Appreciating dance
Subtitle: a guide to the world's liveliest art
By: Harriet R. Lihs
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Princeton Book Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Hightstown, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780871272492
Subjects: Dance; Danse; Histoire; History
Description: "Appreciating Dance, written for the dance novice, is a concise, thorough, and accurate history and current picture of all forms of dance. It gives a brief biography of many of the notable dancers and choreographers who have contributed to each form of dance, and provides, in a nutshell, the information needed to expand the enjoyment of performance. It also details the development of dance from its earliest beginnings, and covers the intersection of dance and religion, social dance, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, film and theatrical dance, and contemporary dance."--Jacket.
Notes: "A Dance Horizons book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: A note to teachers; title: Acknowledgments; title: 1. Origins and definitions; title: Suggested reading; title: 2. Dance and religion; title: Types of religious dance; title: World religious dance; title: Christianity and the dance dilemma; title: Religious dance today; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: Internet sources; title: 3. Social dance; title: Types of social dance; title: Courtship dances; title: Work dances; title: War dances; title: Communal dances; title: America : the dance crossroads; title: Social dances of Europe and America; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: Internet sources; title: 4. Bugaku and ballet : from the royal courts to theatrical dance; title: Court dance; title: Chinese and Japanese court dance; title: The development of ballet; title: Eighteenth century ballet; title: The romantic period; title: The classical period; title: Other eighteenth and nineteenth century ballet notables; title: Early twentieth-century ballet; title: Other twentieth century ballet notables; title: Some ballet terminology; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: 5. Modern dance : new voices, new ideas; title: Pioneers; title: First generation; title: Other early modern dance choreographers : forerunners, pioneers and first generation; title: Second generation; title: Other second generation choreographers; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: Other sources; title: 6. Tap, jazz, musical and film dance : the American originals; title: Early tap dance; title: Minstrel shows and vaudeville; title: Tap dance in Hollywood; title: Jazz dance; title: The birth of jazz dance; title: Jazz choreographers of the 1950-1970s; title: The tap revival, videodance and other new directions; title: Other tap and jazz notables; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: Hollywood movie musicals; title: Internet sources; title: 7. Contemporary dance : intertwining threads; title: Postmodern and next wave; title: Ballet/modern/jazz blends; title: The Balanchine legacy; title: Other contemporary American ballet contributors; title: World contemporary dance; title: Other contemporary notables; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: Internet sources; title: 8. Careers in dance and current issues; title: The professional dancer; title: Dancers' health concerns; title: Career transitions for dancers; title: The choreographer/company director; title: Dance notation and computer choreography; title: The dance educator; title: Teaching dance in the public schools; title: Private studio teaching; title: Regional dance companies; title: Conventions and competitions; title: Fitness dance; title: Dance therapy and movement studies; title: Dance and censorship; title: A sampling of dance organizations; title: Study questions; title: Suggested reading; title: Videography; title: Internet sources; title: Test yourself; title: Endnotes; title: Illustration credits; title: Index.