Parallel Lines: Media Representations of Dance (Arts Council S.) - Softcover

Allen, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0861963717 ISBN 13: 9780861963713

Publisher: John Libbey & Co Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

"Collected here are accounts of how dance and dancing have been represented on public television in Britain. The role of dance in a variety of television practices, including pop videos, popular dance programming, and experimental and contemporary dance, are examined. Consisting of commissioned articles by critics, producers, and choreographers, together with reprints of key critical pieces, this unique anthology will provide an invaluable reference work for students and lecturers of dance and media studies."

About this title

Synopsis

Parallel Lines is the first book which attempts to collect together accounts of how dance and dancing have been represented on public television in Britain. Parallel Lines considers the role of dance in a variety of television practices, including pop-videos, 'popular' dance programmes and experimental and contemporary dance. Consisting of a number of specially-commissioned articles by critics, producers and choreographers, together with reprints of key critical pieces, this unique anthology will provide an invaluable reference work for students and lecturers of dance and media studies. It will also prove a fascinating book for the general reader interested in dance and/or mass media.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Libbey & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0861963717
• ISBN 13: 9780861963713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Jordan Stephanie