| Description |
xvi, 135 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Choreography and dance studies ; v. 7 |
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Choreography and dance studies ; v. 7
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| Contents |
Introduction to the Series -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. I The Weimar Background -- Weimar: The Fragile Republic (starting p. 1) -- The Beginning of Modernism (starting p. 8) -- Ch. II The State of the Art -- Dance in Germany: External Influences (starting p. 21) -- The Beginnings of a German Dance Tradition (starting p. 26) -- Rudolf von Laban (starting p. 32) -- Ch. III Jooss the Artist -- The Weimar Years (starting p. 43) -- A Court Dance (starting p. 51) -- The Dance of Death (starting p. 58) -- A Dance of the Metropolis (starting p. 73) -- A Social Dance (starting p. 82) -- Ch. IV The Jooss Legacy -- Jooss's Later Years (starting p. 91) -- Dance Drama, Modern Dance and Tanztheater (starting p. 93) -- Jooss as Playwright of Movement (starting p. 98) -- Jooss as Choreographer (starting p. 102) -- Jooss as Social Commentator (starting p. 106) -- Jooss in Historical Perspective (starting p. 109) -- App The Jooss Ballets (starting p. 114) -- Bibliography (starting p. 123) -- Index (starting p. 131) |
| Summary |
"The German choreographer Kurt Jooss (1901-1979) belonged to a generation of artists who grew up and matured between the two world wars. Jooss was a major innovator in dance and an active participant in Weimar culture. Suzanne K. Walther provides a brief political and cultural history of the Weimar Republic; an overview of dance and choreography during this period leads to a detailed account of the contributions of Rudolf von Laban to German dance and his early association and life-long friendship with Jooss. The author provides complete descriptions and analyses of the four extant Jooss ballets: Pavane on the Death of an Infanta, Big City, A Ball in Old Vienna, and the award-winning anti-war ballet The Green Table. It also provides a full assessment of Jooss's fundamental contributions to the development of German modern dance, his aesthetic legacy, his concern with the social and humanitarian issues of his time, and the lasting influence of his pedagogical methods."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
ISSN 1053-380X |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index |
| Subject |
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979.
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Choreographers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Modern dance -- Germany -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
00687750 |
| ISBN |
3718654415 |
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3718655322 (paperback) |
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3718657023 |
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