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Stepping left : dance and politics in New York City, 1928-1942

Author: Ellen Graff
Publisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Stepping Left simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of "dancing modern" was joined with the revolutionary vision promised by the  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ellen Graff
ISBN: 0822319489 9780822319481 0822319535 9780822319535
OCLC Number: 35971036
Description: xi, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. The Dance Is a Weapon --
2. Proletarian Steps: Workers Dancing --
3. Dancing Red --
4. How Long Brethren?: Dancers Working --
5. Dances for Spain, Dances for America --
6. The People's Culture: Folklore on the Urban Stage --
7. Dance and Politics --
App. I. Partial Chronology of Dance Events Sponsored by the Communist Party, Workers Dance League, New Dance League, American Dance Association --
App. II. Chronology of the Federal Dance Project --
App. III. Selected Poems and Songs.
Responsibility: Ellen Graff.

Abstract:

Stepping Left simultaneously unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. Ellen Graff explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period, describing the moment in American dance history when the revolutionary fervor of "dancing modern" was joined with the revolutionary vision promised by the Soviet Union. This account reveals the major contribution of Communist and left-wing politics to modern dance during its formative years in New York City.

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