Louis Horst. Danza e musica nel modernismo coreico americano

Pianist, musical director, composer, but most of all theorist, Louis Horst was a pivotal figure of American modern dance and influenced generations of dancers and choreographers. A passionate advocate of the close relationship between dance and music, through this duo he identified the principles o...

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Main Author: Emanuele Giannasca
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2020-06-01
Series:CoSMO
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/4604
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Summary:Pianist, musical director, composer, but most of all theorist, Louis Horst was a pivotal figure of American modern dance and influenced generations of dancers and choreographers. A passionate advocate of the close relationship between dance and music, through this duo he identified the principles of a new discipline: dance composition. This discipline outlined the guidelines of the creative practice of a choreographic genre that embodied a renewed, authentically American way of understanding dance.
ISSN:2281-6658