1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784412403321

Autore

Ross Janice

Titolo

Anna Halprin [[electronic resource] ] : experience as dance / / Janice Ross ; foreword by Richard Schechner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-75244-4

1-4294-7178-6

9786611752446

0-520-93282-X

1-4337-0964-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 p.)

Disciplina

792.8092

B

Soggetti

Dancers - United States

Modern dance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Prelim. p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-429) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Why She Danced 1920 - 1938 -- 2. The Secret Garden of American Dance 1938 - 1942 -- 3. The Bauhaus and the Settlement House 1942- 1945 -- 4. Western Spaces 1945 - 1955 -- 5. Instantaneous Experience, Lucy, and Beat Culture 1955 - 1960 -- 6. Urban Rituals 196 1- 1967 -- 7. From Spectator to Participant 1967- 1968 -- 8. Ceremony of Memory 1968 - 197 1 -- 9. Illness as Performance 1972- 1991 -- 10. Choreographing Disappearance: Dances of Aging 1992-2006 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Chronology of Performances, Videos, and Films -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as "postmodern dance," creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This first comprehensive biography examines Halprin's fascinating life in the context of American culture-in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation from the Beats through the Hippies. Janice Ross chronicles Halprin's long, remarkable career,



beginning with the dancer's grandparents-who escaped Eastern European pogroms and came to the United States at the turn of the last century-and ending with the present day, when Halprin continues to defy boundaries between artistic genres as well as between participants and observers. As she follows Halprin's development from youth into old age, Ross describes in engrossing detail the artist's roles as dancer, choreographer, performance theorist, community leader, cancer survivor, healer, wife, and mother. Halprin's friends and acquaintances include a number of artists who charted the course of postmodern performance. Among her students were Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, Meredith Monk, and Robert Morris. Ross brings to life the vital sense of experimentation during this period. She also illuminates the work of Anna Halprin's husband, the important landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, in the context of his wife's environmental dance work. Using Halprin's dance practices and works as her focus, Ross explores the effects of danced stories on the bodies who perform them. The result is an innovative consideration of how experience becomes performance as well as a masterful account of an extraordinary life.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910280949903321

Titolo

Advances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations : Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA / / edited by Marcelo Soares, Christianne Falcão, Tareq Z. Ahram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-41685-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (671 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, , 2194-5365 ; ; 486

Disciplina

620.82

Soggetti

Computational intelligence

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Engineering design

Cognitive psychology

Manufactures

Computational Intelligence

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Engineering Design

Cognitive Psychology

Machines, Tools, Processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Applied Design, Modeling and Usability Evaluation I -- Applied Design, Modeling and Usability Evaluation II -- Ergonomics and Design for All -- Ergonomics and Environmental Design -- Ergonomic Design, Assistive Technology and Accessibility -- Interface Design and Usability Evaluation for Healthcare and Safety -- Ergonomics Modeling for Industry.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on emerging issues in ergonomics, with a special emphasis on modeling, usability engineering, human computer



interaction and innovative design concepts. It presents advanced theories in human factors, cutting-edge applications aimed at understanding and improving human interaction with products and systems, and discusses important usability issues. The book covers a wealth of topics, including devices and user interfaces, virtual reality and digital environments, user and product evaluation, and limits and capabilities of special populations, particularly the elderly population. It presents both new research methods and user-centered evaluation approaches. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics Modeling, Usability and Special Populations, held on July 27-31, 2016, in Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, the book addresses professionals, researchers, and students dealing with visual and haptic interfaces, user-centered design, and design for special populations, particularly the elderly.