02887nam 22006374a 450 991096896440332120200520144314.097866122695239781282269521128226952697802992008310299200833(CKB)1000000000477241(OCoLC)236346361(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217075(SSID)ssj0000174168(PQKBManifestationID)11169712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174168(PQKBWorkID)10175805(PQKB)11271831(MiAaPQ)EBC3444720(Perlego)4437474(EXLCZ)99100000000047724120040303d2004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrHow to make dances in an epidemic tracking choreography in the age of AIDS /David Gere1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc20041 online resource (357 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299200800 0299200809 Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-332) and index.Introduction -- Blood and sweat -- Melancholia and fetishes -- Monuments and insurgencies -- Corpses and ghosts -- Transcendence and eroticism -- Epilogue.David Gere, who came of age as a dance critic at the height of the AIDS epidemic, offers the first book to examine in depth the interplay of AIDS and choreography in the United States, specifically in relation to gay men. The time he writes about is one of extremes. A life-threatening medical syndrome is spreading, its transmission linked to sex. Blame is settling on gay men. What is possible in such a highly charged moment, when art and politics coincide? Gere expands the definition of choreography to analyze not only theatrical dances but also the protests conceived by ACT-UP and the NAMES Project AIDS quilt. These exist on a continuum in which dance, protest, and wrenching emotional expression have become essentially indistinguishable. Gere offers a portrait of gay male choreographers struggling to cope with AIDS and its meanings. Homosexuality in danceHomosexuality and danceUnited StatesDanceSocial aspectsUnited StatesDance criticismUnited StatesHomosexuality in dance.Homosexuality and danceDanceSocial aspectsDance criticism306.4/84Gere David1146921MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968964403321How to make dances in an epidemic2806349UNINA