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Dance : a short history of classic theatrical dancing
Title
Dance : a short history of classic theatrical dancing / Lincoln Kirstein ; with an appreciation by Nancy Reynolds.
ISBN
0871270196
9780871270191
Edition
Anniversary edition.
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton Book Company, [1987]
Copyright Notice Date
©1987
Physical Description
xi, 398 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes
"A Dance horizon book."
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-364) and index.
Contents
Origins: definitions: primitive dancing
Ritual myth and drama-dance in Egypt
The origins of Greek tragedy: dance and theatre
The Roman theater: pantomime and imperial spectacle
The Roman Christian Church: its spectacular elements
The mediaeval dance
Feudal pageantry and danced disguisings
Renaissance foundations for court ballet
The Ballet Comique and the Ballet de Cour
The English court masque and the Academy of Lully
Rameau and Noverre: Opéra-ballet and Ballet d'Action
Vigano and Blasis: Choréodrame and Ballet Romantique
The early twentieth century: Duncan and the Russians
The contemporary classic dance
Postscript: Dancing in North America, 1519-1942.
Genre/Form
History.
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