Dancing women :

Banes, Sally 1950-

Dancing women : female bodies on stage / Sally Banes. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. - xii, 279 p. : plates ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The romantic ballet: La Sylphide, Giselle, Coppelia -- 2. The Russian Imperial ballet: The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake -- 3. Early modern dance: Fire Dance, Lily, Brahms Waltzes, Mother, Revolutionary Etude, Radha -- 4. Early modern ballet: Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces -- 5. Modern dance: Witch Dance, With My Red Fires, Rites de Passage, Night Journey -- 6. Modern ballet: Jardin aux Lilas, A Wedding Bouquet, Rodeo, Agon.

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Women dancers.
Women--Identity.
Sex in dance.
Human body.

GV1799.4 / .B35 1998

792.8082 / BAN