How to Make Dances in an Epidemic: Tracking Choreography in the Age of AIDS
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0299200841 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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These exist on a continuum in which dance, protest, and wrenching emotional expression have become essentially indistinguishable. Blame is settling on gay men. What is possible in such a highly charged moment, when art and politics coincide? Gere expands the definition of choreography to analyze not only theatrical dances but also ACT-UP protests and the unfurling of the Names Project AIDS quilt. The time he writes about is one of extremes. David Gere, who came of age as a dance critic at the height of the AIDS
Jeffery Mingo said AIDS, dance, and gay men. Reading Professor Gere's book reminds me so much of Eve Sedgwick. Like her minoritizing/universalizing schema, he invents an equation for defining AIDS performances. He then goes on to describe seven aspects of this artistic contributing. Like Professor Sedgwick, he uses huge words and it would benefit the reader to have a dictionary near him or her as they read. Als
A longtime dance critic, he has previously contributed essays to Loss within Loss and Dancing Desires, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. . David Gere is associate professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA
Gere allows us to see dances as extremely rich events embodying politics, emotion, and art in varying ways, ranging from grief to insurgency. A model of impassioned scholarship, this book rescues a nearly forgotten queer archive from obscurity while demonstrating how the arts continue to make all the difference in our lives."David Román, Professor of English and American Studies, University of Southern California"This is a powerful and beautifully written book. Gere allows us to see dances as extremely rich events embodying politics, emotion, and art in varying ways, ranging from grief to insurgency. " While the groundbreaking volume reflects a deep intellectual inquiry into the host of aesthetic and political tactics artists developed, Gere' s lively, evocative prose and eye for the telling detail also make it a highly enjoyable read. Gere charts a new path for the dance scholar as impassion