Introduction

Dancing (With) Shakespeare

Authors

  • Elizabeth Klett University of Houston — Clear Lake

Abstract

The Introduction to this special issue on "Appropriation in Performance: Shakespeare and Dance" articulates the theoretical foundation and contribution to the study of both topics — Shakespeare and dance — and summarizes the essays' arguments and critical relation to one another.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Klett, University of Houston — Clear Lake

Elizabeth Klett is Associate Professor of Literature at the University of Houston — Clear Lake, where she teaches Shakespeare, early modern and modern drama, and women's literature. She is the author of Cross-Gender Shakespeare and English National Identity: Wearing the Codpiece (Palgrave, 2009) and articles on Shakespeare and performance in Theatre Journal, Shakespeare Bulletin, Literature/Film Quarterly, Shakespeare, and Early Modern Studies Journal. She is currently writing a book on Shakespeare and dance adaptation.

Issue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 10, No.2, 2017. Image: Three dancers on a dark stage, one as Prospero controls Ariel who struggles on the floor.

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Published

2017-05-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2017): Shakespeare and Dance

Section

Articles