Dance on screen
Subtitle: genres and media from Hollywood to experimental art
By: Sherril Dodds
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780230509580
Subjects: Dance; Classical & Ballet; PERFORMING ARTS; Modern; Dance in motion pictures, television
Description: Dance on Screen is a comprehensive introduction to the rich diversity of screen dance genres. It provides a contextual overview of dance in the screen media and analyzes a selection of case studies from the popular dance imagery of music, video and Hollywood, through to experimental art dance.
Notes: "Foreword by Bob Lockyer"--Cover.

Originally published: 2001. With new foreword and preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-193) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; 1 Dance on Screen: A Contextual Framework; 2 Images of Dance in the Screen Media; 3 Video Dance: Televisualizing the Dancing Body; 4 Postmodern Dance Strategies on Television; 5 Hybrid Sites and Fluid Bodies; Appendix: List of Works Discussed in Chapters 3 and 4; Notes; Bibliography; Index;