"Arabian Coffee" in the land of the sweets

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The 'Arabian' dance also called 'Coffee' in The Nutcracker, a nineteenth-century Russian ballet, disseminates its own particular brand of 'Arabianism' in one location after another, year after year. The analysis of 'coffee' relies mainly on close readings of several 'Arabians' and a consideration of them in relation to various conceptual schemes, including Laban Movement Analysis, Orientalism aspects o feminist theory and reception theory.

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Improvisation in African-American vernacular dancing

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The basic improvisational aesthetics that inform the practice of African-American vernacular dancing are discussed. As the different African-American communities in different geographic locations dance and communicate with each other, the meaning of the improvisational action changes.

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Bodies on the line: contact improvisation and techniques of nonviolent protest

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The intersections between the physical techniques that freedom riders got and early innovations in contact improvisation are discussed. The elusive ways of the movement exploration help to reexamine the politics of contact improvisation in the early years of its development.

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