History of Dance, Second Edition, offers readers a panoramic view of dance from prehistory to the present. The text covers the dance forms, designs, artists, costumes, performing spaces, and accompaniments throughout the centuries and around the globe. Its investigative approach engages students in assignments and web projects that reinforce the learning from the text, and its ancillaries for both teachers and students make it easy for students to perceive, create, and respond to the history of dance.
New to This Edition
History of Dance retains its strong foundations from the first edition while adding these new and improved features:
An instructor guide with media literacy assignments, teaching tips, strategies for finding historical videos, and more
A test bank with hundreds of questions for creating tests and quizzes
A presentation package with hundreds of slides that present key points and gr
Table of Contents
Part I Dance in Early History
Chapter 1. Dance at the Dawn of Time
Chapter 2. Dance in Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Crete
Ancient Greece
Rome and the Roman Empire
Chapter 3. Dance From the Middle Ages Through the Renaissance
Part II Dance in Modern History: The Renaissance to the 20th Century
Chapter 4. Dance at Court: The Late 16th and 17th Centuries
Chapter 5. Dance From Court to Theater: The 18th Century
Chapter 6. Romantic to Classical Ballet: The 19th Century
Romantic Ballet
Classical Ballet in Russia
Chapter 7. Dance in the United States: The 17th Through 19th Centuries
Part III American Dance in the 20th Century and Beyond
Chapter 8. Imported Influences: 1900–1929
Russo-American Ballet
New Dance
Chapter 9. Emerging American Dance: 1930–1944
Emerging American Ballet
Emerging American Modern Dance
Chapter 10. Maturing Classics: 1945–1959
Maturing American Ballet
Maturing American Modern Dance
Chapter 11. Chance and Change: 1960–1979
Chance and Change in Ballet
Chance and Change in Modern Dance
Chapter 12. New Directions: 1980–2000
New Directions for American Ballet
New Directions in Postmodern Dance
Chapter 13. Global Interactions: 2000–2016
Global Interactions in Ballet
Global Interactions in Contemporary Modern Dance
