East Meets West in Dance: Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Contents

• Introduction
• I: An Overview
• 1: The American Dance Festival's International Projects: Invention and Implementation, I
• 2: The American Dance Festival's International Projects: Invention and Implementation, II
• II: China
• 3: From ‘Beasts' to ‘Flowers': Modern Dance in China
• 4: Bringing Modern Dance to China *
• 5: Some Reflections on Modern Dance in Guangzhou
• 6: A Lifetime in Dance, A Moment in Guangzhou
• 7: Lasting Impressions
• 8: Chinese/Japanese Roots and Branches
• 9: Faces in the Moon
• III: Hong Kong
• 10: Dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Some Thoughts on International Networking
• 11: From Helsinki to Hong Kong
• 12: The Emerging Contemporary Dance Companies of Hong Kong and China
• 13: Day Trip
• IV: Indonesia
• 14: Tradition and Change in Bali
• 15: The View from Jakarta
• V: Japan
• 16: Promoting Dance in Japan
• 17: Dance Education in Japan
• 18: On the History of Western Dance in Japan
• 19: Ballet Training and the Studio Scene in Tokyo
• 20: Ballet in Japan: Where Does It Go From Here?
• 21: Tokyo, New York, Tokyo
• 22: Some Scholarly Reflections on Dance in Japan
• Vi: Korea
• 23: Bringing Modern Dance to Korea
• 24: Toward a New Form of Dance in Korea
• 25: In Search of a New Korean Voice
• 26: What Is Dance?
• 27: New Trends in Korea *
• VII: Philippines
• 28: ‘Cross-Cultural Exchange Has Always Been a Way of Life in My Country'
• VIII: Taiwan
• 29: Dance and Society in Taiwan: A Culture in Transition
• 30: Dance Education in Taiwan
• 31: Ballet in Taiwan
• 32: Great Expectations: The Training of Taiwanese Dancers
• 33: On Teaching Choreography in Taiwan
• 34: New Beginnings: Taiwan and the United States