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