Ballet and Modern Dance

Contents

• Introduction (new, by JR) *
• 1. A Most Obedient Servant *
• 2. The Rise of Professionalism *
• 3. The Development of the Ballet d'Action *
• 4. Ascent and Descent *
• 5. Crystallization and Ferment in Russia *
• 6. First Steps towards a New Form *
• 7. `Astonish Me' *
• 8. Truly Modern *
• 9. The Decentralization of Ballet *
• 10. The Metamorphosis of Growth *
• 11. A Time of Growth *
• 12. Moving into the New Millennium (revised and extended by JR) * Endmatter