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Author Cass, Joan, 1924-2018

Title Dancing through history / Joan Cass.

Publication Info. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1993]
©1993

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  792.809 C343D    DUE 01-19-22 Billed
Description xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-375) and index.
Contents pt. 1. World overview: the dance of life -- Tribal rites -- Dance in tribal societies -- Asian ceremonies -- Early Mediterranean civilizations -- Folk dance development in medieval Europe and today -- pt. 2. European ballet tours -- Noble beginnings -- Court spectacles -- The sun king dances -- Entrechats and revolutions -- Historical paradoxes -- Romantic ballet -- Exotic voyages -- Giselle -- Travelogue -- Russian imperial heights -- Experiments in entertainment -- International regrouping -- British taste and manners -- Reprise -- pt. 3. Dance in America -- In the beginning -- Modern dance creations -- Denishawn -- German detour -- Towering genius of psychodrama -- Humanists -- Impressive figures -- Mid-century modern dance -- Afro-American dancers -- Revival of American ballet -- The many styles of American ballet -- Bodies in motion -- Movement abstractions and beyond -- Epilogue.
Subject Dance -- History.
Folk dancing -- History.
Ballet -- History.
Modern dance -- History.
Dance -- Europe -- History.
Dance -- United States -- History.
Indexed Term Dancing History
ISBN 0132043890
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