Modern dance in France : an adventure, 1920-1970 / Jacqueline Robinson ; translated by Catherine Dale.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index.

Introduction to the Series -- Acknowledgements -- List of plates -- Exergue -- Foreword -- Prelude: Indelible Ephemera -- Introduction -- Pt. I. 1920-1930: The Ground-Breaking Years -- The Actors -- Institutions -- The Ballets Suedois 1920-1924 -- The Duncan Line -- Raymond Duncan -- Elisabeth Duncan -- Irma Duncan -- Lisa Duncan -- Ellen Tels-Rabanek -- Postscript on the Legacy of Isadora -- The Laban and Dalcroze Lines -- Dussia Bereska -- Marie-Louise van Veen -- Jacqueline Chaumont -- Marie Kummer -- The Independent Ones -- Georges Pomies -- Alexander and Clotilde Sakharoff -- Helene Vanel and Lois Hutton -- Yvonne Redgis -- Paul Swan -- Charlotte Bara -- Yvonne Serac -- Isabel de Etchessary -- The Educators -- Francois Malkowski -- Renee Odic Kintzel -- Irene Popard -- The Orientals -- Jeanne Ronsay -- Nyota Inyoka -- Djemil Anik -- Uday Shankar -- Raden Mas Jodjana -- Pt. II. 1930-1939: The Tilling Years -- The Actors -- Institutions -- The Archives Internationales de la Danse -- The Laban and Wigman Lines -- Jean Weidt -- Heinz Finkel -- Ludolf Schild -- Mila Cirul -- Julia Marcus -- Doryta Brown -- The Dalcroze and Hellerau-Laxenburg Line -- Anita Wiskeman -- Helene Carlut -- Doris Halphen, Maian Pontan and the Hellerau-Laxenburg School -- Defectors from Classical Dance -- Jean Serry -- Janine Solane -- The Independent Ones -- Marguerite Bougai -- Tony Gregory -- Freddy Wittop -- Josette and Renee Foatelli -- The Educators -- Fee Helles -- Liliane Arlen and Viennese Dance -- Pt. III. 1945-1960: The Sowing Years -- The Actors -- Institutions -- Jean Dorcy and Danse et Culture -- Dinah Maggie and Association Francaise de Recherches Choregraphiques (A.F.R.E.C.) and the Theatre d'Essai de la Danse -- French Dancers of European Discent -- Anne Gardon -- Genevieve Mallarme -- Raymonde Lombardin -- Charles Antonetti -- Jacqueline Levant -- Suzanne Remon -- Claude Stephane -- Francoise and Dominique Dupuy and The Ballets Modernes de Paris -- The Grafts -- Jerome Andrews -- Jacqueline Robinson -- Laura Sheleen -- Karin Waehner -- Muriel Topaz -- Paul d'Arnot -- Edith Allard -- Katherine Henry d'Epinoy -- Gilberto Motta -- Regine Drengwicz -- In the Line of Janine Solane -- Rose-Marie Paillet -- Denise Blanc-Raillard -- Marie-France Babillot -- Titane Saint-Hubert -- The Independent Ones -- Olga Stens -- Genevieve Piguet -- Frederique Franchini -- Antoinette Guedy -- Roger Ribes -- The Educators -- Hilde Peerbohm -- Yvonne Berge -- Phyllis Drayson -- Mireille Fromantel -- Anne-Marie Debatte -- From Drama and Mime -- Bella Reine -- Etienne Decroux -- Jacques Lecoq -- Marcel Marceau -- In the Duncan Line -- Madeleine Lytton -- Odile Hamelin-Pyros -- Pt. IV. 1960-1970: The Flowering Years -- The Actors -- Institutions -- The Introduction of Dance into Parisian Universities -- The Growing Presence of Modern Dance in Physical Training Centres -- The Ballet Theatre Contemporain -- The Theatre Francais de la Danse -- The Theatre des Nations -- The Chateauvallon Festival -- Art, Recherche, Confrontation at the Museum of Modern Art -- The Bagnolet Competition: Ballet pour Demain -- French Dancers, Nomadic and Sedentary -- Francoise Sain-Thibault -- Noelle Janoli -- Francoise Julliot de la Morandiere -- Claudine Allegra -- Isabella Mirova -- Claude Decaillot -- Dora Feilane -- Aline Roux -- Annick Maucouvert -- Suzon Holzer -- Renate Pook -- Poumi Lescaut -- Anne-Marie Reynaud -- The Scholars -- Michele Nadal -- Francine Lancelot -- Muriel Jaer -- Claude Pujade-Renaud -- Jacqueline Challet-Haas -- Mireille Arguel -- Alberte Raynaud -- Pinok and Matho -- The Educators -- Denise Coutier and 'Danse Ma Joie' (D.M.J.) -- Jean Bouffort -- Francoise Chantraine -- Sylvie Deluz -- The 'Science of the Body' -- The Graft from Latin America -- Arlet Bon -- Sara Pardo -- Graziella Martinez -- Juan Carlos Bellini -- Mara Dajanova -- Noemie Lapzeson -- Paulina Ossona -- Paulina Oca -- Diana Obedman -- Gladys Aleman -- Sonia Sanoja -- Guillermo Palomares -- Jazz and African Dance: Another Turning Towards Roots -- Ingeborg Liptay -- Christiane de Rougemont -- Epilogue -- The Specialized Press and Writers about Dance -- A Few Authors who Wrote about Dance -- Period Pieces: A Few Howlers -- Bibliography -- Other books by Jacqueline Robinson -- Index.

"It was indeed an adventure for those pioneers in France who struggled for the recognition of the new-born dance of the twentieth century - from the free dance of Isadora Duncan, through the absolute dance of Mary Wigman, to the modern dance of Martha Graham.Jacqueline Robinson has lived at the heart of this adventure, sharing the aspirations of a whole generation who often suffered from the lack of understanding of an establishment more inclined towards classical ballet.From the breaking of the soil in the twenties, to the flowering in the sixties, here is a chronicle of the changing landscape of French dance. Here is the story of those men and women, ploughmen and poets, rebels and visionaries - the recollection of those events that made it possible for dance as an art form in Western countries to rise again as a fundamental expression of the human spirit."--Publisher description.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.