Dancing and mixed media
Subtitle: early twentieth-century modern  dance theory in text and photography
By: Judith B. Alter.
Series: New studies in aesthetics ;; vol. 17
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Modern dance -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century; Dance -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century
Description: "During the first third of the twentieth century, innovators and developers of modern dance evolved exercise systems, established schools, and published books on "dancing" illustrated by numerous photographs. Some of the books are by dancer-authors: Isadora Duncan, Raymond Duncan, Mary Beegle, Helen Moller, Margaret H'Doubler, Eleanor Elder, and Margaret Morris. These media - books and photographs - are also used by art critics, Charles Caffin and John E. Crawford Flitch and photographer, Arnold Genthe in books on dancing and dancers during this period, analysis of their works adds other dimensions to this study. The social, political, and cultural movements of radical utopianism, idealization of nature, rational recreation, anti-Victorianism, and the adulation of ancient Greek culture contribute to understanding the forces which influenced the newly emerging art forms of modern dance and photography."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209) and index.