Art without boundaries : the world of modern dance / by Jack Anderson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Iowa : University of Iowa Press, ©1997.Description: xiii, 346p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 087745583X
  • 9780877455837
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.8 AND
LOC classification:
  • GV1783 .A53 1997b
Contents:
PART 1 From the Beginnings to World War I -- PART 2 From World War I to the Great Depression -- PART 3 From the Depression to World War II -- PART 4 From World War II to the 1960s -- PART 5 Since the 1960s.
Summary: "Art without Boundaries begins with an analysis of the rich mixture of American and European influences at the end of the nineteenth century that prompted dancers to react against established norms. Anderson shows how reformist social and educational ideas as well as the impact of the arts of Asia and ancient Greece led such pioneers as Loïe Fuller, Maud Allen, Isadora Duncan, and Ruth St. Denis to forge deeply personal views." -- Jacket
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 792.8 AND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A04632

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-332) and index.

PART 1 From the Beginnings to World War I -- PART 2 From World War I to the Great Depression -- PART 3 From the Depression to World War II -- PART 4 From World War II to the 1960s -- PART 5 Since the 1960s.

"Art without Boundaries begins with an analysis of the rich mixture of American and European influences at the end of the nineteenth century that prompted dancers to react against established norms. Anderson shows how reformist social and educational ideas as well as the impact of the arts of Asia and ancient Greece led such pioneers as Loïe Fuller, Maud Allen, Isadora Duncan, and Ruth St. Denis to forge deeply personal views." -- Jacket

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