Ballet & modern dance, a concise history.
Author: Anderson, Jack Published: 1992 A history of the development of Western theatrical dance - specifically ballet and modern dance - since the Renaissance. The text is illuminated by excerpts from many primary sources, and a section of biographical profiles at the end of the book serves as a supplementary reference source. Intended to be entertaining as well as enlightening, the book seeks an additional objective - to emphasise the value of dance history as a field of study. |