Theory and Practice in Eighteenth-Century Dance: The German-French Connection

by Tilden Russell

This book is about the intersection of two evolving dance-historical realms-theory and practice-during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. France was the source of works on notation, choreography, and repertoire that dominated European dance practice until the 1780s. While these French inventions were welcomed and used in Germany, German dance writers responded by producing an important body of work on dance theory. This book examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644530228
• ISBN13: 9781644530221
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"