| Description |
x, 276 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
[1.] The dance has many faces The ethnological dance arts / La Meri -- Religious manifestations in the dance / Ruth St. Denis -- Dance drama / Doris Humphrey -- Two rebels, two giants: Isadora and Martha / Walter Sorell -- The Mary Wigman I know / Hanya Holm -- Random remarks / Charles Weidman -- Comedy in dance / Clive Barnes -- The dance and pantomime: mimesis and image / Angna Enters -- The virile dance / José Limón -- [2.] The dance in the making Notes on choreography / Frederick Ashton -- Marginal notes on the dance / George Balanchine -- The symbolic and psychological aspects of the dance / Carmelita Maracci -- The educational and therapeutic value of the dance / Rudolf Laban -- Pauline Koner speaking / Pauline Koner -- Composing for the dance / Norman Lloyd -- The preservation of the dance score through notation / Ann Hutchinson -- Dance on film / John Martin -- Television ballet / Birgit Cullberg -- The stage image / Kurt Seligmann -- The Negro dancer in our time / Donald McKayle -- Favorable balance of trade / Walter Terry -- Present problems and possibilities / Helen Tamiris -- [3.] The dance of today and tomorrow Avant-garde choreography / Selma Jeanne Cohen -- The living dolls / George Jackson -- Growth of a theme / Alwin Nikolais -- Thoughts on dance / Merle Marsicano -- What is the most beautiful dance? / Erick Hawkins -- The dwarf syndrome / Yvonne Rainer -- In defense of the future / Walter Sorell |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. [267]-268 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [267]-268 |
| Subject |
Dance.
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| Author |
Sorell, Walter, 1905-1997.
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| LC no. |
66025457 |
| ISBN |
0231029683 |
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9780231029681 |
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