Dance as a theatre art :
Cohen, Selma Jeanne 1920-2005
Dance as a theatre art : source readings in dance history from 1581 to the present / edited with commentary by Selma Jeanne Cohen. - 1st British ed. - London : Dance Books, 1977. - viii, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
First published in 1974.
Bibliography: p. [217]-224.
Introduction~The Evolution of Theatre Dance -- Section One~The Court Ballet : Rules and Directions for Dancing the "Passo e Mezo," from Il Ballerino (Venice, 1581) / Ballet Comique de la Reine (Paris, 1582) / How to Compose Successful Ballets, from La Manière de composer et faire réussir les ballets (Paris, 1641) / Section Two~Dance for the Eye and the Heart: The Eighteenth Century : The Minuet, from Der Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister (Leipzig, 1717) / The Loves of Mars and Venue (London, 1717) / Two Letters on Dancing, from Lettres sur la danse et les ballets (Stuttgart, 1760) / Section Three~The Invasion of the Air: The Romantic Era : An Account of the Principles of Our Traditions, from Théorie de la gymnastique de la danse théâtrale (Paris, 1859) / La Syliphide (Copenhagen, 1836) / Reviews of Fanny Cerrito and Marie Guy-Stéphan, from La Presse (1846, 1853) / Section Four~New Life from Russia : The Sleeping Beauty (St. Petersburg, 1889) / The New Ballet, from Argus (1916) / The Creation of "Parade," from My Life in Ballet (New York, 1968) / The Spirit of the Classic Dance, from Theatre Arts Monthly (1925) / Section Five~The Modern Dance: Moving from the Inside Out : The Dancer of the Future, from The Art of the Dance (New York, 1928) / Music Visualization, from The Denishawn Magazine (1925) / A Modern Dancer's Primer for Action, from Dance: A Basic Educational Technique (New York, 1941) / New Dance (New York, 1935) / The Philosophy of Modern Dance, from Europa (1933) / Section Six~The Extension of the Classical Tradition : The Construction of the Lesson, from Basic Principles of Classical Ballet (Leningrad, 1934) / Our Point of View, from The Bolshoi Ballet (Moscow, 1960) / A Conversation, from Covent Garden Book (1964) / Talk About New Ballets, from Dance Magazine (1966) / Dances at a Gathering, from Dance Magazine (1969) / Work in Progress, from Intellectua; Digest (1972) / Section Seven~Recent Rebels : Two Questions and Five Dances, from Dance Perspectives (1968) / Plan for a Television Production of "Tent," from Dance Perspectives (1971) / "Vessel": An Opera Epic, from The Drama Review (1972) / Fabritio Caroso -- Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx -- Saint-Hubert -- Gottfried Taubert -- John Weaver -- Jean Georges Noverre -- G. Léopold Adice -- August Bournonville -- Théophile Gautier -- Marius Petipa -- Michel Fokine -- Léonide Massine -- André Levinson -- Isadora Duncan -- Ruth St. Denis -- Martha Graham -- Doris Humphrey -- Mary Wigman -- Agrippina Vaganova -- Yuri Slonimsky -- Frederick Ashton -- Antony Tudor -- Jerome Robbins -- George Balanchine -- Merce Cunningham -- Alwin Nikolais -- Meredith Monk.
0903102307 0903102315 (pbk.)
Dance--History--Sources
792.809 / COH
Dance as a theatre art : source readings in dance history from 1581 to the present / edited with commentary by Selma Jeanne Cohen. - 1st British ed. - London : Dance Books, 1977. - viii, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
First published in 1974.
Bibliography: p. [217]-224.
Introduction~The Evolution of Theatre Dance -- Section One~The Court Ballet : Rules and Directions for Dancing the "Passo e Mezo," from Il Ballerino (Venice, 1581) / Ballet Comique de la Reine (Paris, 1582) / How to Compose Successful Ballets, from La Manière de composer et faire réussir les ballets (Paris, 1641) / Section Two~Dance for the Eye and the Heart: The Eighteenth Century : The Minuet, from Der Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister (Leipzig, 1717) / The Loves of Mars and Venue (London, 1717) / Two Letters on Dancing, from Lettres sur la danse et les ballets (Stuttgart, 1760) / Section Three~The Invasion of the Air: The Romantic Era : An Account of the Principles of Our Traditions, from Théorie de la gymnastique de la danse théâtrale (Paris, 1859) / La Syliphide (Copenhagen, 1836) / Reviews of Fanny Cerrito and Marie Guy-Stéphan, from La Presse (1846, 1853) / Section Four~New Life from Russia : The Sleeping Beauty (St. Petersburg, 1889) / The New Ballet, from Argus (1916) / The Creation of "Parade," from My Life in Ballet (New York, 1968) / The Spirit of the Classic Dance, from Theatre Arts Monthly (1925) / Section Five~The Modern Dance: Moving from the Inside Out : The Dancer of the Future, from The Art of the Dance (New York, 1928) / Music Visualization, from The Denishawn Magazine (1925) / A Modern Dancer's Primer for Action, from Dance: A Basic Educational Technique (New York, 1941) / New Dance (New York, 1935) / The Philosophy of Modern Dance, from Europa (1933) / Section Six~The Extension of the Classical Tradition : The Construction of the Lesson, from Basic Principles of Classical Ballet (Leningrad, 1934) / Our Point of View, from The Bolshoi Ballet (Moscow, 1960) / A Conversation, from Covent Garden Book (1964) / Talk About New Ballets, from Dance Magazine (1966) / Dances at a Gathering, from Dance Magazine (1969) / Work in Progress, from Intellectua; Digest (1972) / Section Seven~Recent Rebels : Two Questions and Five Dances, from Dance Perspectives (1968) / Plan for a Television Production of "Tent," from Dance Perspectives (1971) / "Vessel": An Opera Epic, from The Drama Review (1972) / Fabritio Caroso -- Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx -- Saint-Hubert -- Gottfried Taubert -- John Weaver -- Jean Georges Noverre -- G. Léopold Adice -- August Bournonville -- Théophile Gautier -- Marius Petipa -- Michel Fokine -- Léonide Massine -- André Levinson -- Isadora Duncan -- Ruth St. Denis -- Martha Graham -- Doris Humphrey -- Mary Wigman -- Agrippina Vaganova -- Yuri Slonimsky -- Frederick Ashton -- Antony Tudor -- Jerome Robbins -- George Balanchine -- Merce Cunningham -- Alwin Nikolais -- Meredith Monk.
0903102307 0903102315 (pbk.)
Dance--History--Sources
792.809 / COH