| Description |
xiii, 346 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
From the beginnings to World War I. Indelible ephemeral ; Setting the stage ; O pioneers! ; Isadora Duncan, hellenism, and beauty ; Ruth St. Denis and the exotic ; Dancing into the future -- From World War I to the Great Depression. New times, new arts ; Form, feeling, pattern, passion ; Family trees and hardy growths ; Denishawn ; American ferment ; Rebels -- From the Depression to World War II. Struggles, dispersals, amalgamations ; Catastrophe ; Modern dance: an american art ; Crosscurrents ; American moderns ; Choreographic consciences -- From World War II to the 1960s. American victories ; Explorers and dissenters ; Iconoclasts ; Fertile ground, barren soil -- Since the 1960s. Stability and change ; Contemporary British dance ; A league of dancing nations --Conclusion: The undefinable redefining art. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-332) and index. |
| Subject |
Modern dance -- History.
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| ISBN |
087745583X cloth alkaline paper |
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