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Albright, Ann Cooper,

Modern gestures : Abraham Walkowitz draws Isadora Duncan dancing / Abraham Walkowitz draws Isadora Duncan dancing Ann Cooper Albright. - 81 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 81).

Dancing and writing -- Summoning the dance -- Figuring experience -- Listening with the body -- Responding to the moment.

In her introductory essay, author Ann Cooper Albright weaves literary theory, art criticism, and dance history into a fluid narrative to explore how Walkowitz's drawings realize Duncan's dancing on paper.

ISBN: 081957077X 9780819570772 0819570273 9780819570277

LCCN: 2010016180

Subjects--Personal Names:
Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965 --Criticism and interpretation.
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 --Portraits.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dance in art

LC Class. No.: N6537.W24 / A85 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 792.80280922