Dancing Freedom

Introduction
Chapter 1. Techniques of freedom
Hypnotic dancer vs the dancing self
Liberated body, class body
New kinaesthetic regime
Chapter 2. Free dance travels east
Artful simplicity: Duncan and Stanislavsky
Impressionism in dance: Duncan and Fokine
On the way to a New Woman: The Moscow Duncan School
Chapter 3. The music issue
Eurhythmics
Musical Movement
A reflex to music
Chapter 4. Studios of free dance
Danse plastique
The art of movement
Dance theatre
The other ballet
The beginning of the end
Chapter 5. Rationalizing movement
Prof-Sid
Choreolab
Recording and displaying movement
Scientific organization of work and dance
Chapter 6. Ecstasy and the Machine
Dance to words
Machine dances
Biomechanics
The Soviet Girls
Chapter 7. Dance as physical culture
Dance gymnastics
Tefizkult
The Theatre of Physical Culture
Chapter 8. Taming dance
Partying to the Party instructions
Wolf, the Soviet entertainer
Conclusion: Re-performing freedom
Further reading
Index

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free dance; early modern dance; danse plastique; Alekseeva; natural dance; expressive dance; Isadora Duncan; Konstantin Stanislavsky; Vsevolod Meyerhold; Michel Fokine; eurhythmics; Duncan Moscow School; machine dance; biomechanics; Foregger; Bronislava Nijinska; Russia; Soviet