 27-38
- Who Gets to Dance?
- The Roosevelt, Dancing
- pp. 41-48
- The Shipyard, Dancing
- pp. 49-55
- Speech and Silence: The Who Matters
- pp. 56-58
- Being Another: One Kind of Technique
- pp. 60-64
- What Is the Dancing About?
- I Met a Physicist
- p. 66
- Two Ways to Be an Angel
- pp. 94-95
- Portfolio of Site-Specific Dances
- pp. 96-112
- Where Is the Dance Happening?
- Scene at a Bedside
- p. 114
- Choreographing Space
- pp. 115-129
- My Favorite Night at Temple Micah
- pp. 130-134
- The Stage and Why It Matters
- pp. 135-141
- Three Places, Three Stories
- pp. 142-144
- Structures and Underpinnings
- What Happens on a Residency?
- pp. 147-153
- What Is the Toolbox?
- pp. 170-175
- Rehearsal, Defined and Redefined
- pp. 176-182
- Portfolio of Stage Dances
- pp. 185-202
- Transdomain Practices
- Calling the Ancestors
- pp. 204-205
- In Defense of Creative Research
- pp. 206-214
- Onward with Petichta
- pp. 215-216
- Partnering and People
- pp. 228-238
- Seven Paths to Creativity
- pp. 239-240
- Politics
- Two Assertions
- p. 242
- A Return to Inquiry
- p. 243
- Activism, Professionalism, Purity
- pp. 244-245
- A Job Swap and Slow Banking: Two Op-Eds
- pp. 250-252
- Pushing Back: A Rant in Three Movements
- pp. 253-259
- Small Righteous Angers
- pp. 260-264
- Bulky Love
- Motherhood: Stories and an Interview
- pp. 267-272
- Representation Found and Lost
- pp. 273-274
- Critical Response at Home
- pp. 275-277
- Bulky Love
- pp. 278-280
- Epilogue
- Field Note
- p. 282
- On Being Nimble
- pp. 283-290
- Text Permissions
- pp. 297-298
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819571489
Related ISBN(s)
9780819569516
MARC Record
OCLC
726747145
Pages
332
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-11
Language
English
Open Access
No