Browsing by Author "Huxley, Michael"
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The Dance of the Future: Wassily Kandinsky’s Vision, 1908–1928
Huxley, Michael (Article)One can best glean painter Wassily Kandinsky’s contribution to ideas about dance by looking at the totality of his writings. Kandinsky conceptualized dance as part of his theories for a new abstract art in his major book ... -
Dance, Modernism, and Modernity
Burt, Ramsay, 1953-; Huxley, Michael (Book)This collection of new essays explores connections between dance, modernism, and modernity by examining the ways in which leading dancers have responded to modernity. Burt and Huxley examine dance examples from a period ... -
F. Matthias Alexander and Mabel Elsworth Todd: Proximities, practices and the psycho-physical
Huxley, Michael (Article)Proximities in the work of F. Matthias Alexander and Mabel Elsworth Todd are examined for the first time. There are close geographical proximities in their location and to those in their respective circles during the ... -
German Drama, Theatre and Dance
Huxley, Michael; Patterson, M. (Book chapter) -
Ideas of nature, the natural and the modern in early twentieth century dance discourse
Huxley, Michael; Burt, Ramsay, 1953- (Book chapter)This chapter examines the way dance writers in the first two decades of the twentieth century negotiated ideas of the natural. Discourses around nature, the natural and the modern were extensively debated during this period, ... -
Kurt Jooss in Exile in England.
Huxley, Michael (Article) -
Modern Dance: A Historical Consideration
Huxley, Michael (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)This thesis presents a selection of my published works and an accompanying exposition to demonstrate my sustained, substantial, continuous and coherent research and how it has made an original contribution to the field of ... -
Modern movements: women’s contributions to the success of Rudolf Laban’s ideas and practice in England 1930-1941
Huxley, Michael; Burt, Ramsay, 1953- (Article)This journal article considers women who could all be said to have been working in the shadow of Rudolf Laban. During the 1930s and 40s in England a number of them developed the new modern dance as independent performers ... -
Movement concerns the whole man
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Technological enhancements in the teaching and learning of reflective and creative practice in dance
Doughty, Sally; Francksen, Kerry; Huxley, Michael; Leach, Martin (Article)A team of researchers at De Montfort University’s Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts has explored uses of technology in dance education. The wider context of dance and technology pedagogy includes research into ...