I see America dancing: selected readings, 1685-2000
| Other Authors: | Needham, Maureen. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2002]
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| Physical Description: |
248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Dances of the Native Americans: Manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians (1836) / George Catlin
- Ghost dance (1890) / James A. Mooney
- Indian bureau regulations (1902) / W.A. Jones, commissioner
- Keeping the rituals alive (1985) / Jill D. Sweet
- Contemporary Native American pow-wow dancing (2000) / Tara Browner
- Navajo night chant for the dance of the thunderbirds / translated by Washington Matthews
- Other dance traditions in America: Playford's "English dancing master" (1651) and country dancing in America / Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer
- War of the quadrilles: Creoles vs. Americans (1804) / Maureen Needham
- Sunday afternoon dances in Congo Square (1819) / Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Japanese bon dance survivals in Hawai'i (1982) / Judy Van Zile
- All lined up at the Wildhorse Saloon (1997) / Maureen Needham
- Swingin' out: southern California's lindy revival (2000) / Juliet McMains and Danielle Robinson
- Anti-dance brigade: Arrow against profane and promiscuous dancing drawn out of the quiver of the scriptures (1685) / Increase Mather
- From the ballroom to hell (1894) / Thomas A. Faulkner
- Dance-hall reform (1909) / Belle Lindner Israels
- Twist: brave new whirl (1962) / Marshall Fishwick
- Dance of the century (1988) / New York Times, Dec. 12, 1988.
- Pioneers of theatrical dance in America: John Durang (1768-1822), first American theatrical dancer / John Durang
- American career of Jean Baptiste Francisqui (1793-1808) / Maureen Needham
- Critics react to Fanny Elssler's American debut (1840-41) / New York Mirror, May 30, 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Journal, Oct., 1841
- Black crook burlesque (1867) / G.W. Griffin with Mr. Christy for Christy's Minstrels
- Critics react to The black crook (1866) / New York Times, Sept. 13, 1866, New York Daily Tribune, Sept. 17, 1866
- Creators: visions of America: American Heroine (1786) / Jean-Francois Arnould-Mussot
- America, a grand historical spectacle (1893) / Imre Kiralfy
- Isadora Duncan's vision of America dancing (1927) / Isadora Duncan
- Dancing for men (1926) / Ted Shawn
- Platform for the American dance / Martha Graham
- Declaration / Doris Humphrey
- American document (1938) / Martha Graham
- Southland (1951) / Katherine Dunham
- Critic reacts to Balanchine's Stars and stripes / Lillian Moore
- Flag dance (1970) / Yvonne Rainer
- Naked in America (1999) / Sonje Mayo with text by Jean Dell
- Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin/the promised land (1990) / Bill T. Jones with Peggy Gillespie
- Chronology of selected dance styles and genres.