Download or read book What is Dance? written by Roger Copeland and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide variety of writing is included in this anthology, from the practical criticism of Arlene Croce and David Denby to the more scholarly work of Rudoloph Arnheim, Suzanne Langer, and Havelock Ellis. The collection is divided into seven sections: What is Dance?; the Dance Medium; Dance andthe Other Arts; Genre and Style; Language, Notation, and Identity; Dance Criticism; and Dance and Society.