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I see America dancing: selected readings, 1685-2000
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University of Illinois Press
Publication Date
c2002
Language
English
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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.
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9780252069994
9780252026935
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