Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out

Provocative, moving, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic. These are a few words that have been used to describe...
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Author: Nadine George-Graves
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Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out by George-Graves, Nadine

Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out

$84.80

Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working It Out

$84.80
Author: Nadine George-Graves
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Provocative, moving, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic. These are a few words that have been used to describe the groundbreaking Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women. Their unique aesthetic borrows from classical and contemporary dance techniques and theater characterization exercises, incorporates breath and vocalization, and employs space and movement to instill their performances with emotion and purpose. Urban Bush Women concerts are also deeply rooted in community activism, using socially conscious performances in places around the country--from the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Center, and the Joyce, to community centers and school auditoriums--to inspire audience members to engage in neighborhood change and challenge stereotypes of gender, race, and class.
Nadine George-Graves presents a comprehensive history of Urban Bush Women since their founding in 1984. She analyzes their complex work, drawing on interviews with current and former dancers and her own observation of and participation in Urban Bush Women rehearsals. This illustrated book captures the grace and power of the dancers in motion and provides an absorbing look at an innovative company that continues to raise the bar for socially conscious dance.

Author: Nadine George-Graves
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 07/08/2010
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.84w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780299235543


Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 07/16/2010 pg. 16
Choice 01/01/2011

About the Author
Nadine George-Graves is associate professor in the Department of Theater and Dance and affiliate faculty in African American studies, ethnic studies, and critical gender studies at the University of California, San Diego.

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