Women and dance: sylphs and sirens

Abstract

List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Dancing Hierarchies: Dance in Society - Cultured Bodies: The Social Construction of the Body - Colonised Bodies: The Oppression of Women - Viewing Women: The Production and Reception of Dance - Titillating Tutus: Ballet - Revolutionary Women: Modern Dance - We Say No: Postmodern Dance - Black Power: Black Dance - Beginning Again: New Dance - The Subversives: Women's Dance Practice - Bibliography - Index