Emily Wright

Dancing to Transform (eBook, ePUB)

How Concert Dance Becomes Religious in American Christianity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In response to a scarcity of writings on the intersections between dance and Christianity, Dancing to Transform examines the religious lives of American Christians who, despite the historically tenuous place of dance within Christianity, are also professional dancers. Emily Wright details how these dancing Christians transform what they perceive as secular professional by transforming concert dance into different kinds of religious practices in order to express individual and communal religious identities. Through a multi-site, qualitative study of four professional dance companies, Wright explores how religious and artistic commitments, everyday lived experience and varied performance contexts influence and shape the approaches of Christian professional dancers to creating, transforming and performing dance. Subsequently, this book provides readers with a greater awareness and appreciation for the complex interactions between American Christianity and dance. This study, in turn, delivers audiences a richer, more nuanced picture of the complex histories of these Christian, dancing communities and offers more fruitful readings of their choreographic productions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Intellect Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789383287
• Artikelnr.: 61832072

Autorenporträt

Dr Emily Wright is the course director of the bachelor of design at Swinburne University of Technology. She lectures in communication design and design strategy. Her research focuses on packaging design, co-creation and design education. Her design practice career spans over 25 years with work in branding, packaging, publishing and web design in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Australia. She holds a bachelor of science from the University of Cincinnati and a master's and Ph.D. from Swinburne University.

Contact: School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology, 1 Alfred Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.