Dance : a short history of classic theatrical dancing / Lincoln Kirstein ; with an appreciation by Nancy Reynolds.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Book Co., ©1987.Edition: Anniversary edDescription: xi, 398 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0871270196 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.809 KIR
LOC classification:
  • GV1781 .K5 1987
Contents:
I. Origins: Definitions: Primitive Dance -- II. Ritual Myth and Drama-Dance in Egypt -- III. The Origins of Greek Tragedy: Dance and Theatre -- IV. The Roman Theater: Pantomime and Imperial Spectacle -- V. The Roman Catholic Church: Its Spectacular Elements -- VI. The Mediaeval Dance -- VII. Feudal Pageantry and Dance Disguisings -- VIII. Renaissance Foundations for Court Ballet -- IX. The Ballet Comique and the Ballet de Cour -- X. The English Court Masque and the Academy of Lully -- XI. Rameau and Noverre: Opera-Ballet and Ballet d'Action -- XII. Vigano and Blasis; Choreodrame and Ballet Romantique -- XIII. The Early Twentieth-Century: Duncan and the Russians -- XIV. The Contemporary Classic Dance -- Postscript: Dancing in North America, 1519-1942 -- Appendix : Notes on Illustrations ; Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Important Events in Theatrical Dance ; Index.
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"A Dance horizon book."

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 359-364.

I. Origins: Definitions: Primitive Dance -- II. Ritual Myth and Drama-Dance in Egypt -- III. The Origins of Greek Tragedy: Dance and Theatre -- IV. The Roman Theater: Pantomime and Imperial Spectacle -- V. The Roman Catholic Church: Its Spectacular Elements -- VI. The Mediaeval Dance -- VII. Feudal Pageantry and Dance Disguisings -- VIII. Renaissance Foundations for Court Ballet -- IX. The Ballet Comique and the Ballet de Cour -- X. The English Court Masque and the Academy of Lully -- XI. Rameau and Noverre: Opera-Ballet and Ballet d'Action -- XII. Vigano and Blasis; Choreodrame and Ballet Romantique -- XIII. The Early Twentieth-Century: Duncan and the Russians -- XIV. The Contemporary Classic Dance -- Postscript: Dancing in North America, 1519-1942 -- Appendix : Notes on Illustrations ; Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Important Events in Theatrical Dance ; Index.

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