John Martin's Book of The Dance
Book
Date:
1963Format:
HardcoverDescription:
192 p. : ill. (b&w) ; 20.5 x 26 cm.Summary:
"In magnificent pictures and vivid prose, John Martin, the dean of American dance critics... traces the development of the dance from its primitive beginnings to the contemporary scene in ballet and modern dance.Divided into four parts, the work first discusses the Basic Dance, the elemental nature of all dances. The next section, Dance for the Sake of the Dancer, provides a charming and penetrating evaluation of folk and ballroom dancing. This is followed by Dance as Spectacle, tracing its origins and rise of the ballet from its courtly beginnings to the revolutionary innovations of Fokine and Diaghileff and its succeeding ramifications in Balanchine, Tudor, de Mille and many others, both here and abroad. The final section deals with Dance as a Means of Communication and explores in detail the individual contributions of choreographers and interpretive dancers" -- from the book jacket