Pages
Title
Author
pp. 1-3
Editor’s Notes
Helen Thomas
pp. 6-18
Talking Politics of Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton
Royona Mitra
pp. 20-37
From Totenmal to Trend: Wigman, Holm, and Theatricality in Modern Dance
Elizabeth Kattner
pp. 38-54
Katherine Dunham and Peronism: An Analysis of Dunham’s Tango (1954)
Eugenia Cadús
pp. 55-70
“Minimalist” Dance, Social Critique: Revisiting Yvonne Rainer and Steve Paxton’s 1963 Word Words
Meredith Morse
pp. 71-84
Activating Whiteness: Racializing the Ordinary in US American Postmodern Dance
Rebecca Chaleff
pp. 85-98
Dancing for the Nation: Ballet Diplomacy and Transnational Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Meryl Lauer
pp. 99-119
Avoiding Capture
Ramsay Burt
pp. 121-123
Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts by Barry Allen. 2015. New York: Columbia University Press. 272 pp. $35.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780231172721. (Book Review)
Brandon Shaw
pp. 123-126
Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical by Kevin Winkler. 2018. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 368 pp., 37 illustrations. $29.95 hardcover. ISBN: 9780199336791. (Book Review)
Ray Miller
pp. 126-128
Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow by Hannah Kosstrin, 2017. New York: Oxford University Press. 255 pp. 40 halftones, 1 table. $35.00 paperback. ISBN: 9780199396924. (Book Review)
Mark Franko
pp. 131
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