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Author McFee, Graham.

Title The philosophical aesthetics of dance : identity, performance and understanding / Graham McFee
Published Alton, [England] : Dance Books, [2011]
Alton, Hampshire [England] : Dance Books, [2011]
©2011
©2011

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Description xviii, 342 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Dance, art and philosophy: a personal introduction -- Pt 1 Dance as performables 2. Making sense of multiples -- 3. Authenticity in performance, work-identity and practice -- 4. Preservation, recording and dance performance -- Pt 2 Making artworks 5. Thinking about the choreographer -- 6. Improvisation, dance and notation again! -- Pt 3 The dancer's share 7. Are dancers are artists?: dancers, performances and physicality -- 8. Mastering movement: kinaesthesis, proprioception and subjectivity -- Pt 4 A narrative of dance history 9. Reconstructing dances?: some conceptual questions -- 10. Dance-understanding and dance history -- 11. Conclusion: making sense of dance
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-332) and index
Subject Aesthetics.
Dance -- Philosophy.
ISBN 9781852731496