Karina, Lilian.

Hitler's dancers : German modern dance and the Third Reich / Lilian Karina and Marion Kant ; translated from the German by Jonathan Steinberg. - xiii, 364 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translator's Foreword -- Preface -- Recollections -- Introduction -- A Historical Overview of the Labanist Period -- Art and Culture under National Socialism -- Sectarianism and Dance: The Historical Path of Racial Hygiene -- The Fates of Emigrants -- The Situation in Scandinavia -- Laban's Downfall and Post-Labanism -- "Dance Is a Race Question." The Dance Politics of the Reich Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda -- Introduction: The State of Dance Research -- The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda -- The Nazi Redirection of Dance -- Ministerial Dance Politicos - Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell -- The German Dance Theater and The German Master Workshops -- The Next Stage: The Laban Case, The Wigman Case -- After Laban's Fall -- Post Script -- The Nazi Attempt to Suppress Jazz and Swing: A Case Study -- Dance Under the Nazis: Documentary Appendix -- The Administrative Structure of the Reich Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Reich Culture Chambers -- Chronology -- References -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Pt. II. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Pt. III. Pt. IV. App.

1571816887 (pbk.) : £18.50 1571813004 (cloth : alk. paper)

GBA442657 bnb


Modern dance--History--Germany--20th century.
Dance--Political aspects--Germany
National socialism--Germany


Germany--Cultural policy--History.

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