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WOMEN IN SOCIETY SERIES LIST (ed CG) Updated 08.07.97 For page i Editorial Advisory Group Phillida Bunckle, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand; Miriam David, South Bank University, Leonore Davidoff, University of Essex; janet Finch, University of Lancaster; jalna Hanmer, University of Bradford; Beverley Kingston, University of New South Wales, Australia; Hilary Land, University of Bristol; Diana Leonard, University of London Institute of Education; Susan Lonsdale, Department of Health; jean O'Barr, Duke University, North Carolina, USA; Arlene Tigar Mclaren, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada; Hilary Rose, University of Bradford; Susan Sellers, University of St Andrews. Pat Thane, Goldsmiths' College, University of London; Clare Ungerson, University of Southampton. The last two decades have seen an explosion of publishing by, about and for women. This list is designed to make a particular contribution to this continuing process by commissioning and publishing books which consolidate and advance feminist research and debate in key areas in a form suitable for students, academics and researchers but also accessible to a broader general readership. As far as possible, the books adopt an international perspective, incorporating comparative material from a range of countries where this is illuminating. Above all, they are interdisciplinary, aiming to put women's studies and feminist discussion firmly on the agenda in subject-areas as disparate as law, literature, art and social policy. 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Palestinian Women in the Occupied Territories Annie Woodhouse Fantastic Women: sex. gender and transvestism Women and Dance Sylphs and Sirens Christy Adair Foreword by Janet Wolff M MACMILLAN © Christy Adair 1992 Foreword© Janet Wolff 1992 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1992 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-47626-0 ISBN 978-1-349-22374-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-22374-9 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Copy-edited and typeset by Povey-Edmondson Okehampton and Rochdale, England Series Standiog Order (Women iD Society) If you would like to receive future titles in this series as they are published, you can make use of our standing order facility. To place a standing order please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address and the name of the series. Please state with which title you wish to begin your standing order. (If you live outside the UK we may not have the rights for your area, in which case we will forward your order to the publisher concerned.) Standing Order Service, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 2XS, England. To Bonnie and Tansy Contents Illustrations viii Foreword by Janet Wolff XI Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 l. Dancing hierarchies - dance in society 7 2. Cultured bodies - the social construction of the body 24 3. Colonised bodies - the oppression of women 40 4. Viewing women - the production and reception of dance 62 5. Titillating tutus - women in ballet 82 6. Revolutionary women - modern dance 119 7. We say no- postmodern dance 139 8. Black power - black dance 160 9. Beginning again- new dance 182 10. The subversives- women's dance practice 199 Notes and references 239 Bibliography 247 Index 271 vii Illustrations 1 Twentieth-century ballet class in England - Royal Ballet School- 'The Dancer's World'. Reproduced by courtesy of the Michael Peto Collection, University of Dundee. 16 2 Alia Michalchenko (Bolshoi Ballet Company) in 'Raymonda'; choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. Photo- graph by Peter Sayers ( 1986). 73 3 The Bolshoi Ballet Company in rehearsal for 'Raymonda'; choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. Photo- graph by Peter Sayers (1986). 73 4 London Contemporary Dance Theatre - 'Mantis'. Photograph by Peter Sayers (1983). 74 5 Mile Moreau - a ballerina of the Paris Opera (circa 1700). From the collections of the Theatre Museum. Reproduced by courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 85 6 Marie Camargo -an engraving after the painting by Lancret. Reproduced by permission of the Trustees of the Wallace Collection. 86 7 Mile Zambelli and Mile Sandini- Paris Opera (circa 1900). Courtesy of the Pritchard Collection. 93 8 Late nineteenth-century class in France. Courtesy of the Pritchard Collection. 94 9 Pas de Quatre - Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Fanny Cerrito, Lucile Grahn (1845). Reproduced by courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 99 10 Carlotta Grisi-'Giselle' drawn and lithographed by J. Brandard (circa 1842). Reproduced by courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 101 viii Illustrations ix 11 Odette, Swan Lake; dancer Monica Mason. Photo- graph by Roy Round. I 06 12 Odile, Swan Lake; dancer Monica Mason. Photograph by Roy Round. 106 13 Anna Pavlova-'The Swan'. Courtesy of the Pritchard Collection. 108 14 Les Noces (1923). Reproduced by courtesy of the Royal Opera House Archives. 109 15 A Tragedy of Fashion-in demonstration Sir Frederick Ashton, choreographer, and dancer Sara Matthews. Photograph by Peter Sayers (1986). 114 16 Loie Fuller-San Francisco (circa 1900) left; New York (circa 1900) right. Courtesy of the Pritchard Collection. 121 17 Isadora Duncan (circa 1900). Courtesy of the Rambert Dance Company Archive. 122 18 Mary Wigman- 'Witch Dance IF (1926). Photograph Charlotte Rudolph, Dresden. Courtesy of the Mary Wigman Archive of the Akademie der Kiinste. 127 19 Martha Graham - 'Primitive Mysteries'. Courtesy of Dance Collection, the New York· Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. 133 20 Merce Cunningham Dance Company - 'Pictures'. Photograph by Peter Sayers (1985). 142 21 Trisha Brown Dance Company - 'Set and Reset'. Photograph by Peter Sayers (1983). 154 22 Dance Theatre of Harlem- 'Firebird'; choreographer John Taras; dancers Donald Williams and Stephanie Dabney. Photograph by Peter Sayers (1986). 169 23 Pearl Primus. Photograph by Gerde Peterich. Courtesy of Dance Collection, the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. 174 24 Urban Bush Women- 'Bitter Tongue'; choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar; dancers (/to r) Christine King, Marlies Yearby, Grisha Coleman, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Terri Cousar, Christina Jones and Viola Sheely. Photograph by Cylla Von Tiedmann. 177 25 'Dance on the Roof -London. Photograph by Geoff White. 183 26 Mary Fulkerson - 'Real Life Adventures'. Photograph by Peter Sayers ( 1984). 193 x Illustrations 27 The Cholmondeleys - 'Flag'. Photograph by Chris Nash. 202 28 Extemporary Dance Company - 'Grace & Glitter'; directors Emilyn Claid and Maggie Semple; dancers Chantal Donaldson and Kaye Brown. Photograph by Sheila Burnett ( 1987). 205 29 Liz Aggiss - 'Grotesque Dancer'. Photograph by Paul Cudjoe. 216 30 Molissa Fenley - Dance Umbrella, Riverside Studios. Photograph by Peter Sayers (1984). 216 31 Yolande Snaith with Kathy Crick -·'Can Baby Jane Can Can?'. Photograph by Lesley-Anne Sayers. 225 32 Irie! - 'Cease 'n' Settle'; choreographer Beverley Glean. Photograph by Graham de Smidt. 227 33 Shobhana Jeyasingh Dance Company - 'Configurations'. Photograph by Chris Nash. 229 34 Rosemary Lee Dance Company - 'Egg Dances.' Photograph by Phillip Grey. 234 35 Rosemary Butcher Dance Company - 'Touch the Earth'. Photograph by Peter Anderson. 237

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