"[A]n excellent teaching resource in its breadth and attention to misconceptions of Chinese dance."
~Ellen V.P. Gerdes, Dance Chronicle
""the authors highlight the cultural difference of Chinese dance in comparison with Western dance and argue that reading Chinese dance needs to incorporate its long and complex history, special audiences-performance relationship, and the externally riven motivations for choreographers.""
~Fangfei Miao, Asian Theatre Journal
""[A]n excellent teaching resource in its breadth and attention to misconceptions of Chinese dance.""
~Ellen V.P. Gerdes, Dance Chronicle
""[A] rich and unique insight into Chinese dance-past and present-while also looking toward the future.""
~Rose Martin, Journal of Dance Education
"The more you engage with these dances by watching, reading, and discussing the materials that Lynn Frederiksen and Shih-Ming Li Chang have so carefully created and contextualized in this book, the more Chinese dance can touch, challenge, and move us in unexpected ways."
~Emily Wilcox, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, from the foreword
"The more you engage with these dances by watching, reading, and discussing the materials that Lynn Frederiksen and Shih-Ming Li Chang have so carefully created and contextualized in this book, the more Chinese dance can touch, challenge, and move us in unexpected ways."
~Emily Wilcox, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michiganfrom the foreword
"Lucid and well researched, Chinese Dance is a rich resource for students, educators, and dancers. The book brings valuable information on the wide spectrum of Chinese dance and its cultural heritage, and illuminates the process of cross-cultural understanding.""
~Ann R. David, reader in dance studies, coeditor of Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives
"A thoroughly researched publication, Chinese Dance: In the Vast Land & Beyond offers a rich and unique insight into Chinese dance—past and present—while also looking toward the futureLi Chang and Frederiksen have produced a fine piece of scholarship that is impressively engaging and articulate, and would be accessible to postsecondary students and academics alike."
~Rose Martin, Journal of Dance Education
