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245 0 0 _aI see America dancing :
_bselected readings, 1685-2000 /
_cedited by Maureen Needham.
260 _aUrbana :
_bUniversity of Illinois Press,
_c©2002.
300 _a248 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-244) and index.
505 _tPART 1 - DANCES OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS :
_tCh 1. The manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians (1836) /
_rGeorge Catlin --
_tCh 2. The ghost dance (1890) /
_rJames A. Mooney --
_tCh 3. Indian bureau regulations (1902) /
_rW.A. Jones, commissioner --
_tCh 4. Keeping the rituals alive (1985) /
_rJill D. Sweet --
_tCh 5. Contemporary Native American pow-wow dancing (2000) /
_rTara Browner --
_tCh 6. Navajo night chant for the dance of the thunderbirds /
_rtranslated by Washington Matthews --
_tPART 2 - OTHER DANCE TRADITIONS IN AMERICA :
_tCh 7. Playford's "English Dancing Master" (1651) and country dancing in America /
_rKate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer --
_tCh 8. The war of the quadrilles: Creoles vs. Americans (1804) /
_rMaureen Needham --
_tCh 9. Sunday afternoon dances in Congo Square (1819) /
_rBenjamin Henry Latrobe --
_tCh 10. Japanese Bon dance survivals in Hawai'i (1982) /
_rJudy Van Zile --
_tCh 11. All lined up at the Wildhorse Saloon (1997) /
_rMaureen Needham --
_tCh 12. Swingin' out: southern California's lindy revival (2000) /
_rJuliet McMains and Danielle Robinson --
_tPART 3 - THE ANTI-DANCE BRIGADE :
_tCh 13. An arrow against profane and promiscuous dancing drawn out of the quiver of the scriptures (1685) /
_rIncrease Mather --
_tCh 14. From the ballroom to hell (1894) /
_rThomas A. Faulkner --
_tCh 15. Dance-hall reform (1909) /
_rBelle Lindner Israels --
_tCh 16. The twist: brave new whirl (1962) /
_rMarshall Fishwick --
_tCh 17. The dance of the century (1988) /
_rNew York Times, Dec. 12, 1988
_tPART 4 - PIONEERS OF THEATRICAL DANCE IN AMERICA :
_tCh 18. John Durang (1768-1822), first American theatrical dancer /
_rJohn Durang --
_tCh 19. The American career of Jean Baptiste Francisqui (1793-1808) /
_rMaureen Needham --
_tCh 20. Critics react to Fanny Elssler's American debut (1840-41) /
_rNew York Mirror, May 30, 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Journal, Oct., 1841 --
_tCh 21. The Black Crook Burlesque (1867) /
_rG.W. Griffin with Mr. Christy for Christy's Minstrels --
_tCh 22. Critics react to The Black Crook (1866) /
_rNew York Times, Sept. 13, 1866, New York Daily Tribune, Sept. 17, 1866 --
_tPART 5 - THE CREATORS: VISIONS OF AMERICA :
_tCh 23. The American Heroine (1786) /
_rJean-Franc̜ois Arnould-Mussot --
_tCh 24. America, a grand historical spectacle (1893) /
_rImre Kiralfy --
_tCh 25. Isadora Duncan's vision of America dancing (1927) /
_rIsadora Duncan --
_tCh 26. Dancing for men (1926) /
_rTed Shawn --
_tCh 27. Platform for the American dance /
_rMartha Graham --
_tCh 28. Declaration /
_rDoris Humphrey --
_tCh 29. American document (1938) /
_rMartha Graham --
_tCh 30. Southland (1951) /
_rKatherine Dunham --
_tCh 31. A critic reacts to Balanchine's Stars and Stripes (1958) /
_rLillian Moore --
_tCh 32. Flag dance (1970) /
_rYvonne Rainer --
_tCh 33. Naked in America (1999) /
_rSonjé Mayo with text by Jean Dell --
_tCh 34. Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land (1990) /
_rBill T. Jones with Peggy Gillespie --
_tAppendix : Chronology of selected dance styles and genres ; Selected general readings and references on theatrical dance.
520 _a"Representing dancers, scholars, admirers, and critics, this title offers a diverse collection of primary documents and articles about the place and shape of dance in the United States from colonial times onwards. It offers a lively counterpoint between observers of the dance and dancers' views of what they do when they dance." -- WorldCat
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700 1 _aNeedham, Maureen.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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