Author: Martin LutherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Expression
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Journal of Expression
Author: Martin LutherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Expression
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Cultivation of Body and Mind in Nineteenth-Century American Delsartism
Author: Nancy RuyterPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003378
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This study chronicles the American adaptation of the theory and practice of the French acting, singing, and aesthetics teacher, Francois Delsarte. Delsartism was introduced in the United States by Steele Mackaye, Delsarte's only American student. American Delsartism, with its emphasis on physical culture and expression, differed significantly from Delsarte's works in France. The system evolved from professional training for actors and orators to a means of physical culture and expression that became popular among middle and upper class American women and girls. It allowed nineteenth-century women to pay attention to their bodies, to explore their own physicality, and to perform in a socially acceptable venues. In its later manifestations, Delsartism influenced the innovative dance of such artists as Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn. Biographical information on the most notable figures in the development of American Delsartism is presented along with a discussion of the spread of Delsartism throughout the United States and to Germany. The Delsartean approach to training and expression is traced from Delsarte and Mackaye through the theory, teaching, and performance of Genevieve Stebbins, the most notable American proponent of the system. This work will appeal to scholars of dance history and of late nineteenth-century women's studies. Theater historians will appreciate the detailed account of the system as developed and taught by Steele Mackaye as training for actors. Although Delsartism has been acknowledged as relevant to the history of modern dance, scant information and research has previously been published which explores the movement in depth and discusses its importance to women's physical and cultural education in nineteenth-century America. Photographs illustrate the text and an extensive bibliography serves as a useful guide for further research.
Critique of the Curry Principles of Training in Expression
Author: Carl BowmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Expression
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Arena
Author: The Quarterly Journal of Speech Education
Author: Dramatic Bibliography
Author: Publisher: 清华大学出版社有限公司
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Expression
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
From the numbers consist of the Annual catalogue, Announcements, etc., of the school.
The Luyceumite and Talent
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lectures and lecturing
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Modernism's Mythic Pose
Author: Carrie J. PrestonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199384584
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Modernism's Mythic Pose recovers the tradition of Delsartism, a popular international movement that promoted bodily and vocal solo performances, particularly for women. This strain of classical-antimodernism shaped dance, film, and poetics. Its central figure, the mythic pose, expressed both skepticism and nostalgia and functioned as an ambivalent break from modernity.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
Author: Theresa EnosPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135816131
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.