A Game for Dancers

A Game for Dancers Performing Modernism in the Postwar Years, 1945-1960

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Publisher's Synopsis

Examines the difficulties American modern dancers faced as the Cold War took hold and the genre became institutionalized after its pioneering phase. This book includes subjects, such as modernist dance theory; the emergence of new constituencies, including African-American choreographers; and the work of Merce Cunningham and Alwin Nikolais.

Book information

ISBN: 9780819568045
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 792.809045
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 254
Weight: 558g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 26mm