Title:
History of dance / Gayle Kassing, PhD.
Author:
Kassing, Gayle, author.
Publication Information:
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2017]
Call Number:
GV1601 .K37 2017
Abstract:
"History of Dance, Second Edition, offers readers a panoramic view of dance from prehistory to the present. Each chapter focuses on the dancer and choreographers, the dances, and significant dance works and literature from the time period. Students will learn how dance design has changed through the ages and how new dance genres, forms, and styles have emerged and continue to emerge." -- Back cover
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781492536697
Physical Description:
xi, 307 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
General Note:
"Includes student web resource"--Cover.
Contents:
Part I : dance in early history -- Dance at the dawn of time -- Dance in ancient civilizations -- Dance from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance -- Part II : dance in modern history : the Renaissance to the 20th century -- Dance at court : the late 16th and 17th centuries -- Dance from court to theater : the 18th century -- Romantic to classical ballet : the 19th century -- Dance in the United States : the 17th through 19th centuries -- Part III : American dance in the 20th century and beyond -- Imported influences : 1900-1929 -- Emerging American dance : 1930-1944 -- Maturing classics : 1945-1959 -- Chance and change : 1960-1979 -- New directions : 1980-2000 -- Global interactions : 2000-2016.
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