Hitler's Dancers: German Modern Dance and the Third Reich

Contents

• Translator's Foreword
• Jonathan Steinberg
• Preface
• Marion Kant
• PART I RECOLLECTIONS
• Lilian Karina
• Introduction
• How this work came about
• Have artists an interest in political and social circumstances?
• The Faces of my Past
• Chapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Labanist Period
• Pre Labanism: The Rise of the Culture of the Body (1900-1920)
• The Era of Labanism at its Peak: the Development of "New Dance," Modern and Stage Dance (1920s-1937)
• Opposition to Labanism - Realistic Dance Theater
• Chapter 2. Art and Culture under National Socialism
• The New Legislation
• The Doctrines of Race and Inheritance
• The Invention of the Jewish Race: from Wagner to Rosenberg
• Chapter 3. Sectarianism and Dance
• The Historical Path of Racial Hygiene
• Sects, Cults and Secret Societies
• The New Magicians of Dance: Steiner, Klamt, Duncan, Laban
• The Search for a Dance "True to Type" ["arteigen"]
• Chapter 4. The Fates of Emigrants
• Evgenia Eduardova and Josef Lewitan
• Victor Gsovsky
• Kurt Jooss
• Sascha Leontieff
• Aurel von Milloss
• Lia Schubert
• Chapter 5. The Situation in Scandinavia
• The Association of Swedish Dance Pedagogues
• Gertrude Engelhardt
• Elsa Lindenberg
• Edgar Frank
• Lilian Karina
• Chapter 6. Laban's Downfall and Post-Labansim
• Post-Labanism
• PART II: "DANCE IS A RACE QUESTION." THE DANCE POLITICS OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF POPULAR ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA
• Marion Kant
• Introduction
• The State of Dance Research
• Dance in Germany in 1930
• Chapter 7. The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
• The Foundation of the Reich Chamber of Culture
• Rivalries about Culture and Art
• The Propaganda Ministry and the Reich Theater Chamber
• Chapter 8. The Nazi Redirection of Dance
• The Plan for a Nazi Dance Policy
• Chapter 9. Ministerial Dance Politicos - Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell
• The Dance Festivals of 1934 and 1935
• Chapter 10. The German Dance Theater and The German Master Workshops
• Regulations for the Conduct of the Dance Examinations
• The Olympic Games
• The Temporary Finale
• Chapter 11. The Next Stage
• The Laban Case
• The Wigman Case
• Chapter 12. After Laban's Fall
• From German Dance to German Ballet
• A Ban on Dance
• Total Dance
• Post Script
• PART III: THE NAZI ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS JAZZ AND SWING: A CASE STUDY
• Marion Kant
• PART IV: DANCE UNDER THE NAZIS: DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX
• Selected and Edited by Marion Kant
• Appendix: The Administrative Structure of the Reich Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Reich Culture Chambers
• Chronology
• References
• Abbreviations and Glossary
• Sources
• Archives and Collections
• Bibliography
• Index
• Name entries
• Subject entries