Malnig examines exhibition ballroom dance as both a theatrical genre and a cultural and social phenomenon, promoting new cultural standards, including the emancipation of women and a new casualness and spontaneity between the sexes. A lively and thorough account of a dance form that has found renewed popularity in recent years.
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"A delightful and much-needed examination of twentieth-century American ballroom dance and its relation to other performing arts. Malnig employs a lively, rapid-fire writing style that sustains interest throughout the book...An important historical and cultural guide."
-Theatre Journal,Book Description
This volume explores the rich history of exhibition ballroom dancing from its heyday in the 1910s to the present. This first comprehensive study of a unique dance genre and entertainment form utilizes primary sources, including promotional materials and print reviews, and is illustrated with original photographs.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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exhibition ballroom teams, exhibition ballroom dance, exhibition ballroom numbers, social dance scene, ballroom work, ballroom routines, ballroom forms, ballroom acts, rag dances, musical theatre productions, hesitation waltz, social dancers, ballroom dance teams, ballroom steps, ballroom dancers, ballroom style, exhibition teams, cabaret owners, dance direction, vaudeville bill, social dancing, modern dancing, ballroom dances, clipping file Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vernon Castle, Joan Sawyer, Irene Castle, Dolly Sisters, Dance Magazine, United States, Clifton Webb, Maurice Mouvet, Florence Walton, Theatre Collection, Robinson Locke Collection, Ned Wayburn, Turkey Trot, Martin Brown, Bonnie Glass, Mae Murray, The Shubert Archive, Jardin de Danse, American Ballroom Theatre, Arthur Murray, Black Bottom, Elizabeth Marbury, Fred Astaire, Act One, Palais de Danse New!
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- Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900-1929: (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance) by Larry Sitsky in Back Matter
- Passport to Jewish Music: Its History, Traditions, and Culture (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance) by Irene Heskes in Front Matter
- From Ballroom To Dancesport: Aesthetics, Athletics, And Body Culture (Suny Series in Sport, Culture, and Social Relations; Suny Series in Communication Studies) by Caroline Joan Picart on page 3
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