During the past thirty years, Native American dance has emerged as a visible force on concert stages throughout North America. In this first major study of cont

This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and e

In 1930, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of "dance as an art of and from America." Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Kath

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An inquiry into improvisation as practiced by Richard Bull and his contemporaries.