PART I: Bodenwieser's Inspirations -- 1. Vienna : to give an inkling of its nature and culture / 2. A driving force towards the new. Bodenwieser - exponent of Ausdruckstanz / 3. Who were the teachers of Gertrud Bodenwieser? Educational opportunities and dance activity during the pioneering period of modern dance in Vienna / 4. Gertrud Bodenwieser : dance for the theater / 5. The Bodenwieser style : extracts from Bettina Vernon's archives, lectures, memoirs and notes / 6. Bodenweiser teaching in Vienna and Australia : extracts from Bettina Vernon's archives, lectures, memoirs, videos and notes, together with Innes Murdoch's verbatim record of the grades for a teacher's certificate / PART II: Contributions and Letters from Former Members of the Bodenwieser Ballet and Marie Cuckson -- 7. The early days / 8. A dancer speaks / 9. A note on "The Ford system" / 10. Vienna revisited in memory / 11. Working with Bodenwieser in the thirties / 12. The emigration of Gertrud Bodenwieser and her dancers / 13. "I always remained a Bodenwieser dancer" / 14. Bodenwieser's lasting influence from 1926 to 1995 / 15. Learning an exhiliration and a joy / 16. Vision / 17. Bodenwieser's last five years / 18. Bodenwieser's final message to young dancers -- Chronology / Choreochronicle / Bettina Vernon-Warren: A eulogy / Notes on Contributors -- Index. George Jackson -- Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller -- Alfred Oberzaucher and Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller -- Jarmila Weissenböck -- edited by Charles Warren -- compiled by Charles Warren -- Hilde Holger -- Hede Juer -- Hede Juer -- Helen Elton -- Emmy Steininger -- Emmy Steininger -- Evelyn Ippen -- Bettina Vernon -- Innes Murdoch -- Coralie Hinkley -- Marie Cuckson -- by Patricia Grayburn -- by Jarmila Weissenböck -- by Christian Lanzer --