I see America dancing: selected readings, 1685-2000

Dances of the Native Americans: Manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians (1836) / George Catlin

Ghost dance (1890) / James A. Mooney

Indian bureau regulations (1902) / W.A. Jones, commissioner

Keeping the rituals alive (1985) / Jill D. Sweet

Contemporary Native American pow-wow dancing (2000) / Tara Browner

Navajo night chant for the dance of the thunderbirds / translated by Washington Matthews

Other dance traditions in America: Playford's "English dancing master" (1651) and country dancing in America / Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer

War of the quadrilles: Creoles vs. Americans (1804) / Maureen Needham

Sunday afternoon dances in Congo Square (1819) / Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Japanese bon dance survivals in Hawai'i (1982) / Judy Van Zile

All lined up at the Wildhorse Saloon (1997) / Maureen Needham

Swingin' out: southern California's lindy revival (2000) / Juliet McMains and Danielle Robinson

Anti-dance brigade: Arrow against profane and promiscuous dancing drawn out of the quiver of the scriptures (1685) / Increase Mather

From the ballroom to hell (1894) / Thomas A. Faulkner

Dance-hall reform (1909) / Belle Lindner Israels

Twist: brave new whirl (1962) / Marshall Fishwick

Dance of the century (1988) / New York Times, Dec. 12, 1988.

Pioneers of theatrical dance in America: John Durang (1768-1822), first American theatrical dancer / John Durang

American career of Jean Baptiste Francisqui (1793-1808) / Maureen Needham

Critics react to Fanny Elssler's American debut (1840-41) / New York Mirror, May 30, 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Journal, Oct., 1841

Black crook burlesque (1867) / G.W. Griffin with Mr. Christy for Christy's Minstrels

Critics react to The black crook (1866) / New York Times, Sept. 13, 1866, New York Daily Tribune, Sept. 17, 1866

Creators: visions of America: American Heroine (1786) / Jean-Francois Arnould-Mussot

America, a grand historical spectacle (1893) / Imre Kiralfy

Isadora Duncan's vision of America dancing (1927) / Isadora Duncan

Dancing for men (1926) / Ted Shawn

Platform for the American dance / Martha Graham

Declaration / Doris Humphrey

American document (1938) / Martha Graham

Southland (1951) / Katherine Dunham

Critic reacts to Balanchine's Stars and stripes / Lillian Moore

Flag dance (1970) / Yvonne Rainer

Naked in America (1999) / Sonje Mayo with text by Jean Dell

Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin/the promised land (1990) / Bill T. Jones with Peggy Gillespie

Chronology of selected dance styles and genres.