| Description |
xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
New studies in aesthetics ; vol. 17 |
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New studies in aesthetics ; vol. 17
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| Contents |
1. Cultural Forces Influencing Dancing -- 2. The Dancer-Writers and Their Books -- 3. Dancing in Its Social and Historical Contexts -- 4. The Body, Movement, and Dance Movement -- 5. Natural Dance Composition, Its Performance, and Its Relation to the Other Arts -- 6. Exercise Systems and Technique for Dancing -- 7. Dance Education -- 8. Early Twentieth-Century Modern Dance Theory -- 9. Books and Dance Books -- 10. Photography and Dance Photography -- Appendix: Raymond Duncan's "The Dance and Gymnastics" |
| Summary |
During the first third of the twentieth century, innovators and developers of modern dance evolved exercise systems, established schools, and published books on "dancing" illustrated by numerous photographs. Some of the books are by dancer-authors: Isadora Duncan, Raymond Duncan, Mary Beegle, Helen Moller, Margaret H'Doubler, Eleanor Elder, and Margaret Morris. These media - books and photographs - are also used by art critics, Charles Caffin and John E. Crawford Flitch and photographer, Arnold Genthe in books on dancing and dancers during this period, analysis of their works adds other dimensions to this study. The social, political, and cultural movements of radical utopianism, idealization of nature, rational recreation, anti-Victorianism, and the adulation of ancient Greek culture contribute to understanding the forces which influenced the newly emerging art forms of modern dance and photography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-209) and index |
| Subject |
Dance -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Modern dance -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
93002968 |
| ISBN |
0820421677 |
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