Title André Levinson on dance : writings from Paris in the twenties / edited and with an introduction by Joan Acocella and Lynn Garafola

Published Hanover, N.H. : Wesleyan University Press : University Press of New England, 1991

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Description 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 Subject Levinson, André, 1887-1933. Ballet -- History -- 20th century. Ballet. Dance. Dance -- History -- 20th century. Modern dance -- History -- 20th century. Modern dance. Author Acocella, Joan Ross. Garafola, Lynn. LC no. 90050911 ISBN 0819552275

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