World History of the Dance

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World History of the Dance
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Publisher : New York : W. W. Norton, Incorporated
Total Pages : 526
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Book Synopsis World History of the Dance by : Curt Sachs

Book excerpt: This book is the most comprehensive history to appear before the public of the art which has been so fundamental an expression in every period of human history. It contains a discussion of the general types and characteristics of the dance, and also deals specifically with its forms and symbols from the Stone Age through classical antiquity, the middle ages, the 18th century, and the not so distant era of the waltz and polka, to the 20th century.


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