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UNINA9910451033603321 |
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Lloyd Margaret |
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The Borzoi book of modern dance [[electronic resource] /] / by Margaret Lloyd |
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[New York], : Dance Horizons (Princeton Book Co.), 1987, c1949 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (447 p.) |
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Dancers |
Dance - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Dance Horizons book. |
Include indexes. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 355-356. |
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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; Forerunners; Angela Isadora Duncan; Mary Wigman; Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn; The Three Creative Revolutionists; Martha Graham; Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman; Other Creative Moderns; Helen Tamiris; Hanya Holm; New Leaders - New Directions; The New Dance Group; José Limón; Anna Sokolow; Esther Junger; Sybil Shearer; Katherine Dunham; Valerie Bettis; Pearl Primus; Modern Dance on the West Coast; Lester Horton; Eleanor King; Strange Subsidies; Humanizing Ballet and Muiscomedy Dancing |
In Processed Form: Radio, Video and MovieBiblography; General Index; Index of Dances |
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What is ""modern dance"" and how does it differ from ballet and other forms of theatrical dancing-who made it what it is? These questions and their answers are the subjects around which Margaret Lloyd has written a unique and endlessly entertaining book.Originally published in 1949, The Borzoi Book of Modern Dance captures the beginnings of modern dance history fresh from its inception. Margaret Lloyd creates a detailed, witty and insightful overview of the art form in its early stages. The book is organized by individuals and then branches into documentation of important s |
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UNINA9910463666503321 |
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Yeh Diana |
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The happy Hsiungs : performing China and the struggle for modernity / / Diana Yeh |
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Hong Kong, China : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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988-8268-59-7 |
988-8268-58-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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RAS China in Shanghai series |
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Autobiographical fiction - History and criticism |
Biography as a literary form |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration -- Prelude -- Chapter 1. Adrift in New China: learning, love and labour -- Chapter 2. 'Try something different. Something really Chinese' -- Chapter 3. 'The greatest success': the rise to global fame -- Chapter 4. China fashion and the politics of success -- Chapter 5. The kaleidoscope of China: authenticity, orientalism and discontents -- Chapter 6. The end to old Cathay? -- Chapter 7. 'Looking like an English household': performing class, family and home -- Chapter 8. Goddess, housewife, writer -- Chapter 9. Into the shadows -- Chapter 10. Global and contemporary revivals -- Afterword -- Glossary of names -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
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The Happy Hsiungs recovers the histories of two married Chinese writers who lived and worked in Britain from the 1930's onwards. Shih-I Hsiung shot to worldwide fame with his play "Lady Precious Stream," while Dymia Hsiung was the first Chinese woman to publish a fictional autobiography in English of her life in Britain. |
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