ABSTRACT
Understanding Dance is a comprehensive introduction to the aestethetics of dance, and will be an essential text for all those interested in dance as an object of study.
Focusing on the work of a number of major choreographers, companies and critics Graham McFee explores the nature of our understanding of Dance by considering the practice of understanding dance-works themselves. He concludes with a validation of the place of dance in society and in education. Troughout he provides detailed insights into the nature and appreciation of art as well as a general grouding in philosophy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
part |33 pages
PART I Groundwork
chapter |31 pages
1 Basic Concepts for Aesthetics
part |79 pages
PART II The Nature of Dance
part |67 pages
PART III Understanding of Dance
chapter |19 pages
6 Understanding and Dance Criticism
chapter |16 pages
7 Understanding, Experience and Criticism
chapter |30 pages
8 The Point of Dance
part |65 pages
PART IV Concepts for Understanding
chapter |17 pages
9 Style and Technique
chapter |12 pages
10 Imagination and Understanding
chapter |16 pages
11 Intention and Understanding
chapter |18 pages
12 Expression in Dance
part |50 pages
PART V Applications and Implications