Transcending the Beardsleyans: a reply to Carroll and Banes

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Dance criticism is a continually evolving framework in which varying interpretations vie for validity. Critics negotiate dance evaluation with terms and categories that do not always accurately identify the nuance of expression in movement. Areas of contention include superfluity, practicality, and the difference between mere bodily motion and physical artistry.

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Dance, gender and psychoanalysis: Martha Graham's Night Journey

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The choregraphy of Martha Graham, especially the gender representation in Night Journey, is examined. Night Journey examines Oedipus from the point of view of Jocasta, Oedipus's mother and wife. The creation of all Graham's "Greek" pieces, not only Night Journey, stemmed from her interest in the psychological theory.

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Dance theory, sociology, and aesthetics

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An overview is presented on innovative approaches to the study of dance. These include gender issues in female portrayal and performance, subversion of dominant ideological discourse, and the use of postmodern and poststructuralist methodologies.

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