Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0195301714
- ISBN-13
- 9780195301717
- Series
- Dancing Revelations
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Thomas F. Defrantz, Thomas DeFrantz
Description
He also addresses concerns about how dance performance is documented, including issues around spectatorship and the display of sexuality, the relationship of Ailey's dances to civil rights activism, and the establishment and maintenance of a successful, large-scale Black Arts institution."--Jacket.
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