Facial choreographies performing the face in popular dance
About FaceThe Face in PerformancePerforming the Habitual FaceThe Work of Facial ChoreographySMILEMichael Jackson and the Pedagogy of a SmileThe Tenacity of the Minstrel SmileMaddie Ziegler and the Billion-Dollar SmileSmiling Towards HappinessLOOK(En)Visioning the WorldPerformances of Looking in Hip...
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2024
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| Zusammenfassung: | About FaceThe Face in PerformancePerforming the Habitual FaceThe Work of Facial ChoreographySMILEMichael Jackson and the Pedagogy of a SmileThe Tenacity of the Minstrel SmileMaddie Ziegler and the Billion-Dollar SmileSmiling Towards HappinessLOOK(En)Visioning the WorldPerformances of Looking in Hip HopFeeling the Gaze in BattlesCheck out the B-GirlsFROWNMichael Jackson and The Intention to be BadFrowning and Facial Signifyin(g)Mythologies of Mean Mugging in BreakingMugsy, Bugsy, and Keeping it RealCRYThe Surrogate Face of a Reluctant CelebritySia and Big Girls CryMaddie Ziegler and her Affective CryA Cry of OutrageSCREAMRe-Facing Michael JacksonDefacement, Freakery, And RaceA Choreographic ScreamMichael Jackson: The Commodity and the CutLAUGHThe Viral Face of Maddie ZieglerMaddie, Eddie, and a WookieLaughter and Derision in Hip Hop BattlesTickling the Cypher CrowdFace the FactsBibliographyIndex "The face contributes a vital, yet often overlooked, component of dance performance therefore Facial Choreographies: Performing the Face in Popular Dance examines what the face does in dance and what might it mean. It focuses on popular presentational dance, which permits the face to be one of excess and spectacle, as well as disclosure or deception. The concept of facial choreography resists the idea that the expressive countenance in dance is simply by chance, and instead conceives its movement as purposeful, creative, and communicative. The book centers on three facial case studies: global celebrity Michael Jackson, whose face has occupied a site of fervent controversy; Maddie Ziegler, child star of the reality television series Dance Moms and de facto face of pop star Sia; and a community of hip hop dancers who engage in fiercely contested dance battles. The chapters are organized according to action-expressions, conceived as verbs rather than nouns, actively working even in times of stillness: SMILE, LOOK, FROWN, CRY, SCREAM, and LAUGH. Across each case study, the book explores pedagogies of facial composition, the purpose of codified expressions, and how dancers re-choreograph their faces as a critical unworking of what a dancing visage might represent. Facial choreographies engender opportunity for startling creativity, the articulation of identity, a cathartic expression of emotions and attitudes, and the capacity to dismantle previously held assumptions. As the dancing face tauntingly slips between visual, sensory, and kinetic registers it ensures that nothing can be taken at face value"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | x, 248 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780197620366 9780197620373 |