163 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
Introduction -- Some commonplaces on the dance -- Stanislavsky and the dance -- The spirit of classic dance -- The spirit of the Spanish dance -- Berain and the French costume tradition -- A crisis in the Ballets Russes -- The Negro dance : under European eyes -- The idea of the dance : from Aristotle to Mallarmé -- The anatomy of a sylph : concerning the beauty of Marie Taglioni -- The girls -- Argentina -- The modern dance in Germany -- The nature of the cinema -- Javanese dancing : the spirit and the form -- Obituary of Levinson from Theatre Arts Monthly -- Bibliography of writings by André Levinson
Analysis
Ballet
Modern dance
Ballet
Modern dance
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-154) and index