| Description |
vi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
New connections, 0891-0073 ; vol. 9 |
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New connections (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ; vol. 9
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Once Upon A Story. Many Tales, Many Dances. Fairy Tales as Cultural Artifacts -- Ch. 2. The Fairy Tales. From Oral Performance to Literature. Charles Perrault and the Lessons of Civilite. The Brothers Grimm: Nationalism and the New Bourgeoisie -- Ch. 3. Classical Ballet and the Fairy Tale. Once Upon a Pirouette. The Prototype for the Fairy Tale Ballet: Sleeping Beauty -- Ch. 4. The Fairy Tale Revisited. Fairies On Pointe. From the Modernist Myth to the Postmodern Fairy Tale -- Ch. 5. Cinderella As A Battle of Toys. Maguy Marin and the Dance Tradition in France. A Toysh Cinderella -- Ch. 6. Bluebeard as Existential Struggle. Pina Bausch's Fairy Tale. Expressionism, From Ausdrucktanz to Tanztheater -- Ch. 7. Kinematic's Reconstructed Girl Without Hands. The New American Dance. Literary Bodies, Words in Motion. From Script to Performance. Allegory and Anti-Illusionism -- Ch. 8. Conclusion. Happy Endings in a Lost Paradise. De-Institutionalizing Artistic Categories |
| Analysis |
Fairy tales History and criticism |
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Fairy History and criticism |
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Modern dance Themes, motives |
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Modern Themes, motives |
| Notes |
(New connections |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-184) |
| Subject |
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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Modern dance -- Themes, motives.
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| LC no. |
93027277 |
| ISBN |
0820423092 (alk. paper) |
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