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_beng
_cANL
_dAMPA
050 _aGV1781
_b.K5 1987
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_a792.809
_bKIR
100 1 _aKirstein, Lincoln
_d1907-1996
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aDance :
_ba short history of classic theatrical dancing /
_cLincoln Kirstein ; with an appreciation by Nancy Reynolds.
250 _aAnniversary ed.
260 _aPrinceton, N.J. :
_bPrinceton Book Co.,
_c©1987.
300 _axi, 398 p., [48] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
500 _a"A Dance horizon book."
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aBibliography: p. 359-364.
505 _tI. Origins: Definitions: Primitive Dance --
_tII. Ritual Myth and Drama-Dance in Egypt --
_tIII. The Origins of Greek Tragedy: Dance and Theatre --
_tIV. The Roman Theater: Pantomime and Imperial Spectacle --
_tV. The Roman Catholic Church: Its Spectacular Elements --
_tVI. The Mediaeval Dance --
_tVII. Feudal Pageantry and Dance Disguisings --
_tVIII. Renaissance Foundations for Court Ballet --
_tIX. The Ballet Comique and the Ballet de Cour --
_tX. The English Court Masque and the Academy of Lully --
_tXI. Rameau and Noverre: Opera-Ballet and Ballet d'Action --
_tXII. Vigano and Blasis; Choreodrame and Ballet Romantique --
_tXIII. The Early Twentieth-Century: Duncan and the Russians --
_tXIV. The Contemporary Classic Dance --
_tPostscript: Dancing in North America, 1519-1942 --
_tAppendix :
_rNotes on Illustrations ; Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Important Events in Theatrical Dance ; Index.
650 0 _aDance
_xHistory
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_cBK
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