Overview

Jacqueline Robinson has lived at the heart of the struggle for the recognition of the new-born dance of the 20th century. She has shared in the aspirations of a whole generation who has suffered from the lack of understanding of an establishment more inclined towards classical ballet. The changing landscape of modern French dance is chronicled in this publication, from the breaking of the soil in the 1920s, to the flowering in the 1960s. It recounts the events that made it possible for dance as an art form in Western countries to rise again as a fundamental expression of the human spirit.

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Author:   Jacqueline Robinson ,  Catherine Dale
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   V. 13
Weight:   0.890kg
ISBN:  

9789057020162

ISBN 10:   9057020165
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   09 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword, Prelude: Indelible Ephemera, INTRODUCTION, PART I 1920-1930: THE GROUND-BREAKING YEARS, THE ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS, THE DUNCAN LINE, THE LABAN AND DALCROZE LINES, THE INDEPENDENT ONES, THE EDUCATORS, PART II 1930-1939: THE TILLING YEARS, THE ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS, THE LABAN AND WIGMAN LINES, THE DALCROZE AND HELLERAU-LAXENBURG LINE, DEFECTORS FROM CLASSICAL DANCE THE INDEPENDENT ONES, THE EDUCATORS, PART III 1945-1960: THE SOWING YEARS, THE ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS, FRENCH DANCERS OF EUROPEAN DESCENT THE GRAFTS, IN THE LINE OF JANINE SOLANE, THE INDEPENDENT ONES, THE EDUCATORS FROM DRAMA AND MIME, IN THE DUNCAN LINE, PART IV 1960-1970: THE FLOWERING YEARS, THE ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS FRENCH DANCERS, NOMADIC AND SEDENTARY, THE SCHOLARS, THE EDUCATORS, THE GRAFT FROM LA TIN AMERICA, JAZZ AND AFRICAN DANCE: ANOTHER TURNING TOWARDS ROOTS, EPILOGUE

Reviews

A major and fascinating study.. <br>-Laurence Louppe <br> Clearly written and clearly presented...reads like a novel. <br>-Liberation <br> For the first time, the weave of influences, the networks of related elements, the pioneers and the leaders...are placed together in this remarkable book.... <br>-Nouvelles de Danse, Brussels <br>

"""A major and fascinating study."" -- Laurence Louppe ""Clearly written and clearly presented...reads like a novel."" -- Liberation ""For the first time, the weave of influences, the networks of related elements, the pioneers and the leaders...are placed together in this remarkable book..."" -- Nouvellesde Danse, Brussels"

A major and fascinating study.. -Laurence Louppe Clearly written and clearly presented...reads like a novel. -Liberation For the first time, the weave of influences, the networks of related elements, the pioneers and the leaders...are placed together in this remarkable book.... -Nouvelles de Danse, Brussels

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