Hitler's dancers : German modern dance and the Third Reich / Lilian Karina and Marion Kant ; translated by Jonathan Steinberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2004.Description: xiii, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1571813268 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1571816887 (pbk.)
  • 9781571816887 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Tanz unterm Hakenkreuz. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21 792.80943 KAR
LOC classification:
  • GV1651 .K3713 2003
Contents:
PART I RECOLLECTIONS : Ch. 1 A Historical Overview of the Labanist Period -- Ch. 2 Art and Culture under National Socialism -- Ch. 3 Sectarianism and Dance: The Historical Path of Racial Hygiene -- Ch. 4 The Fate of Emigrants -- Ch. 5 The Situation in Scandinavia -- Ch. 6 Laban's Downfall and Post-Labanism -- PART II "DANCE IS A RACE QUESTION." THE DANCE POLITICS OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF POPULAR ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA : Introduction: The State of Dance Research -- Ch. 7 The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda -- Ch. 8 The Nazi Redirection of Dance -- Ch. 9 Ministerial Dance Politicos - Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell -- Ch. 10 The German Dance Theater and The German Master Workshops -- Ch. 11 The Next Stage : The Laban Case, The Wigman Case -- Ch. 12 After Laban's Fall -- PART III THE NAZI ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS JAZZ AND SWING: A CASE STUDY / Marion Kant -- PART IV DANCE UNDER THE NAZIS: DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX / Selected and Edited by Marion Kant.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-351) and index.

PART I RECOLLECTIONS : Ch. 1 A Historical Overview of the Labanist Period -- Ch. 2 Art and Culture under National Socialism -- Ch. 3 Sectarianism and Dance: The Historical Path of Racial Hygiene -- Ch. 4 The Fate of Emigrants -- Ch. 5 The Situation in Scandinavia -- Ch. 6 Laban's Downfall and Post-Labanism -- PART II "DANCE IS A RACE QUESTION." THE DANCE POLITICS OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF POPULAR ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA : Introduction: The State of Dance Research -- Ch. 7 The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda -- Ch. 8 The Nazi Redirection of Dance -- Ch. 9 Ministerial Dance Politicos - Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell -- Ch. 10 The German Dance Theater and The German Master Workshops -- Ch. 11 The Next Stage : The Laban Case, The Wigman Case -- Ch. 12 After Laban's Fall -- PART III THE NAZI ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS JAZZ AND SWING: A CASE STUDY / Marion Kant -- PART IV DANCE UNDER THE NAZIS: DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX / Selected and Edited by Marion Kant.

Translated from German.

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