Modern Bodies
Subtitle: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780807826980
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Contemporary dance; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Performing Arts; Dance; Modern dance; USA; United States; Dance - History; Dance - Modern; Modern - 20th Century; American Studies; Theatre & Drama/Performing Arts; Women's Studies/Gender Studies; New York; Performing Arts / Dance / Modern; Women's Studies - General; History
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.