Sadlerrsquo;s Wells is a powerhouse; an engine room; of dance. It welcomes the best dance companies from Britain and around the world. But its significance is that it commissions the best choreographers; designers; musicians and artists to create new and exciting dance. In words and pictures this book celebrates that inspirational process. Based on interviews with artists including Matthew Bourne; Sylvie Guillem; Akram Khan; Russell Maliphant; Wayne McGregor and Hofesh Shechter; Sadlerrsquo;s Wells Dance House discovers how this theatre and its creative impulses have shaped the course of dance in the twenty-first century. From classical to hip hop; from the popular successes to the divisive controversies; Sadlerrsquo;s Wells Dance House tells the story of a theatre that is an international creative hub for all the best of dance today.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Seminal studyBy Dr. Philip TewThis is a seminal study. Simply put it is a brilliant book! Trauma theory starts here; and should progress to Ruth Leys genealogy.13 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Reader from New JerseyBy A CustomerMark Seltzers fascinating book is not for the faithhearted. It is not an easy read; but it is therefore also not to be dismissed (as some reviewers here seem to do).Seltzers mind is quite keen. He is a penetrating reader of texts and culture. And he sees relationships where others might see separate phenomena. In many ways building on his previous book about machine culture in America and its relationship to various texts (_Bodies and Machines_); Seltzer here probes the interaction between serial violence in real life and in novels and film. Among other things; he maps the generative influence of the one upon the other; and vice versa.This book will probably appeal more to scholars and graduate students than to a general readership; for along the way Seltzer does draw on various critical theorists; whom those uninitiated into the world of theory will no doubt find obscure. A recommendation for them might be a book by Seltzers former colleague at Cornell; Jonathan Culler; _Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction_.If; however; you are not searching for beach reading; but rather a serious; challenging; and often macabre; look at the ways in which our society is obsessed with violence; this is a book that will repay your close and sustained attention. Moreover; it will probably; like Seltzers other work; rub off on you in some way and help you read texts -- and culture -- with a more critical eye.17 of 39 people found the following review helpful. Too much cultural studiesBy A CustomerI disagree with the other reviewer who praised this book for; among other things; its historical accuracy. This book has no claims to contribute to historical studies at all. It is a work in cultural studies; and shows all of the characteristics of that genre - obscure language; complex theories; loose historical claims; and a confusion between fictional and non-fictional sources. Obviously the analysis of fiction and non-fiction; together; is essential to the argument of the author; but as no attempt at historical or even literary context is attempted; one is left with a series of under-argued observations.