East Meets West in Dance : Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue (Paperback)

Introduction; I: An Overview; 1: The American Dance Festival's International Projects: Invention and Implementation, I; 2: The American Dance Festival's International Projects: Invention and Implementation, II; II: China; 3: From ‘Beasts' to ‘Flowers': Modern Dance in China; 4: Bringing Modern Dance to China *; 5: Some Reflections on Modern Dance in Guangzhou; 6: A Lifetime in Dance, A Moment in Guangzhou; 7: Lasting Impressions; 8: Chinese/Japanese Roots and Branches; 9: Faces in the Moon; III: Hong Kong; 10: Dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Some Thoughts on International Networking; 11: From Helsinki to Hong Kong; 12: The Emerging Contemporary Dance Companies of Hong Kong and China; 13: Day Trip; IV: Indonesia; 14: Tradition and Change in Bali; 15: The View from Jakarta; V: Japan; 16: Promoting Dance in Japan; 17: Dance Education in Japan; 18: On the History of Western Dance in Japan; 19: Ballet Training and the Studio Scene in Tokyo; 20: Ballet in Japan: Where Does It Go From Here?; 21: Tokyo, New York, Tokyo; 22: Some Scholarly Reflections on Dance in Japan; Vi: Korea; 23: Bringing Modern Dance to Korea; 24: Toward a New Form of Dance in Korea; 25: In Search of a New Korean Voice; 26: What Is Dance?; 27: New Trends in Korea *; VII: Philippines; 28: ‘Cross-Cultural Exchange Has Always Been a Way of Life in My Country'; VIII: Taiwan; 29: Dance and Society in Taiwan: A Culture in Transition; 30: Dance Education in Taiwan; 31: Ballet in Taiwan; 32: Great Expectations: The Training of Taiwanese Dancers; 33: On Teaching Choreography in Taiwan; 34: New Beginnings: Taiwan and the United States