Dancing naturally : nature, neoclassicism and modernity in early twentieth century dance / edited by Alexandra Carter and Rachel Fensham.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description
xi, 179 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Nature, Force and Variation / R. Fensham
    • Constructing and Contesting the Natural in British Theatre Dance / A. Carter
    • Ideas of Nature, the Natural and the Modern in Early Twentieth-Century Dance Discourse / M. Huxley, R. Burt
    • The Ancient Greeks and the 'Natural' / F. Macintosh
    • From the Artificial to the Natural Body : Social Dancing in Britain, 1900-1914 / T. Buckland
    • Dancing Based on Natural Movement / M.A. Johnstone, M. Atkinson
    • Undressing and Dressing Up : Natural Movement's Life in Costume / R. Fensham
    • Nature Moving Naturally in Succession : an Exploration of Doris Humphrey's 'Water Study' / L. Main
    • Tensing and Relaxing Naturally : Systematic Approaches to Training the Body / S. Foster
    • 'Female Nature', Body Culture and Plastique / K. Vedel
    • Tethering the Flow : Dialogues Between Dance, Physical Culture and Antiquity in Interwar Australia / A. Card
    • Mining Anatomy : Moving Naturally / L. Worth.
    ISBN
    • 9780230278448 ((alk. paper))
    • 0230278442 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2011040386
    OCLC
    729342550
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