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Author Lonsdale, Steven, 1952-

Title Animals and the origins of dance / Steven Lonsdale.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1982.
©1981

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  398.369 L862A    Check Shelf
Description 192 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword -- Prologue : Animal shapes and rhythms -- The waters of birth : Fish and snake -- The ovens of youth : Initiation and puberty dances -- The choreography of the hunt -- Dances of courtship and mating -- The dancing animal as guardian, healer and helper -- Choreographers of earth and sky : Fertility dances -- The final season : The dance of death -- Dances of dogs and their wild cousins -- The royal sun : Feline dances -- Horses dance -- Flight : The dances of birds -- Epilogue : The dance of the butterfly.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [185]-187.
Subject Animals -- Folklore.
Dance -- History.
Dance -- Folklore.
Animals -- Mythology.
Animal behavior -- Folklore.
ISBN 050001258X: $17.95
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