“A Possible Somewhere (an impossible scene setting)”1
in Martha Graham in Love and War
June 2012; published online September 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: dance. 12354 words.
This chapter discusses Voyage (1953) as a forgotten Graham work that rejects myth for personal reasons and attempts to apply psycho-dramatic techniques to the creation of choreography. It discusses...
A. V. Coton
Overview page. Subjects: dance.
(orig. Edward Haddakin; b York, 1906; d Blackheath, 7 Jul. 1969)
British dance critic and writer. He worked as a merchant seaman and policeman before taking up ballet criticism in 1935 and helping...
Aage Thordal-Christensen
Overview page. Subjects: dance.
(b Frederiksberg, 30 Oct. 1965)
Danish dancer, choreographer, and ballet director. He trained at the Ballet School of the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen (1972–82); later studied at the School of American...
Abraxas
Overview page. Subjects: dance.
Ballet in five scenes with choreography by Luipart, libretto and music by Werner Egk, and design by Wolfgang Znamenacek. Premiered 6 Jun. 1948 by the Bavarian State Opera, Prinzregenten Theatre,...
Abraxas
in The International Encyclopedia of Dance
January 1998; published online January 2005.
Reference Entry. Subjects: dance. 344 words.
Ballet in five scenes. Choreography: Marcel Luipart. Music and libretto: Werner Egk. Scenery: Wolfgang Znamenacek. Costumes: Elly
Abraxas
in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
January 2010; published online January 2010.
Reference Entry. Subjects: dance. 149 words.
Ballet in five scenes with choreography by Luipart, libretto and music by Werner Egk, and design by Wolfgang
abstract dance
Overview page. Subjects: dance.
A term loosely used to describe dance works without plot or character, though it has been argued that no dance can be entirely abstract given that movement is performed by men and women and must...
abstract dance
in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
January 2010; published online January 2010.
Reference Entry. Subjects: dance. 62 words.
A term loosely used to describe dance works without plot or character, though it has been argued that no dance
abstrakter Tanz
Overview page. Subjects: dance.
Term used by Schlemmer to describe the dance aesthetic he developed at the Bauhaus, Weimar, during the mid-1920s. Dancers dressed in elaborate, disguising costumes were choreographed to create the...
abstrakter Tanz
in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
January 2010; published online January 2010.
Reference Entry. Subjects: dance. 47 words.
Term used by *Schlemmer to describe the dance aesthetic he developed at the Bauhaus, Weimar, during the mid-1920s. Dancers dressed