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Part II, ""Reconfiguring the Sexes,"" focuses on women, such as choreographer Bronislava Nijinkska and dancer Ida Rubinstein, as well as phenomena that invite a feminist interpretation, such as the feminization of 19th-century ballet and the invisibility of women choreographers in ballet. Part III, ""Dance in New York,"" examines the period when New York became not only the U.S. dance capital but also, by the 1960s, the dance capital of the world. Finally, Part IV, ""Staging the Past,"" deals with issues of memory, reconstruction, and historical neglect. The book includes a generous selection of photographs.

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Garafola's book is full of revelations about dance history which should be part of the mainstream narrative. And it's riveting to read, because of that rare combination of visionary scholarship and compelling narration. -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Where She Danced

""Garafola's book is full of revelations about dance history which should be part of the mainstream narrative. And it's riveting to read, because of that rare combination of visionary scholarship and compelling narration."" -- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Where She Danced

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Lynn Garafola is the author of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1998), and editor of Jose Limon: An Unfinished Memoir (Wesleyan, 1998) and Rethinking the Sylph: New Perspectives on the Romantic Ballet (Wesleyan, 1997). She teaches at Barnard College in New York City.

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