Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics

Mark Franko, Juan Ignacio Vallejos

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Indiana University Press
10 July 2023

Ballet; Contemporary dance; Politics & government

In the much-anticipated update to a classic in dance studies, Mark Franko analyzes the political aspects of North American modern dance in the 20th century.

A revisionary account of the evolution of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics features a foreword by Juan Ignacio Vallejos on Franko's career, a new preface, a new chapter on Yvonne Rainer, and an appendix of left-wing dance theory articles from the 1930s. Questioning assumptions that dancing reflects culture, Franko employs a unique interdisciplinary approach to dance analysis that draws from cultural theory, feminist studies, and sexual, class, and modernist politics. Franko also highlights the stories of such dancers as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and even revolutionaries like Douglas Dunn in order to upend and contradict ideas on autonomy and traditionally accepted modernist dance history.

Revealing the captivating development of modern dance, this revised edition of Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics will fascinate anyone interested in the intersection of performance studies, history, and politics.

By: Mark Franko
Contributions by: Juan Ignacio Vallejos
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised Edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780253065421
ISBN 10: 0253065429
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword: Geneaology and Event in the Work of Mark Franko, by Juan Ignacio Vallejos Preface Introduction: The Politics of Expression 1. The Invention of Modern Dance 2. Bodies of Radical Will 3. Emotivist Movement and Histories of Modernism: The Case of Martha Graham 4. Expressivism and Chance Procedure: The Future of an Emotion 5. Some Notes on Yvonne Rainer, Modernism, Politics, Emotion, Performance, and the Aftermath Appendix: Left-Wing Dance Theory: Articles on Dance from New Theatre, New Masses, and Daily Worker Notes Bibliography Index

Mark Franko is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Dance at Temple University. He is author of The Fascist Turn in the Dance of Serge Lifar: Interwar French Ballet and the German Occupation and founding editor of the Oxford Studies in Dance Theory Series.

Reviews for Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics

Almost every page offers provocative commentary on the aesthetics and politics of modern dance. --Signs [An] important step . . . in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across a bridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, and between present and past. --Theatre Journal This complex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history or the cultural politics of dance. --Dance Theatre Journal Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism / Performing Politics is challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and . . . important contribution to the field of dance scholarship. --Dance Research Journal