Louis Horst: Dance and Music in American Dance Modernism

Authors

  • Emanuele Giannasca Università di Torino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/2281-6658/4604

Keywords:

Dance and Music, Dance Composition, Modern Dance, Pianist, Musical Director

Abstract

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.

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Published

2020-06-26

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Section

Focus | Musica, danza e pensiero critico