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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dances of the Native Americans | |
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| The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (1836) | |
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| The Ghost Dance (1890) | |
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| Indian Bureau Regulations (1902) | |
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| Keeping the Rituals Alive (1985) | |
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| Contemporary Native American Pow-wow Dancing (2000) | |
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| Navajo Night Chant for the Dance of the Thunderbirds | |
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| Other Dance Traditions in America | |
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| Playford's "English Dancing Master" (1651) and Country Dancing in America | |
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| The War of the Quadrilles: Creoles vs. Americans (1804) | |
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| Sunday Afternoon Dances in Congo Square (1819) | |
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| Japanese Bon Dance Survivals in Hawai'i (1982) | |
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| All Lined Up at the Wildhorse Saloon (1997) | |
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| Swingin' Out: Southern California's Lindy Revival (2000) | |
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| The Anti-Dance Brigade | |
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| An Arrow against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn Out of the Quiver of the Scriptures (1685) | |
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| From the Ballroom to Hell (1894) | |
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| The Dance-Hall Reform (1909) | |
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| The Twist: Brave New Whirl (1962) | |
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| The Dance of the Century (1988) | |
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| Pioneers of Theatrical Dance in America | |
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| John Durang (1768-1822), First American Theatrical Dancer | |
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| The American Career of Jean Baptiste Francisqui (1793-1808) | |
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| Critics React to Fanny Elssler's American Debut (1840-41) | |
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| The Black Crook Burlesque (1867) | |
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| Critics React to The Black Crook (1866) | |
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| The Creators: Visions of America | |
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| The American Heroine (1786) | |
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| America, a Grand Historical Spectacle (1893) | |
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| Isadora Duncan's Vision of America Dancing (1927) | |
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| Dancing for Men (1926) | |
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| Platform for the American Dance | |
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| Declaration | |
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| American Document (1938) | |
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| Southland (1951) | |
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| A Critic Reacts to Balanchine's Stars and Stripes (1958) | |
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| Flag Dance (1970) | |
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| Naked in America (1999) | |
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| Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land (1990) | |
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| Chronology of Selected Dance Styles and Genres | |
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| Selected General Readings and References on Theatrical Dance | |
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| Index | |