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Author Vernon-Warren, Bettina

Title Gertrud Bodenwieser and Vienna's Contribution to Ausdruckstanz
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (340 pages)
Series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
Choreography and Dance Studies Series
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Appreciations; List of Plates; Foreword; In Tribute; Introduction; Part I: Bodenwieser's inspirations; 1. Vienna: To give an inkling of its nature and culture; Vienna from 1890 to 1938; Notes; Bibliography; 2. A Driving Force towards the New. Bodenwieser -- exponent of Ausdruckstanz; Confession and the ultimate expression of one's own self; Combining expression and technique; Regarding contemporary man's world of feeling; Moulded by the spirit of the age; A driving force in a new and growing culture
Notes3. Who were the Teachers of Gertrud Bodenwieser? Educational opportunities and dance activity during the pioneering period of modern dance in Vienna; Where and with whom did Gertrud Bodenwieser study?; Notes; 4. Gertrud Bodenwieser: Dance for the theater; Historical background; Max Reinhardt; Gertrud Bodenwieser-Friedrich Rosenthal; Der Verschwender (The Spendthrift); Franziska; Der Kreidekreis (The Chalk Circle); Faust; Dance Drama; Notes; Bibliography; 5. The Bodenwieser Style Extracts from Bettina Vernon's archives, lectures, memoirs and notes; Notes
6. Bodenwieser Teaching in Vienna and Australia Extracts from Bettina Vernon's archives, lectures, memoirs, videos and notes, together with Innes Murdoch's verbatim record of the grades for a teacher's certificateTeaching in Australia; Notes; Bodenwieser's teaching certificate; Sections (grades) and teachers' examination schedules; Section 1; Section 2; Section 3; Section 4; Teachers' Examination; Practical; Part II: Contributions and letters from former members of the Bodenwieser Ballet and Marie Cuckson; 7. The early days; 8. A dancer speaks; 9. A note on "The Ford System."
10. Vienna revisited in memory11. Working with Bodenwieser in the thirties; 12. The emigration of Gertrud Bodenwieser and her dancers; 13. "I always remained a Bodenwieser dancer"; 14. Bodenwieser's lasting influence from 1926 to 1995; Bodenwieser in Bogotá; To Australia with the Bodenwieser Ballet; Bodenwieser's pioneering in Australia; On with the tours; The Bettina Vernon and Evelyn Ippen partnership: continuation of the Bodenwieser Style; The return of the Bodenwieser style and choreographies to Europe, 1947; Tänze Der Verfemten (Dances of the Banished)
Dances Choreographed by Bettina Vernon and Evelyn Ippen in the Bodenwieser StyleNotes; 15. Learning -- an exhilaration and a joy; 16. Vision; Extracts from a letter, dated 3 July 1995, from Coralie Hinkley to Innes Murdoch; Notes; 17. Bodenwieser's last five years; 18. Bodenwieser's final message to young dancers; Chronology; Choreochronicle; Bettina Vernon-Warren: A eulogy; Notes on Contributors; Index
Summary First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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Subject Bodenwieser, Gertrud
SUBJECT Bodenwieser, Gertrud fast
Subject Choreographers -- Austria -- Biography
Modern dance -- Australia
Dancers -- Austria
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Choreographers
Dancers
Modern dance
Australia
Austria
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Warren, Charles
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