Women's work : making dance in Europe before 1800 / edited by Lynn Matluck Brooks.

Other author Brooks, Lynn Matluck.
Format Book
Publication InfoMadison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2007.
Descriptionix, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects

SeriesStudies in dance history
Studies in dance history (Unnumbered) ^A411944
Contents The doubly invisible: Dance in history, women in dance history / Lynn Matluck Brooks -- Isabella and the dancing Este brides, 1473-1514 / Barbara Sparti -- Fabritio Caroso's patronesses / Angene Feves -- At the Queen's command : Henrietta Maria and the development of the English masque / Anne Daye -- The female ballet troupe of the Paris Opera from 1700 to 1725 / Nathalie Lecomte -- Françoise Prévost : the unauthorized biography / Régine Astier -- The shaping of Galatea : who controlled the career of Marie Sallé? / Sarah McCleave -- In pursuit of the dancer-actress / Moira Goff -- Elisabeth of Spalbeek : dancing the passion / Karen Silen -- Galanterie and gloire : women's will and the eighteenth-century worldview in Les Indes galantes / Joellen A. Meglin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007011730
ISBN0299225305 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780299225308 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0299225348 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780299225346 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GV1799.4 .W65 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold