Shostakovich, Dmitri (25 September) Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...a fight with a group of fascist thugs; some of the Russian players are arrested, but they are rescued by sympathetic workers, with whom they unite in a dance glorifying labor. The music is colorful, vigorous, and exuberantly witty, but it was criticized as eccentric, exaggerated, and grotesque, an unsuitable portrayal of the Soviet people, with too much emphasis given to the depiction of capitalists. Shostakovich's humor was too equivocal for the Soviet authorities; for example, in act 3, a meeting of the League of Nations (the subject of much odium in Russia...
Korea Reference library
Lee Du-hyon
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...exception is the English-language writing of an American, Alan Heyman. A long-time resident of Korea, Heyman has studied both music and dance and has written the only major overview of Korean dance in English, Dances of the Three-Thousand-League Land . Originally published in the United States in 1964 , more than ten years before the publication of the first histories written by Koreans, it was reprinted in 1970 and again, in Korea, in 1981 . Heyman is the most prolific non-Korean author in this field. Because of the diverse contexts in which dance occurs,...
Native American Dance Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...1967. Morgan, Lewis H. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . 2 vols. Rochester, N.Y., 1851. Speck, Frank G. Ceremonial Songs of the Creek and Yuchi Indians . Philadelphia, 1911. Speck, Frank G. Penobscot Man . Philadelphia, 1940. Speck, Frank G. , and Leonard Broom . Cherokee Dance and Drama . Berkeley, 1951. Films Franz Boas and Bill Holm, The Kwakiutl of British Columbia (University of Washington, 1918, 1931). Hupa Indian White Deerskin Dance (Barr Films, 1958). Circle of the Sun (National Film Board of Canada, 1960). Northwestern Indian...
Folk Dance History Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...during World War I and was later reconstituted at the League of Nations as the United States Section of the International Commission on Folk-Arts. The widespread collecting, revival, and educational activities that developed during the first two decades of the twentieth century helped to sharpen the focus of the growing number of scholars interested in folk dance materials. Even before World War I they discussed the need for more rigorous research methods that would yield a fuller understanding of cultural context and performance process. One early plea...
Noverre, Jean-Georges (29 April 1727) Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...Especially bitter toward the end of his stay, he addressed the Milanese in the preface to La nuova sposa persiana: That which characterizes delicacy of good taste is not bitter criticism at all, but rather reasoned indulgence.… Applause is a most delicious nourishment, but distaste is capable of burying forever a plant that might have produced the most beautiful fruit if it had not been the object of others' disdain.… In vain have the poisoned arrows of jealousy and calumny recently traversed two hundred leagues [i.e., from Angiolini in Vienna] in order...
United States of America Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...Dance Group, joined to form the Workers' Dance League. Dedicated to making dance a weapon in the class struggle and a means of social protest, the league produced dances of revolution. As the decade went on, however, its themes shifted to issues of war, fascism, and censorship. [See New Dance Group .] The accomplishments of the Federal Dance Project reflected the variety of directions that theatrical dancing took after the turn of the century. There was a children's festival, entitled Folk Dances of All Nations, choreographed by Lillian Mehlman , and there...
