Wild grace : the untamed women of modern dance / Sara Veale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veale, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women dancers--United States--History.

Women dancers.

Women dancers--History.

Modern dance--History.

Modern dance.

Women in the performing arts.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, 2025.

Summary:

"The story of modern dance is a story of subversion - of forms challenged and hierarchies toppled in the pursuit of blazing artistic integrity. In Wild Grace, Sara Veale profiles nine of the pioneering women at the heart of this movement, from Isadora Duncan and Loie Fuller's fearless rejection of nineteenth-century paternalism to Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus's battles to recentre marginalised histories in the wake of the Second World War. Each of these dancers redefined the meaning of grace in their art and their lifestyle, conveying vital truths about what it means to walk the world as a woman. Veale brings to life the stories and artistry of these remarkable individuals and reveals how, in their refusal to conform, we can find urgent lessons for today." -- From the publisher's website.

Contents:

State of grace

Dismantling the cult of domesticity

The church that Isadora built

Our Loie of Ascension

Of vice and virtue

Beyond the ballot box

The last frontier

The rebel with discipline

You and me and all others

Rewriting the self

A handful of dream-dust

Blood at the root

Between two worlds

A blessed unrest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

0571368565

9780571368563

0571368573

9780571368570

OCLC:

1432400309

Publisher Number:

CIPO000155568