The History of the Theories of Chinese Classical Dance (1954-2014): Sorting and Research on Five Dance Academic Journals, Namely, Dance, Journal of Beijing Dance Academy, Dance Review, Dance Art Periodicals, and Dance Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-237
Author(s):  
Tian Tian
Author(s):  
Anurima Banerji

Chandralekha Prabhudas Patel, known by the mononym Chandralekha, was a pioneering choreographer, dancer, writer, graphic designer, and social activist based in Chennai, India. Best known as an innovator of dance, she originated an open-ended, layered movement style that has been variously labeled ‘‘modern,’’ ‘‘postmodern,’’ ‘‘avant-garde,’’ ‘‘Western-influenced,’’ and ‘‘experimental,’’ although she resolutely rejected all of these categorizations. Initially trained in the classical dance Bharatanatyam, Chandralekha rebelled against the strictures of Indian concert performance by fusing the traditional lexicon with the structures and vocabulary of yoga, quotidian gestures, and Kalarippayattu—a South Indian martial art—to create a novel dance language devoted to the exploration of body politics in a contemporary frame. In the arc of her artistic career, which spanned half a century from the 1950s to 2006, the period between 1985 and 1995 is often cited as the time when she crystallized her choreographic technique and vision. Regarded as an iconoclast, Chandralekha is also considered a controversial figure in the field of Indian performance for her radical approach to art and politics, domains that she saw as indivisible from each other. She pursued her creative commitments up to the time of her death from cervical cancer in 2006. A significant force in the history of Indian dance, Chandralekha continues to serve as an influential figure for many artists working at the intersection of a number of indigenous and transnational South Asian forms.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 191-197
Author(s):  
Nicole Haitzinger

This paper is concerned with resonances of the tragic in twentieth-century central-European dance theatet, to be discussed with particular reference to Pina Bausch's 1975 Orpheus and Eurydice. In my study Resonances of the Tragic: Between Event and Affect (2015), I have argued that in terms of a history of the “longue durée,” the evocation of the tragic occurs in a field of tension between technique, the mise-en-scène, and conceptions, as well as procedures and moments of interruption, of suspension, of disruption and of the indeterminable resulting from ecstatic corporeality. Its structure and function can generate an event in the emphatic sense of the term; consequently, it provides a paradigm for recognizing structures of form and of an aesthetic of reception, structures emerging from individual constellations of the fictional and choric, absence and presence. From the perspective of dance studies, the tragic emanates from the representation of horrendous monstrosity testing the limits of what can be imagined by means of the moved body in all senses of the word; but how exactly does Bausch produce the qualities of the ambivalent, ambiguous, and paradoxical—and, consequently, the tragic?


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujie Li ◽  
Weiyan Cai ◽  
Xiaogang Weng ◽  
Qi Li ◽  
Yajie Wang ◽  
...  

Lonicerae japonicae flos, a widely used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been used for several thousand years in China.Chinese Pharmacopeiaonce included Lonicerae japonicae flos of Caprifoliaceae family and plants of the same species named Lonicerae flos in general in the same group.Chinese Pharmacopeia(2005 Edition) lists Lonicerae japonicae flos and Lonicerae flos under different categories, although they have the similar history of efficacy. In this study, we research ancient books of TCM, 4 main databases of Chinese academic journals, and MEDLINE/PubMed to verify the origins and effects of Lonicerae japonicae flos and Lonicerae flos in traditional medicine and systematically summarized the research data in light of modern pharmacology and toxicology. Our results show that Lonicerae japonicae flos and Lonicerae flos are similar pharmacologically, but they also differ significantly in certain aspects. A comprehensive systematic review and a standard comparative pharmacological study of Lonicerae japonicae flos and Lonicerae flos as well as other species of Lonicerae flos support their clinical safety and application. Our study provides evidence supporting separate listing of Lonicerae japonicae flos and Lonicerae flos inChinese Pharmacopeiaas well as references for revision of relevant pharmacopeial records dealing with traditional efficacy of Lonicerae japonicae flos and Lonicerae flos.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Smith

This chapter defines the scope of the problem, and the central research question: Are there consistent patterns of political intent and impact in diverse public dance movements throughout the social history of the Americas? It surveys the existing literature from the fields of dance studies, anthropology, musicology, and cultural history. It lays out the argument, methodology, and disciplinary sources and explains the criteria for the selection of the specific case studies, linking the diversity of those case studies to the diversity of methodological tools necessary for their analysis and comparison.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 180-190
Author(s):  
Georgiana Gore ◽  
Andrée Grau ◽  
Maria Koutsouba

This paper is concerned with resonances of the tragic in twentieth-century central-European dance theatet, to be discussed with particular reference to Pina Bausch's 1975 Orpheus and Eurydice. In my study Resonances of the Tragic: Between Event and Affect (2015), I have argued that in terms of a history of the “longue durée,” the evocation of the tragic occurs in a field of tension between technique, the mise-en-scène, and conceptions, as well as procedures and moments of interruption, of suspension, of disruption and of the indeterminable resulting from ecstatic corporeality. Its structure and function can generate an event in the emphatic sense of the term; consequently, it provides a paradigm for recognizing structures of form and of an aesthetic of reception, structures emerging from individual constellations of the fictional and choric, absence and presence. From the perspective of dance studies, the tragic emanates from the representation of horrendous monstrosity testing the limits of what can be imagined by means of the moved body in all senses of the word; but how exactly does Bausch produce the qualities of the ambivalent, ambiguous, and paradoxical—and, consequently, the tragic?


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Acevedo

This paper presents the history of SuperBrix, family business from the metalworking sector, which started its activities in 1936 in Barranquilla. Secondary sources analyzed included press articles, industry associations’ publications, academic journals and text books. Primary sources include an interview with the former President of the company, and having access to corporate files. This work highlights important business environment facts and managerial decisions that, have allowed it not only to maintain during adverse economic situations, but also to stand out as one of the best firms of the world in its sector.Se presenta la historia de SuperBrix, empresa familiar del sector metalmecánico, que inició sus actividades en 1936 en Barranquilla. Las fuentes secundarias analizadas incluyen artículos de prensa, publicaciones de gremios industriales, revistas académicas y libros de texto. Las fuentes primarias incluyen una entrevista con el expresidente de la compañía y el acceso a los archivos corporativos. Este trabajo destaca importantes hechos del entorno de negocios de SuperBrix y las decisiones gerenciales que, no solo le han permitido mantenerse en situaciones económicas adversas, sino además sobresalir como una de las mejores firmas del mundo en su sector.Apresenta-se a história da SuperBrix, empresa familiar do setor metalúrgico que iniciou suas atividades em Barranquilha em 1936. Analisam-se fontes secundárias como artigos de imprensa, publicações de associações industriais, artigos acadêmicos e livros. Como fonte primária, realiza-se entrevista com o presidente da empresa e análise de parte dos arquivos corporativos. Este trabalho destaca fatos importantes do ambiente de negócios e da tomada de decisões empresariais que permitiram que a empresa perseverasse num contexto econômico adverso e também que se destacasse como uma das melhores empresas do mundo no setor. 


2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Alan Rugman

This paper is an autobiographical reflection on the early history of internalization theory, first developed by Buckley and Casson (1976). The author, Alan Rugman, was a colleague of theirs at Reading University, and he subsequently published a large number of articles in refereed academic journals both extending and testing internalization theory. This article places a set of 25 of the most influential articles by Rugman on internalization theory into the intellectual, institutional and personal context within which they were conceived, presented and published.


1996 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 333-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wright

Since the first of its volumes appeared in 1976, the James Stuart Archive of Recorded Oral Evidence Relating to the History of the Zulu and Neighbouring Peoples has become well known to students of the precolonial history of southern Africa generally, and of the Natal-Zululand region in particular. The four volumes, edited by Colin Webb and myself, which were published by the University of Natal Press between 1976 and 1986, have become a major source of evidence for students of the history of African communities in the region from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries.Although the various volumes have been reviewed in a number of international academic journals, the Stuart Archive is still, I suspect, little known outside the ranks of historians of southern Africa. The hiatus that has occurred in the process of publication since volume 4 came out has not helped in drawing the series to the attention of a wider circle of scholars. In writing this paper, one of my aims is to bring the existence of the Stuart Archive to the attention of Africanists at a time when work on the projected three volumes which still remain to be published is about to resume.Another and more specific aim is to outline the nature of the processes by which the Stuart Archive was brought into existence, in order to underscore for users and potential users the need to use it critically as a source of evidence.


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