Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dance as an Art Form: From Antiquity Through the Renaissance -- Dance in the Ancient World -- Ancient Egyptian Dance -- Dance in Classical Greece -- Ancient Roman Dance -- Jewish Dance -- Christianity and the Middle Ages -- Ecclesiastical Attitudes and Practices -- The Dance of Death -- Dance Ecstasies -- Dance and Social Class -- The Renaissance World and the Art Dance -- Court Dances and Spectacles -- The Country Dance -- The Birth of Ballet -- Chapter 2: 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries -- The Maturing of Ballet -- Technical Codifications and Dance Scholarship -- Varieties of the Ballet -- Early Virtuosos of the Dance -- Marie Camargo, Ballerina -- The Reign of the Minuet -- The French Dance Suite -- Form of the Minuet -- English Social Dance -- Dance in Early America -- Attitudes in Colonial America -- External and Internal Influences -- The Rise of the Waltz -- The Romantic Movement in Dance -- Spread of the Waltz -- Offspring and Rivals -- Foundations of Modern Ballet -- Noverre and his Contemporaries -- The Romantic Ballet -- Theatre and Ballroom Dance -- Augusta Maywood -- Early Ballroom Dance and Invitational Events -- Chapter 3: 20th And 21st Centuries -- Ballroom Dance in the Early Part of 20th Century -- Vernon and Irene Castle -- Exhibition and Competitive Ballroom Dance Since the Mid-20th Century -- Trends Before World War I -- Diaghilev and his Achievements -- The Ballets Russes -- The Continuing Tradition -- The Soviet Ballet -- Modern Dance -- Merce Cunningham -- Postmodernism -- New Rhythms, New Forms in The 1900s -- Latin American and Jazz Dances -- Dance Contests and Codes -- Effect on Folk Dancing -- Experiments -- Tap -- Vaudeville -- Nightclubs -- Film -- Television and Las Vegas -- Rebirth -- Savion Glover -- Dance Since 1945 -- Social Dance.

Dance in the Theatre -- Jerome Robbins -- Twyla Tharp -- Dance in Musical Theatre -- Hip-Hop and Break Dancing -- Chapter 4: Folk Dance -- Collector John Playford and the Preservation of Dance -- Collector Johann Gottfried Von Herder and the Idea of the Folk -- William John Thoms and Folkloristics -- Cecil Sharp and the Promotion of Folk Dance -- Béla Bartók and Ethnographic Scholarship -- Ljubica Janković and Danica Janković and Modern Scholarship -- American Teacher Elizabeth Burchenal -- American Educator Mary Wood Hinman -- The Settlement Movement -- The International Folk Dance Movement -- Folk Dance in the United States -- The Use of Folk Dance to Support Nationalism -- Fostering Goodwill and Making a Profit with Folk Dance -- Who Owns the Dance? -- Dancing for Enlightenment -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.