Foreign Rights Catalogue E.A. Seemann Henschel Spring 2024
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Dagmar Ellen Fischer<br />
A Short History of<br />
Dance<br />
What is dance? This book describes the history<br />
of dance as a journey through time and<br />
space from early advanced civilizations to the<br />
21st century.<br />
choreographic competitions and teaches<br />
dance and dance history.<br />
She published at <strong>Henschel</strong> "Egon Madsen, A<br />
Life of Dance" (Egon Madsen - Ein Tanzleben,<br />
2012) and "Ivan Liška - The Lightness of the<br />
Moment" (Ivan Liška - Die Leichtigkeit des<br />
Augenblicks, 2015).<br />
Eleven richly illustrated chapters create a<br />
global panorama and tell short and long stories<br />
about dance. We learn about the first<br />
fertility dances, Greek war dancers, medieval<br />
'dancing mania', the Sun King's obsession<br />
with ballet, the Indian Kathak, 'Swan Lake',<br />
modern dance, hip hop, and contemporary<br />
hybrid forms.<br />
Dagmar Ellen Fischer sheds light on dance,<br />
offering an overview of the genre's key developments<br />
and introducing prominent artists.<br />
The power and significance of dance for<br />
our human history become a stimulating and<br />
entertaining experience.<br />
• the first comprehensive history of<br />
dance, from its beginnings to the 21st<br />
century.<br />
• richly illustrated, partly with previously<br />
unpublished archive material<br />
• a global dance panorama, concisely<br />
narrated<br />
THE AUTHOR<br />
Dagmar Ellen Fischer, born in Toronto, Canada,<br />
trained as a dancer (working together<br />
with Karl Heinz Taubert, Susan Alexander,<br />
Clay Tagliaferro, Ernestine Stodelle, Anne<br />
Marie Porras, and Dick O'Swanborn) and<br />
dance pedagogy before studying philosophy<br />
in Hamburg. Since 2000, she has worked as a<br />
dance and theatre critic, editor, translator<br />
and cultural journalist for daily newspapers,<br />
German and international journals, including,<br />
among others, the Japanese dance magazine<br />
Shinshokan, Ballett intern, Kultur Report, and<br />
dance for you. She is a juror at international<br />
TRIMMED PAGE SIZE<br />
170 mm x 230 mm (appr. 6.7 x 9 inches)<br />
PAGES<br />
336 pages<br />
TEXT<br />
82,000 words<br />
564,000 characters incl. spaces<br />
ILLUSTRATIONS<br />
185 b/w and color illustrations<br />
BINDING<br />
hardcover with dust jacket<br />
PUBLICATION DATE<br />
2019<br />
RIGHTS<br />
worldwide<br />
Please contact Thekla Noschka<br />
thekla.noschka@seemann-henschel.de<br />
© E. A. <strong>Seemann</strong> <strong>Henschel</strong>, Leipzig 2023 ----- www.seemann-henschel.de
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