TY - BOOK AU - Lansdale,Janet AU - Layson,June TI - Dance history: an introduction SN - 041509030X AV - GV1589. D38 1994 U1 - 792.8 PY - 1994///, 1999 CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Dance KW - History KW - Study and teaching N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of illustrations --; Notes on contributors --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; 1; Historical perspectives in the study of dance --; 2; Dance history source materials --; 3; The dance history literature: a reader's guide --; 4; Traditional dance: English ceremonial and social forms --; 5; Traditional dance in West Africa --; 6; Regional evidence for social dance with particular reference to a Yorkshire spa town, Harrogate, UK --; 7; Ballets lost and found: restoring the twentieth-century repertoire --; 8; Enrico Cecchetti: the influence of tradition --; 9; Rambert Dance Company Archive, London, UK --; 10; European early modern dance --; 11; Expression and expressionism in American modern dance --; 12; Beyond expressionism: Merce Cunningham's critique of 'the natural' --; 13; Re-tracing our steps: the possibilities for feminist dance histories --; 14; Pathways to studying dance history --; 15; Writing dance history --; Appendix A: Dance history texts annotated --; Appendix B: Selected list of reference texts --; Appendix C: Selected list of periodicals ER -