Ramsay Burt
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View article: Developing a Sense of Place: The Role of the Arts in Regenerating Communities
Developing a Sense of Place: The Role of the Arts in Regenerating Communities Open
The introduction presents the current status of research in place-making, providing a context for the volume. Reviewing how arts organisations and artists work with sensitivity in regions, cities, towns and spaces to engage citizens in a d…
View article: Modern movements: women’s contributions to the success of Rudolf Laban’s ideas and practice in England 1930–1941
Modern movements: women’s contributions to the success of Rudolf Laban’s ideas and practice in England 1930–1941 Open
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View article: Dance, Modernism, and Modernity
Dance, Modernism, and Modernity Open
This collection of new essays explores connections between dance, modernism, and modernity by examining the ways in which leading dancers have responded to modernity.
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\nBurt and Huxley examine dance examples from a period beginning just…
View article: Katherine Dunham and Maya Deren on ritual, modernity, and the African Diaspora
Katherine Dunham and Maya Deren on ritual, modernity, and the African Diaspora Open
In the early 1940s, Katherine Dunham engaged the future experimental film-maker Maya Deren to act as her secretary. In 1946 Deren wrote about the importance of ritual in her films, two of which had been made with dancers from Dunham’s comp…