Dance as a theatre art : source readings in dance history from 1581 to the present / edited with commentary by Selma Jeanne Cohen ; with a new section by Katy Matheson.

"A Dance Horizons book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-271).

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) / Fabritio Caroso -- Ballet Comique de la Reine (Paris, 1582) / Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx -- How to Compose Successful Ballets, from La Manière de composer et faire réussir les ballets (Paris, 1641) / Saint-Hubert -- Section Two~DANCE FOR THE EYE AND THE HEART: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY : The Minuet, from Der Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister (Leipzig, 1717) / Gottfried Taubert -- The Loves of Mars and Venue (London, 1717) / John Weaver -- Two Letters on Dancing, from Lettres sur la danse et les ballets (Stuttgart, 1760) / Jean Georges Noverre -- 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) / G. Léopold Adice -- La Syliphide (Copenhagen, 1836) / August Bournonville -- Reviews of Fanny Cerrito and Marie Guy-Stéphan, from La Presse (1846, 1853) / Théophile Gautier -- Section Four~NEW LIFE FROM RUSSIA : The Sleeping Beauty (St. Petersburg, 1889) / Marius Petipa -- The New Ballet, from Argus (1916) / Michel Fokine -- The Creation of "Parade," from My Life in Ballet (New York, 1968) / Léonide Massine -- The Spirit of the Classic Dance, from Theatre Arts Monthly (1925) / André Levinson -- Section Five~THE MODERN DANCE: MOVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT : The Dancer of the Future, from The Art of the Dance (New York, 1928) / Isadora Duncan -- Music Visualization, from The Denishawn Magazine (1925) / Ruth St. Denis -- A Modern Dancer's Primer for Action, from Dance: A Basic Educational Technique (New York, 1941) / Martha Graham -- New Dance (New York, 1935) / Doris Humphrey -- The Philosophy of Modern Dance, from Europa (1933) / Mary Wigman -- Section Six~THE EXTENSION OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITION : The Construction of the Lesson, from Basic Principles of Classical Ballet (Leningrad, 1934) / Agrippina Vaganova -- Our Point of View, from The Bolshoi Ballet (Moscow, 1960) / Yuri Slonimsky -- A Conversation, from Covent Garden Book (1964) / Frederick Ashton -- Talk About New Ballets, from Dance Magazine (1966) / Antony Tudor -- Dances at a Gathering, from Dance Magazine (1969) / Jerome Robbins -- Work in Progress, from Intellectua; Digest (1972) / George Balanchine -- Section Seven~RECENT REBELS : Two Questions and Five Dances, from Dance Perspectives (1968) / Merce Cunningham -- Plan for a Television Production of "Tent," from Dance Perspectives (1971) / Alwin Nikolais -- "Vessel": An Opera Epic, from The Drama Review (1972) / Meredith Monk. Section Eight~BREAKING BOUNDARIES : Contact Improvisation, from The Drama Review (1975) / Steve Paxton -- The Big Pieces (1972) and Excerpts from a Lecture-Demonstration (1991) / Twyla Tharp -- At Work, Swan Lake, and Hamlet Connotations, from Baryshnikov at Work (1976) / Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Carnations, from Pina Bausch - Wuppertal Dance Theater (Cologne, 1984) / Pina Bausch -- Time After Before Place (1991) / Garth Fagan -- The Hidden Soul of Harmony, from The South Bank Show (London, 1990) / Mark Morris.