Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage av Ray Miller

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<P><EM>Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage: A History</EM> chronicles the development of dance, with an emphasis on musicals and the Broadway stage, in the United States from its colonial beginnings to performances of the present day. </P><P>This book explores the fascinating tug-and-pull between the European classical, folk, and social dance imports and America¿s indigenous dance forms as they met and collided on the popular musical theatre stage. This historical background influenced a specific musical theatre movement vocabulary and a unique choreographic approach that is recognizable today as Broadway-style dancing. Throughout the book, a cultural context is woven into the history to reveal how the competing values within American culture, and its attempts as a nation to define and redefine itself, played out through developments in dance on the musical theatre stage. </P><P>This book is central to the conversation on how dance influences and reflects society, and will be o