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Movies, Moves and Music
Mark Evans
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Description for Movies, Moves and Music
Paperback. This volume investigates the relationship between movement and sound as it is revealed, manipulated and crafted in the dance film genre. It considers the role of all aspects of sound in the dance film, including the dancer generated sounds inherent in Tap, Flamenco, Irish Dance and Krumping. Editor(s): Evans, Mark; Fogarty, Mary. Series: Genre, Music & Sound. Num Pages: 224 pages, 46 figures. BIC Classification: APFN; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 798.
Over the last 40 years, while the musical film has faded from its historical high-point to a more isolated and quirky phenomenon, the dance film has displayed refulgent growth and surprising resilience. A phenomena of modern movie-making, the dance film has spawned profitable global enterprises (Billy Elliot), has fashioned youthful angst as sociological voice (Saturday Night Fever, Footloose and Dirty Dancing) and acted as a marker of post-modern ironic camp (Strictly Ballroom). This modern genre has influenced cinema as a whole in the ways bodies are made dimensional, in the way rhythm and energy are communicated, and in the filmic ... Read more
Over the last 40 years, while the musical film has faded from its historical high-point to a more isolated and quirky phenomenon, the dance film has displayed refulgent growth and surprising resilience. A phenomena of modern movie-making, the dance film has spawned profitable global enterprises (Billy Elliot), has fashioned youthful angst as sociological voice (Saturday Night Fever, Footloose and Dirty Dancing) and acted as a marker of post-modern ironic camp (Strictly Ballroom). This modern genre has influenced cinema as a whole in the ways bodies are made dimensional, in the way rhythm and energy are communicated, and in the filmic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Genre, Music & Sound
Condition
New
Weight
420 g
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845539580
SKU
V9781845539580
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About Mark Evans
Professor Mark Evans is Head of the School of Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is Series Editor for Genre, Music and Sound (Equinox Publishing) and is currently Editor for The International Encyclopedia of Film Music and Sound. He Co-Edits the international journal, Perfect Beat, and holds an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to design an artistic and ... Read more
Reviews for Movies, Moves and Music
The interdisciplinary perspectives found in Movies, Moves and Music easily augment music curricula and provide an opportunity for further study in undergraduate and graduate courses that unite music, dance, and screen.
Elizabeth Hoover, Notes, September 2018
Elizabeth Hoover, Notes, September 2018