Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics

By Mark Franko

Book Overview

". . . almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance." --Signs

". . . an] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and betweeen present and past." --Theatre Journal

"This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance." --Dance Theatre Journal

"Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and, I believe, an important contribution to the field of dance scholarship." --Dance Research Journal

A revisionary account of the evolution of "modern dance" in which Mark Franko calls for a historicization of aesthetics that considers the often-ignored political dimension of expressive action. Includes an appendix of articles of left-wing dance theory, which flourished during the 1930s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253209471
• ISBN13: 9780253209474
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher