Dance of Death: Kurt Jooss and the Weimar Years (Choreography and Dance Studies Series) - Hardcover

Walther, Suzanne

9783718657025: Dance of Death: Kurt Jooss and the Weimar Years (Choreography and Dance Studies Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3718657023 ISBN 13: 9783718657025

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

The German choreographer Kurt Jooss (1901-1979) belonged to a generation of artists who grew up and matured between the two world wars. Jooss was a major innovator in dance and an active participant in Weimar culture. Suzanne K. Walther provides a brief political and cultural history of the Weimar Republic; an overview of dance and choreography during this period leads to a detailed account of the contributions of Rudolf von Laban to German dance and his early association and life-long friendship with Jooss. The author provides complete descriptions and analyses of the four extant Jooss ballets: Pavane on the Death of an Infanta, Big City, A Ball in Old Vienna, and the award-winning anti-war ballet The Green Table. It also provides a full assessment of Jooss's fundamental contributions to the development of German modern dance, his aesthetic legacy, his concern with the social and humanitarian issues of his time, and the lasting influence of his pedagogical methods.

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About the Author:

Suzanne K. Walther has taught dance-related academic courses and classical dance technique at Cedar Crest College, New York University and the United Nations Recreational Council.

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