Dancing through history / Joan Cass.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©1993.Description: xiii, 386 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0132043890
  • 9780132043892
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.809 CAS
LOC classification:
  • GV1601 .C34 1993
Contents:
PART I WORLD OVERVIEW (THE DANCE OF LIFE) : 1. Tribal rites -- 2. Dance in tribal societies -- 3. Asian ceremonies -- 4. Early Mediterranean civilizations -- 5. Folk dance development in medieval Europe and today -- PART II EUROPEAN BALLET TOURS : 6. Noble beginnings -- 7. Court spectacles -- 8. The sun king dances -- 9. Entrechats and revolutions -- 10. Historical paradoxes -- 11. Romantic ballet -- 12. Exotic voyages -- 13. Giselle -- 14. Travelogue -- 15. Russian imperial heights -- 16. Experiments in entertainment -- 17. International regrouping -- 18. British taste and manners -- 19. Reprise -- PART III DANCE IN AMERICA 20. In the beginning -- 21. Modern dance creations -- 22. Denishawn -- 23. German detour -- 24. Towering genius of psychodrama -- 25. Humanists -- 26. Impressive figures -- 27. Mid-century modern dance -- 28. Afro-American dancers -- 29. Revival of American ballet -- 30. The many styles of American ballet -- 31. Bodies in motion -- 32. Movement abstractions and beyond -- 33. Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-375) and index.

PART I WORLD OVERVIEW (THE DANCE OF LIFE) : 1. Tribal rites -- 2. Dance in tribal societies -- 3. Asian ceremonies -- 4. Early Mediterranean civilizations -- 5. Folk dance development in medieval Europe and today -- PART II EUROPEAN BALLET TOURS : 6. Noble beginnings -- 7. Court spectacles -- 8. The sun king dances -- 9. Entrechats and revolutions -- 10. Historical paradoxes -- 11. Romantic ballet -- 12. Exotic voyages -- 13. Giselle -- 14. Travelogue -- 15. Russian imperial heights -- 16. Experiments in entertainment -- 17. International regrouping -- 18. British taste and manners -- 19. Reprise -- PART III DANCE IN AMERICA 20. In the beginning -- 21. Modern dance creations -- 22. Denishawn -- 23. German detour -- 24. Towering genius of psychodrama -- 25. Humanists -- 26. Impressive figures -- 27. Mid-century modern dance -- 28. Afro-American dancers -- 29. Revival of American ballet -- 30. The many styles of American ballet -- 31. Bodies in motion -- 32. Movement abstractions and beyond -- 33. Epilogue.

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