Treading Through: 45 Years of Philippine DanceUP Press, 2006 - Всего страниц: 530 "This book is a first reader in Philippine dance, observed through forty-five years of viewing, reviewing, and doing. It is one observer's understanding of what, where, or how is dance, and who makes it and why we dance. It attempts to answer these questions, aware that more questions ought to be further asked."--BOOK JACKET. |
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A Turning Point for Dance and the Filipino Dancer | 86 |
Princess Aurora or Maria Makiling and the Myth of Choreographic | 248 |
Dancing to Ones Own Tune | 256 |
EndoExogamy in Choreographic | 265 |
Approaches to Teaching Dance | 279 |
Bringing the Body Back to the Academe | 286 |
Dance Teacher as Scholar | 297 |
Dance Degree? | 303 |
Reading Performances | 311 |
Patronage Stratification and Compromise | 92 |
The FrenchFilipino | 104 |
Dance Theatre Philippines as a Pirouette | 125 |
Philippine Dances with Colonial Casts | 142 |
Thinking of Philippine Dance in San Francisco | 153 |
Are National Artistic Companies Necessary? | 174 |
The Transmogrification of Philippine Folk | 185 |
Is the Nation Dancing with | 191 |
Ethnicity and Identity in Dance | 202 |
The Best Defense | 210 |
The EverThreatened Art | 219 |
The Quest for Filipino Choreography | 232 |
Notating Art and Life | 320 |
Indigenous Scholarship for Informed Criticism | 339 |
Bayanihan the Beloved | 357 |
Contributor to Philippine Culture | 373 |
Tina Santos Is Thoughtfulness Supreme | 392 |
A Diva of Dance | 406 |
Three Graces at the Home and Heart of Philippine Ballet | 419 |
Skirting an Issue | 438 |
My Friend Franklin Ballets Bobadilla | 452 |
Male Dancer Exemplary | 467 |
Afterword | 480 |
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