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Author Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996.

Title Dance; a short history of classic theatrical dancing.

Imprint [Brooklyn] [Dance Horizons], [1969]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  793.32 K61D    Check Shelf
Description xi, 398 pages illustrations 21 cm.
Series A Dance Horizons republication, 19
Dance Horizons republication ; 19.
Contents Origins : definitions : primitive dancing -- Ritual myth and drama-dance in Egypt -- The origins of Greek tragedy : dance and theatre -- The Roman theater : pantomime and imperial spectacle -- The Roman Christian church : its spectacular elements -- The Medieval dance -- Feudal pageantry and danced disguisings -- Renaissance foundations for court ballet -- The Ballet Comique and the Ballet de Cour -- The English court masque and the Academy of Lully -- Rameau and Noverre : opera-ballet and ballet d'action -- Vigano and Blasis : choreodrame and ballet romantique -- The early twentieth century : Duncan and the Russians -- The contemporary classic dance -- Appendix. Notes on illustrations -- Illustrations -- Important events in theatrical dance -- Bibliography of source material -- Recordings of music for theatrical dancing.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-364).
Subject Ballet.
Theater -- Production and direction -- History.
Dancing -- history. (DNLM)D003615Q000266
Ballet. (OCoLC)fst00826017
Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballett (DE-588)1178078736
Tanz (DE-588)4059028-8
Other Form: Online version: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Dance. [Brooklyn, Dance Horizons, 1969] (OCoLC)756427647
ISBN 0871270196
9780871270191
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