Why Dance Matters

277 Pages·2023·5.03 MB·English

by  Mindy Aloff

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previous works by the author
The Legat Legacy (editor)
Dance in America: A Reader’s Anthology (editor)
Leaps in the Dark: Art and the World by Agnes de
Mille (editor)
Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation
The Unpicturelikeness of Pollock, Soutine, and Others:
Selected Writings and Talks by Louis Finkelstein
(editor)
Dance Anecdotes: Stories from the Worlds of Ballet,
Broadway, the Ballroom, and Modern Dance
Night Lights (poems)
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contents
one Child’s Play 1
two Walking and Dancing 47
three Steps 87
four Floatings 107
five A Florilegium 127
six Battles, Without and Within 167
seven Lessons 203
Epilogue 217
Acknowledgments 237
Credits 245
Index 247
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