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"Almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." —Signs

"[An] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and between present and past." —Theatre Journal

"This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." —Dance Theatre Journal

"Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and . . . an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." —Dance Research Journal



Table of Contents

Foreword: Geneaology and Event in the Work of Mark Franko, by Juan Ignacio Vallejos
Preface
Introduction: The Politics of Expression
1. The Invention of Modern Dance
2. Bodies of Radical Will
3. Emotivist Movement and Histories of Modernism: The Case of Martha Graham
4. Expressivism and Chance Procedure: The Future of an Emotion
5. Some Notes on Yvonne Rainer, Modernism, Politics, Emotion, Performance, and the Aftermath
Appendix: Left-Wing Dance Theory: Articles on Dance from New Theatre, New Masses, and Daily Worker
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Dancing Modernism Performing Politics

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 2 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9780253065414
      978-0253065414
      ISBN-10 0253065410
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      Ballet Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." —Signs

      "[An] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and between present and past." —Theatre Journal

      "This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." —Dance Theatre Journal

      "Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and . . . an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." —Dance Research Journal



      Table of Contents

      Foreword: Geneaology and Event in the Work of Mark Franko, by Juan Ignacio Vallejos
      Preface
      Introduction: The Politics of Expression
      1. The Invention of Modern Dance
      2. Bodies of Radical Will
      3. Emotivist Movement and Histories of Modernism: The Case of Martha Graham
      4. Expressivism and Chance Procedure: The Future of an Emotion
      5. Some Notes on Yvonne Rainer, Modernism, Politics, Emotion, Performance, and the Aftermath
      Appendix: Left-Wing Dance Theory: Articles on Dance from New Theatre, New Masses, and Daily Worker
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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