1st Edition
Alien Bodies Representations of Modernity, 'Race' and Nation in Early Modern Dance
By Ramsay Burt
Copyright 1998
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Alien Bodies is a fascinating examination of dance in Germany, France, and the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Ranging across ballet and modern dance, dance in the cinema and Revue, Ramsay Burt looks at the work of European, African American, and white American artists. Among the artists who feature are: * Josephine Baker * Jean Borlin * George Balanchine * Jean Cocteau * Valeska... Read more
List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Choreographing the Disturbing New Spaces of Modernity 2. 'Savage' Dancer: Tout Paris Goes to See Josephine Baker 3. The Chorus Line and the Efficiency Engineers 4. Totalitarianism and the Mass Ornament 5. Dancing Across the Atlantic 6. American Moderns 7. Primitivism, Modernism and the Ritual in the Works of Mary Wigman, Katherine Dunham and Martha Graham Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Ramsay Burt is the author of the highly acclaimed The Male Dancer. He is currently Senior Research Fellow in Dance at De Montfort University.
