Dancing Till Dawn
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-27647-7 (ISBN)
Exhibition ballroom dancing is examined as a cultural and social phenomenon promoting new cultural standards, including the emancipation of women and a casualness and spontaneity between the sexes. A comprehensive study of this dance genre and entertainment form, this volume utilizes unexplored primary sources and is illustrated with original photographs. This book can be used by students, researchers, and anyone interested in the history of dance, theatre, and all forms of popular entertainment.
Julie Malnig holds a PhD in performance studies from New York University and teaches seminars on research and writing for a master's degree program at NYU's Gallatin Division. She is an editor for Women & Performance journal and The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. She also has academic and professional credits as a director and actress. Her articles have appeared in Performing Arts Resources, The Passing Show, and other publications, as well as in anthologies and reference books including Theatrical Directors, forthcoming from Greenwood Press.
Preface The Origins and Rise of Exhibition Ballroom Dance Dancing Deities: Career Paths of the Early Innovators Cabaret Dancing Taking the Palace by Storm: Exhibition Ballroom Dance in Vaudeville of the Teens and Twenties Exhibition Ballroom Dance in Early Musical Theatre Decline and Rebirth The Contemporary Renaissance Appendix A: Social Dances, 1908-1919 Appendix B: Exhibition Ballroom Dance Technique, 1908-1919 Selected Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.1992 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-313-27647-1 / 0313276471 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-27647-7 / 9780313276477 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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