Modern Bodies
Subtitle: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey (Cultural Studies of the United States)
Format: Unknown Binding
ISBN-13: 9780807862025
Subjects: Dance
First sentence: On 25 April 1922, the American dancer Ruth St. Denis presented a silver "loving cup" to the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova at a performance of Giselle at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York City.