Ecstasy and the demon : the dances of Mary Wigman /
Manning, Susan,
Ecstasy and the demon : the dances of Mary Wigman / Dances of Mary Wigman Susan Manning ; with a new introduction. - First University of Minnesota Press edition. - xxxvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
"Mary Wigman, Germany’s premier dancer between the two world wars, envisioned the performer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Widely hailed as an innovator of dance modernism, she never acknowledged her complex relationship with National Socialism. In Ecstasy and the Demon, Susan Manning advances a sociological explanation for the collaboration between German modern dancers and National Socialism. She models methods for dance studies that contextualize choreography in relation to changing sociopolitical conditions, bringing dance scholarship into conversation with intellectual trends across the humanities. The introduction to this second edition brings Manning’s groundbreaking work to bear on dance studies today and reconsiders Wigman’s career from the perspective of queer theory and globalization, further illuminating the interplay of dance and politics in the twentieth century. Susan Manning is professor of English, theater, and performance studies at Northwestern University."--Publisher description.
0816638020 9780816638024
2006016452
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
Dancers--Germany--Biography
Choreographers--Germany--Biography
Modern dance--Social aspects--History.--Germany
Modern dance--Political aspects--History.--Germany
Nationalism and feminism
GV1785.W5 / M36 2006
792.8092
Ecstasy and the demon : the dances of Mary Wigman / Dances of Mary Wigman Susan Manning ; with a new introduction. - First University of Minnesota Press edition. - xxxvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
"Mary Wigman, Germany’s premier dancer between the two world wars, envisioned the performer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Widely hailed as an innovator of dance modernism, she never acknowledged her complex relationship with National Socialism. In Ecstasy and the Demon, Susan Manning advances a sociological explanation for the collaboration between German modern dancers and National Socialism. She models methods for dance studies that contextualize choreography in relation to changing sociopolitical conditions, bringing dance scholarship into conversation with intellectual trends across the humanities. The introduction to this second edition brings Manning’s groundbreaking work to bear on dance studies today and reconsiders Wigman’s career from the perspective of queer theory and globalization, further illuminating the interplay of dance and politics in the twentieth century. Susan Manning is professor of English, theater, and performance studies at Northwestern University."--Publisher description.
0816638020 9780816638024
2006016452
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
Dancers--Germany--Biography
Choreographers--Germany--Biography
Modern dance--Social aspects--History.--Germany
Modern dance--Political aspects--History.--Germany
Nationalism and feminism
GV1785.W5 / M36 2006
792.8092