Modern Dance in France (1920-1970)

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It was indeed an adventure for those pioneers in France who struggled for the recognition of the new-born dance of the twentieth century - from the free dance of Isadora Duncan, through the absolute dance of Mary Wigman, to the modern dance of Martha Graham. Jacqueline Robinson has lived at the heart of this adventure, sharing the aspirations of a whole generation who often suffered from the lack of understanding of an establishment more inclined towards classical ballet. From the breaking of the soil in the twenties, to the flowering in the sixties, here is a chronicle of the changing landscape of French dance. Here is the story of those men and women, ploughmen and poets, rebels and visionaries - the recollection of those events that made it possible for dance as an art form in Western countries to rise again as a fundamental expression of the human spirit. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Introduction to the Series Acknowledgements List of plates Exergue Foreword Prelude: Indelible Ephemera Introduction An Epic The Sense of the Phylum Modern Dance in the Birth-Place of Classical Dance Virginity and Creation Terminology From Yesterday to Today Contemporary Opinions Fertility, Frivolity and Digressions Dance to Serve Man? Man to Serve Dance? Keys to Reading Part I: 1920-1930: The Ground-Breaking Years Chronology Dance in the Roaring Twenties The Influence of the Ballets Russes (and Waslaw Nijinsky) Modern Dance is First and Foremost 'Individual' Isadora, the Symbol In the Wake of Isadora The Body Rehabilitated Harmonic Gymnastics Émile Jaques-Dalcroze Rudolf von Laban Other Influences The Plastic Arts Exoticism Venues for the New Dance A Similar Volapiik of Movements? The Actors Institutions The Ballets Suédois 1920-1924 The Duncan Line Raymond Duncan Elisabeth Duncan Irma Duncan Lisa Duncan by Odile Pyros Ellen Tels-Rabanek Postscript on the Legacy of Isadora by Madeleine Lytton The Laban and Dalcroze Lines Dussia Bereska Marie-Louise van Veen Jacqueline Chaumont Marie Kummer The Independent Ones Georges Pomiès Alexander and Clotilde Sakharoff by Denise Blanc-Raillard Hélène Vanel and Loïs Hutton Yvonne Redgis Paul Swan Charlotte Bara Yvonne Sérac Isabel de Etchessary The Educators François Malkowski Renée Odic Kintzel Irène Popard The Orientals Jeanne Ronsay Nyota Inyoka Djemil Anik Uday Shankar Raden Mas Jodjana Conclusion Part II: 1930-1939: The Tilling Years Chronology Dance: from the Ground-Breaking to the Ploughing of the Land Mary Wigman Mary Wigman in Paris in 1931 The Wave from Central Europe Tours and Venues A Diversity of Tendencies The Actors Institutions The Archives Intemationales de la Danse The Laban and Wigman Lines Jean Weidt by Dominique Dupuy Heinz Finkel Ludolf Schild by Lise Brunei Mila Cirul Julia Marcus Doryta Brown The Dalcroze and Hellerau-Laxenburg Line Anita Wiskeman by Florence Poudru Hélène Carlut by Florence Poudru Doris Halphen, Maïan Pontan and the Hellerau-Laxenburg School Defectors from Classical Dance Jean Serry Janine Solane The Independent Ones Marguerite Bougai Tony Gregory Freddy Wittop Josette and Renée Foatelli The Educators Fée Hellès by Denise Coutier Liliane Arlen and Viennese Dance Conclusion Part III: 1945-1960: The Sowing Years Chronology The Return to Peace New Landscapes Our Own 'Modern' Dancers Grafts Turning Towards the Roots Trends of 'Culture for the Masses' Jacques Copeau and his Heritage Travail et Culture (T.E.C.) Éducation par le jeu dramatique (E.P.J.D.) Spiritual Awakening Scouts Expression through the Body Institutions that Foster Dance The Birth of the Body The Actors Institutions Jean Dorey and Danse et Culture Dinah Maggie and Association Française de Recherches Chorégraphiques (A.F.R.E.C.) and the Théâtre d'Essai de la Danse French Dancers of European Descent Anne Gardon Geneviève Mallarmé Raymonde Lombardin Charles Antonetti Jacqueline Levant Suzanne Rémon Claude Stéphane Française and Dominique Dupuy and The Ballets Modemes de Paris The Grafts Jerome Andrews by Delphine Rybinski Jacqueline Robinson by Geneviève Piguet Laura Sheleen Karin Waehner Muriel Topaz Paul d' Arnot Edith Allard Katherine Henry d'Epinoy Gilberto Motta Régine Drengwicz In the Line of Janine Solane Rose-Marie Paillet Denise Blanc-Raillard Marie-France Babillot Titane Saint-Hubert The Independent Ones Olga Stens Geneviève Piguet Frédérique Franchini Antoinette Guédy Roger Ribes The Educators Hilde Peerbohm by Marie-Madeleine Cosnard, Paul and Annelise Galland, Monique Golhen and Régine Le Bourva Yvonne Berge Phyllis Drayson Mireille Fromantel Anne-Marie Debatte From Drama and Mime Bella Reine Etienne Decroux Jacques Lecoq Marcel Marceau In the Duncan Line Madeleine Lytton Odile Hamelin-Pyros Conclusion Part IV: 1960-1970: The Flowering Years Chronology Social Changes The Rights of the Body The Institutionalization of Dance Festivals Companies and Schools A Digression on Folklore Competitions The 'Militants' Everything Changes American Influences The Wave from Latin America Multiplication Youth and Vulnerability The Actors Institutions The Introduction of Dance into Parisian Universities by Mireille Arguel The Growing Presence of Modem Dance in Physical Training Centres by Mireille Arguel The Ballet Théâtre Contemporain The Théâtre Français de la Danse The Théâtre des Nations The Châteauvallon Festival Art, Recherche, Confrontation at the Museum of Modern Art The Bagnolet Competition: Ballet pour Demain by Nathalie Collantes French Dancers, Nomadic and Sedentary Françoise Saint-Thibault Noëlle Janoli Françoise Julliot de la Morandiére Claudine Allegra Isabelle Mirova Claude Decaillot Dora Feïlane Aline Roux Annick Maucouvert Suzon Holzer Renate Pook Poumi Lescaut Anne-Marie Reynaud The Scholars Michèle Nadal Francine Lancelot Muriel Jaër Claude Pujade-Renaud Jacqueline Challet-Haas Mireille Arguel Alberte Raynaud Pinok and Matho The Educators Denise Coutier and 'Danse Ma Joie' (D.M.J.) Jean Bouffort Françoise Chantraine Sylvie Deluz The 'Science of the Body' The Graft from Latin America Arlet Bon Sara Pardo Graziella Martinez Juan Carlos Bellini Mara Dajanova Noémie Lapzeson Paulina Ossona Paulina Oca Diana Obedman Gladys Aleman Sonia Sanoja Guillermo Palomares Jazz and African Dance: Another Turning Towards Roots Ingeborg Liptay Christiane de Rougemont Epilogue Appendices The Specialized Press and Writers about Dance Before the War La Danse La Tribune de la Danse Revue Internationale de Musique et de Danse Arts et Mouvement Archives Internationales de la Danse After the War Art et Danse Revue de la Danse Danse Les Cahiers de la Danse Toute la Danse La Danse Danse et Rythmes Les Saisons de la Danse Chaussons et Petits Rats Pour la Danse Danse Perspective Danse No. I Empreintes-Écrits Sur la Danse Danse Danser-Voir et Vivre la Danse A Few Authors who Wrote about Dance Period Pieces: A Few Howlers Bibliography In France Elsewhere Other books by Jacqueline Robinson Index