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Author: Lilian Karina ,
Marion Kant ,
Jonathan Steinberg
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Imprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.535kg
ISBN: 9781571816887
ISBN 10: 1571816887
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 18 March 2004
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book points the way for the next steps of further research ... [It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the roles of dance and body under fascism. . H-Net Reviews . . . a bristling book ... Rarely have we been invited to read polemical history charged with both emotional intensity and thankfully voluminous documentation ... Reading along with rapt attention, I can't decide which is more surprising: the blistering clarity and conviction of Kant's claims and their documantation, or the fuzzy preoccupation with self that Hitler's dancers seemed to embody during this period. . Dance Critics Association Newsletter This is a welcome publication ... [It] provides a valuable insight into the period for English-speaking readers ... The authors provide much new information and pose some serious questions ... essential read. . Dance Theatre Journal From the reviews of the German edition: This book will change a lot in dance history. And it will indeed be a painful awakening for the idol worshippers who forgive artists all sins and place them above all moral responsibility. . Judisk Kroenika This books is indispensable because of its many important documents. . Ballettanz Highly recommended ... The most important publication on dance in the Third Reich. . Tanzwissenschaft An important contribution to the discussion [on Nazism and dance] - obligatory reading on the history of dance - that makes parts of this book as gripping as a thriller. . Der Tanz der Dinge
<i> This book points the way for the next steps of further research ... [It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the roles of dance and body under fascism. </i><b> - H-Net Reviews </b></p> <i>.. . a bristling book ... Rarely have we been invited to read polemical history charged with both emotional intensity and - thankfully - voluminous documentation ... Reading along with rapt attention, I can't decide which is more surprising: the blistering clarity and conviction of Kant's claims and their documantation, or the fuzzy preoccupation with self that Hitler's dancers seemed to embody during this period. </i><b> - Dance Critics Association Newsletter</b></p> <i> This is a welcome publication ... [It] provides a valuable insight into the period for English-speaking readers ... The authors provide much new information and pose some serious questions ... essential read. </i><b> - Dance Theatre Journal</b></p> <b>From the reviews of the German edition: </b></p> <i> This book will change a lot in dance history. And it will indeed be a painful awakening for the idol worshippers who forgive artists all sins and place them above all moral responsibility. </i><b> - Judisk Kroenika</b></p> <i> This books is indispensable because of its many important documents. </i><b> - Ballettanz</b></p> <i> Highly recommended ... The most important publication on dance in the Third Reich. </i><b> - Tanzwissenschaft</b></p> <i> An important contribution to the discussion [on Nazism and dance] - obligatory reading on the history of dance - that makes parts of this book as gripping as a thriller. </i><b> - Der Tanz der Dinge</b></p>
This book points the way for the next steps of further research ... [It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the roles of dance and body under fascism. - H-Net Reviews .. . a bristling book ... Rarely have we been invited to read polemical history charged with both emotional intensity and - thankfully - voluminous documentation ... Reading along with rapt attention, I can't decide which is more surprising: the blistering clarity and conviction of Kant's claims and their documantation, or the fuzzy preoccupation with self that Hitler's dancers seemed to embody during this period. - Dance Critics Association Newsletter This is a welcome publication ... [It] provides a valuable insight into the period for English-speaking readers ... The authors provide much new information and pose some serious questions ... essential read. - Dance Theatre Journal From the reviews of the German edition: This book will change a lot in dance history. And it will indeed be a painful awakening for the idol worshippers who forgive artists all sins and place them above all moral responsibility. - Judisk Kroenika This books is indispensable because of its many important documents. - Ballettanz Highly recommended ... The most important publication on dance in the Third Reich. - Tanzwissenschaft An important contribution to the discussion [on Nazism and dance] - obligatory reading on the history of dance - that makes parts of this book as gripping as a thriller. - Der Tanz der Dinge
This book points the way for the next steps of further research ... [It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the roles of dance and body under fascism. * H-Net Reviews ... a bristling book ... Rarely have we been invited to read polemical history charged with both emotional intensity and - thankfully - voluminous documentation ... Reading along with rapt attention, I can't decide which is more surprising: the blistering clarity and conviction of Kant's claims and their documantation, or the fuzzy preoccupation with self that Hitler's dancers seemed to embody during this period. * Dance Critics Association Newsletter This is a welcome publication ... [It] provides a valuable insight into the period for English-speaking readers ... The authors provide much new information and pose some serious questions ... essential read. * Dance Theatre Journal From the reviews of the German edition: This book will change a lot in dance history. And it will indeed be a painful awakening for the idol worshippers who forgive artists all sins and place them above all moral responsibility. * Judisk Kroenika This books is indispensable because of its many important documents. * Ballettanz Highly recommended ... The most important publication on dance in the Third Reich. * Tanzwissenschaft An important contribution to the discussion [on Nazism and dance] - obligatory reading on the history of dance - that makes parts of this book as gripping as a thriller. * Der Tanz der Dinge
Author Information
Lilian Karina, born in Russia, studied ballet with Eduardova and Gsovsky in Berlin in the 1920s and danced with Sascha Leontieff, Aurél von Milloss and many others. She fled from Germany to Hungary and later Sweden, where she opened a ballet studio and lived in Stockholm.
