Envisioning Dance on Film and Video [With DVD]

Book Overview

Virtually everyone working in dance today uses electronic media technology. Envisioning Dance on Film and Video chronicles this 100-year history and gives readers new insight on how dance creatively exploits the art and craft of film and video. In fifty-three essays, choreographers, filmmakers, critics and collaborating artists explore all aspects of the process of rendering a three-dimensional art form in two-dimensional electronic media. Many of these essays are illustrated by ninety-three photographs and a two-hour DVD (40 video excerpts).

A project of UCLA - Center for Intercultural Performance, made possible through The Pew Charitable Trusts (www.wac.ucla.edu/cip).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415941717
• ISBN13: 9780415941716
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

the good book

finding this book on the shelf of my local uni. was a great joy. the dvd is worth the price alone. finding good documentation of video dance is hard in israel. outside of the standard library this has some very importent work. footage length is about 3-6 minutes long, some pieces of footage could be longer bt mostly the editing was genteel.

Broad outline of an important subject.

If the interaction of dance and film/video intrigues you, you will want this book and DVD. It's not an encyclopedia or a textbook on the topic. On the contrary, it's more like a college symposium; most of the chapters are designed to convince you that the writer is an authority, without giving away the whole store. Use this book as you would an atlas or a National Geographic article before going on your own journey.