Choreographing Shakespeare : dance adaptations of the plays and poems /

Choreographing Shakespeare presents a hitherto unexplored history of the choreographers and performers who have created dance adaptations of Shakespeare. Elizabeth Klett investigates forty of these works produced between 1940 and 2016 by choreographers in Britain, America and Europe. Through examina...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Klett, Elizabeth (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Adaptations > History and criticism. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history. Choreography.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Dancing out the answer
Dances and delight: the comedies
Dance of death: the tragedies
We must have you dance: Romeo and Juliet
My heart dances: the late romances
Poetry in motion: dancing the sonnets.