TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kirstein,Lincoln
TI  - Dance: a short history of classic theatrical dancing 
SN  - 0871270196 (pbk.)
AV  - GV1781 .K5 1987
U1  - 792.809 20
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton Book Co.
KW  - Dance
KW  - History
N1  - "A Dance horizon book."; Includes index; Bibliography: p. 359-364; I. Origins: Definitions: Primitive Dance --; II. Ritual Myth and Drama-Dance in Egypt --; III. The Origins of Greek Tragedy: Dance and Theatre --; IV. The Roman Theater: Pantomime and Imperial Spectacle --; V. The Roman Catholic Church: Its Spectacular Elements --; VI. The Mediaeval Dance --; VII. Feudal Pageantry and Dance Disguisings --; VIII. Renaissance Foundations for Court Ballet --; IX. The Ballet Comique and the Ballet de Cour --; X. The English Court Masque and the Academy of Lully --; XI. Rameau and Noverre: Opera-Ballet and Ballet d'Action --; XII. Vigano and Blasis; Choreodrame and Ballet Romantique --; XIII. The Early Twentieth-Century: Duncan and the Russians --; XIV. The Contemporary Classic Dance --; Postscript: Dancing in North America, 1519-1942 --; Appendix; Notes on Illustrations ; Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Important Events in Theatrical Dance ; Index
ER  -