{"product_id":"hitlers-dancers-german-modern-dance-and-the-third-reich-9781571813008","title":"Hitler's Dancers: German Modern Dance and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe Nazis burned books and banned much modern art. However, few people know the fascinating story of German modern dance, which was the great exception. Modern expressive dance found favor with the regime and especially with the infamous Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda. How modern artists collaborated with Nazism reveals an important aspect of modernism, uncovers the bizarre bureaucracy which controlled culture and tells the histories of great figures who became enthusiastic Nazis and lied about it later. The book offers three perspectives: the dancer Lilian Karina writes her very vivid personal story of dancing in interwar Germany; the dance historian Marion Kant gives a systematic account of the interaction of modern dance and the totalitarian state, and a documentary appendix provides a glimpse into the twisted reality created by Nazi racism, pedantic bureaucrats and artistic ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This book points the way for the next steps of further research … [It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the roles of dance and body under fascism.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Net Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…a bristling book … Rarely have we been invited to read polemical history charged with both emotional intensity and – thankfully – voluminous documentation … Reading along with rapt attention, I can’t decide which is more surprising: the blistering clarity and conviction of Kant’s claims and their documantation, or the fuzzy preoccupation with self that Hitler’s dancers seemed to embody during this period.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Dance Critics Association Newsletter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is a welcome publication … [It] provides a valuable insight into the period for English-speaking readers … The authors provide much new information and pose some serious questions … essential read.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Dance Theatre Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the German edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This book will change a lot in dance history. And it will indeed be a painful awakening for the idol worshippers who forgive artists all sins and place them above all moral responsibility.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Judisk Kroenika\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This books is indispensable because of its many important documents.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Ballettanz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Highly recommended … The most important publication on dance in the Third Reich.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Tanzwissenschaft\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“An important contribution to the discussion [on Nazism and dance] - obligatory reading on the history of dance - that makes parts of this book as gripping as a thriller.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Der Tanz der Dinge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eTranslator's Foreword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJonathan Steinberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarion Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I RECOLLECTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLilian Karina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tHow this work came about\u003cbr\u003e \tHave artists an interest in political and social circumstances?\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Faces of my Past\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Labanist Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tPre Labanism: The Rise of the Culture of the Body (1900-1920)\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Era of Labanism at its Peak: the Development of \"New Dance,\" Modern and Stage Dance (1920s-1937)\u003cbr\u003e \tOpposition to Labanism – Realistic Dance Theater\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Art and Culture under National Socialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe New Legislation\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Doctrines of Race and Inheritance\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Invention of the Jewish Race: from Wagner to Rosenberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSectarianism and Dance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Historical Path of Racial Hygiene\u003cbr\u003e \tSects, Cults and Secret Societies\u003cbr\u003e \tThe New Magicians of Dance: Steiner, Klamt, Duncan, Laban\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Search for a Dance \"True to Type\" [\"\u003ci\u003earteigen\u003c\/i\u003e\"]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. The Fates of Emigrants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tEvgenia Eduardova and Josef Lewitan\u003cbr\u003e \tVictor Gsovsky\u003cbr\u003e \tKurt Jooss\u003cbr\u003e \tSascha Leontieff\u003cbr\u003e \tAurél von Milloss\u003cbr\u003e \tLia Schubert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. The Situation in Scandinavia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Association of Swedish Dance Pedagogues\u003cbr\u003e \tGertrude Engelhardt\u003cbr\u003e \tElsa Lindenberg\u003cbr\u003e \tEdgar Frank\u003cbr\u003e \tLilian Karina\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Laban's Downfall and Post-Labansim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tPost-Labanism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: \"DANCE IS A RACE QUESTION.\" THE DANCE POLITICS OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF POPULAR ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarion Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe State of Dance Research\u003cbr\u003e \tDance in Germany in 1930\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Foundation of the Reich Chamber of Culture\u003cbr\u003e \tRivalries about Culture and Art\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Propaganda Ministry and the Reich Theater Chamber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. The Nazi Redirection of Dance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Plan for a Nazi Dance Policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9. Ministerial Dance Politicos – Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Dance Festivals of 1934 and 1935\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. The German Dance Theater and The German Master Workshops\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tRegulations for the Conduct of the Dance Examinations\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Olympic Games\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Temporary Finale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11. The Next Stage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Laban Case\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Wigman Case\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12. After Laban's Fall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tFrom German Dance to German Ballet\u003cbr\u003e \tA Ban on Dance\u003cbr\u003e \tTotal Dance\u003cbr\u003e \tPost Script\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: THE NAZI ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS JAZZ AND SWING: A CASE STUDY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarion Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: DANCE UNDER THE NAZIS: DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tSelected and Edited by \u003ci\u003eMarion Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/b\u003e The Administrative Structure of the Reich Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Reich Culture Chambers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tChronology\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations and Glossary\u003cbr\u003e \tSources\u003cbr\u003e \tArchives and Collections\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003cbr\u003e \tName entries\u003cbr\u003e \tSubject entries\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041417003351,"sku":"9781571813008","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hitlers-dancers-german-modern-dance-and-the-third-reich-9781571813008","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}