Before, between, and beyond : three decades of dance writing / Sally Banes ; edited and with an introduction by Andrea Harris ; forewords by Joan Acocella and Lynn Garafola.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dance before midnight : dance journalism, 1974-87 -- Between the arts : interdisciplinary writings on the arts in culture -- Beyond the millennium : recent dance writings.

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Sally Banes has been a preeminent critic and scholar of American contemporary dance, and Before, Between, Beyond spans more than thirty years of her prolific work. Beginning with her first published review and including previously unpublished papers, this collection presents some of her finest works on dance and other artistic forms. It concludes with her most recent research on George Balanchine's dancing elephants. In each piece, Banes's detailed eye and sensual prose strike a rare balance between description, context, and opinion, delineating the American artistic scene with remarkable grace. With contextualizing essays by dance scholars Andrea Harris, Joan Acocella, and Lynn Garafola, this is a compelling, insightful indispensable summation of Banes's critical career. -- Publisher description.

English.

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