The dance has many faces /

Sorell, Walter 1905-1997

The dance has many faces / edited by Walter Sorell. - 2nd edition - New York : Columbia University Press, ©1966. - 276 p. : ill., ports., music ; 23 cm

SOURCES OF THE DANCE : The ethnological dance arts / Religious manifestations in the dance / Dance drama / THE MECHANICS OF DANCING : Marginal notes on the dance / Music and the dance / The preservation of the dance score through notation / The preservation of the dance score through filming the dance / The stage image / THE DANCE IN RELATION TO THE OTHER ARTS : The dance and pantomime: mimesis and image / Technological progress and the dance in the movies / Technological progress and the dance in television / The actor and the dance / Panorchesis / THE DANCE IN THE MAKING : The educational and therapeutic value of the dance / The symbolic and psycological aspects of the dance / Two rebels, two giants: Isadora and Martha / The Mary Wigman I know / The virile dance / The dance as non-verbal image / The dance and satire / Some trends in American choreography / THE DANCE HAS MANY FACES : Social influences and emotional motivation / Notes on choreography / The function of a technique for dance / Out of Africa / The potential library for the dancer / The 'laboratory' method / Random remarks / Present problems and possibilities / by La Meri -- by Ruth St. Denis -- by Doris Humphrey -- by George Balanchine -- by Morton Gould -- by Ann Hutchinson -- by Thomas Bouchard -- by Kurt Seligmann -- by Angna Enters -- by Mary Jane Hungerfford -- by Paul Koner and Kitty Doner -- by Walter Sorrell -- by Joseph Gregor -- by Rudolf Laban -- by Carmelita Maracci -- by Walter Sorrell -- by Hanya Holm -- by Jose Limon -- by Jean Erdman -- by Iva Kitchell -- by Ruth Page -- by Waldeen -- by Frederick Ashton -- by Merce Cunningham -- by Pearl Primus -- by Sally Kamin -- by Trudy Goth -- by Charles Weidman -- by Helen Tamiris.

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