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Dancing Naturally
Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Dance
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Dancing Naturally
Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Dance
About this book
A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context.
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Art GeneralTable of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- 1 Nature, Force and Variation
- 2 Constructing and Contesting the Natural in British Theatre Dance
- 3 Ideas of Nature, the Natural and the Modern in Early Twentieth-Century Dance Discourse
- 4 The Ancient Greeks and the ‘Natural’
- 5 From the Artificial to the Natural Body: Social Dancing in Britain, 1900–1914
- 6 Dancing Based on Natural Movement
- 7 Undressing and Dressing Up: Natural Movement’s Life in Costume
- 8 Nature Moving Naturally in Succession: An Exploration of Doris Humphrey’s Water Study
- 9 Tensing and Relaxing Naturally: Systematic Approaches to Training the Body
- 10 ‘Female Nature’, Body Culture and Plastique
- 11 Tethering the Flow: Dialogues between Dance, Physical Culture and Antiquity in Interwar Australia
- 12 Mining Anatomy: Moving Naturally
- Index
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