Perspectives in Motion - Engaging the Visual in Dance and Music

Focusing on visual approaches to performance in global cultural contexts, Perspectives in Motion explores the work of Adrienne L. Kaeppler, a pioneering researcher who has made a number of interdisciplinary contributions over five decades to dance and performance studies. Through a diverse range of case studies from Oceania, Asia, and Europe, and interdisciplinary approaches, this edited collection offers new critical and ethnographic frameworks for understanding and experiencing practices of music and dance across the globe.

About the author

Brian Diettrich is Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology at Victoria University of Wellington. A specialist in Oceania, his work has appeared in numerous publications about music and culture, including Ethnomusicology, Yearbook for Traditional Music, and the Journal of Pacific History.

Brian Diettrich is Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Victoria University of Wellington. A specialist in Oceania, his work has appeared in numerous publications about music and culture, including Ethnomusicology, Yearbook for Traditional Music, and the Journal of Pacific History.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Diettrich Diettrich, Kendra Diettrich Stepputat
• Assisted by: Brian Diettrich (Editor), Diettrich Brian (Editor), Kendra Stepputat (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781805391449
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-144-9
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Dance and Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Dance, Music, Cultural Studies, MUSIC / Ethnomusicology, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, Cultural and media studies