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• catalog abstract ""Appreciating Dance, written for the dance novice, is a concise, thorough, and accurate history and current picture of all forms of dance. It gives a brief biography of many of the notable dancers and choreographers who have contributed to each form of dance, and provides, in a nutshell, the information needed to expand the enjoyment of performance. It also details the development of dance from its earliest beginnings, and covers the intersection of dance and religion, social dance, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, film and theatrical dance, and contemporary dance."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12718634.
• catalog created "c2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "c2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
• catalog description ""Appreciating Dance, written for the dance novice, is a concise, thorough, and accurate history and current picture of all forms of dance. It gives a brief biography of many of the notable dancers and choreographers who have contributed to each form of dance, and provides, in a nutshell, the information needed to expand the enjoyment of performance. It also details the development of dance from its earliest beginnings, and covers the intersection of dance and religion, social dance, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, film and theatrical dance, and contemporary dance."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "5. Modern dance : new voices, new ideas -- Pioneers -- First generation -- Other early modern dance choreographers : forerunners, pioneers and first generation -- Second generation -- Other second generation choreographers -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Other sources -- 6. Tap, jazz, musical and film dance : the American originals -- Early tap dance -- Minstrel shows and vaudeville -- Tap dance in Hollywood -- Jazz dance -- The birth of jazz dance -- Jazz choreographers of the 1950-1970s -- The tap revival, videodance and other new directions -- Other tap and jazz notables -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Hollywood movie musicals -- Internet sources -- 7. Contemporary dance : intertwining threads -- Postmodern and next wave -- Ballet/modern/jazz blends -- The Balanchine legacy -- Other contemporary American ballet contributors -- World contemporary dance -- Other contemporary notables -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- ".
• catalog description "8. Careers in dance and current issues -- The professional dancer -- Dancers' health concerns -- Career transitions for dancers -- The choreographer/company director -- Dance notation and computer choreography -- The dance educator -- Teaching dance in the public schools -- Private studio teaching -- Regional dance companies -- Conventions and competitions -- Fitness dance -- Dance therapy and movement studies -- Dance and censorship -- A sampling of dance organizations -- Study questions -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- Test yourself -- Endnotes -- Illustration credits -- Index.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Preface -- A note to teachers -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Origins and definitions -- Suggested reading -- 2. Dance and religion -- Types of religious dance -- World religious dance -- Christianity and the dance dilemma -- Religious dance today -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- 3. Social dance -- Types of social dance -- Courtship dances -- Work dances -- War dances -- Communal dances -- America : the dance crossroads -- Social dances of Europe and America -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- 4. Bugaku and ballet : from the royal courts to theatrical dance -- Court dance -- Chinese and Japanese court dance -- The development of ballet -- Eighteenth century ballet -- The romantic period -- The classical period -- Other eighteenth and nineteenth century ballet notables -- Early twentieth-century ballet -- Other twentieth century ballet notables -- Some ballet terminology -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- ".
• catalog extent "ix, 132 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Appreciating dance.".
• catalog identifier "0871272490 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Appreciating dance.".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "c2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Hightstown, NJ : Princeton Book Co.,".
• catalog relation "Appreciating dance.".
• catalog subject "792.8 21".
• catalog subject "Dance History.".
• catalog subject "GV1601 .L54 2002".
• catalog tableOfContents "5. Modern dance : new voices, new ideas -- Pioneers -- First generation -- Other early modern dance choreographers : forerunners, pioneers and first generation -- Second generation -- Other second generation choreographers -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Other sources -- 6. Tap, jazz, musical and film dance : the American originals -- Early tap dance -- Minstrel shows and vaudeville -- Tap dance in Hollywood -- Jazz dance -- The birth of jazz dance -- Jazz choreographers of the 1950-1970s -- The tap revival, videodance and other new directions -- Other tap and jazz notables -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Hollywood movie musicals -- Internet sources -- 7. Contemporary dance : intertwining threads -- Postmodern and next wave -- Ballet/modern/jazz blends -- The Balanchine legacy -- Other contemporary American ballet contributors -- World contemporary dance -- Other contemporary notables -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "8. Careers in dance and current issues -- The professional dancer -- Dancers' health concerns -- Career transitions for dancers -- The choreographer/company director -- Dance notation and computer choreography -- The dance educator -- Teaching dance in the public schools -- Private studio teaching -- Regional dance companies -- Conventions and competitions -- Fitness dance -- Dance therapy and movement studies -- Dance and censorship -- A sampling of dance organizations -- Study questions -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- Test yourself -- Endnotes -- Illustration credits -- Index.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- A note to teachers -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Origins and definitions -- Suggested reading -- 2. Dance and religion -- Types of religious dance -- World religious dance -- Christianity and the dance dilemma -- Religious dance today -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- 3. Social dance -- Types of social dance -- Courtship dances -- Work dances -- War dances -- Communal dances -- America : the dance crossroads -- Social dances of Europe and America -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- Internet sources -- 4. Bugaku and ballet : from the royal courts to theatrical dance -- Court dance -- Chinese and Japanese court dance -- The development of ballet -- Eighteenth century ballet -- The romantic period -- The classical period -- Other eighteenth and nineteenth century ballet notables -- Early twentieth-century ballet -- Other twentieth century ballet notables -- Some ballet terminology -- Suggested reading -- Videography -- ".
• catalog title "Appreciating dance : a guide to the world's liveliest art / Harriet R. Lihs.".
• catalog type "Guide (Descripteur de forme) rasuqam".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".