Ruyter, Nancy Lee Chalfa, <br/><br/>
The cultivation of body and mind in nineteenth-century American Delsartism / 
 Cultivation of body and mind in 19th-century American Delsartism 
Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter. 
 - xx, 152 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - Contributions to the study of music and dance,  no. 56  0193-9041 ; .
 - Contributions to the study of music and dance ;  no. 56. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147) and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  Introduction --  The Cast of Characters in Europe and the United States --  Francois Delsarte and His French Students --  Steele Mackaye and His American Followers --  Henrietta Hovey: From the Fashionable Salon to the School of Denishawn --  Genevieve Stebbins: Teacher and Artist --  The Spread of American Delsartism in the United States and Europe --  American Delsartean Theory and Practice --  The Delsarte-Mackaye System --  Genevieve Stebbins: Searching for Knowledge --  Genevieve Stebbins: Teaching and Preaching --  Genevieve Stebbins on Stage --  Epilogue --  Bibliography --  Index.  Pt. I.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Pt. II.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Ch. 9. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0313310424 9780313310423 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99010076 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Delsarte, François, 1811-1871 <br/>Stebbins, Genevieve.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Delsarte system--History<br/>Physical education and training--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Dance--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV463  / .R84 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.028