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

"The Nazis burned books and banned much modern art. However, few people know the fascinating story of German modern dance, which was the great exception. Modern expressive dance found favor with the regime and especially with the infamous Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda. How modern artists collaborated with Nazism reveals an important aspect of modernism, uncovers the bizarre bureaucracy which controlled culture and tells the histories of great figures who became enthusiastic Nazis and lied about it later. The book offers three perspectives: the dancer Lilian Karina writes her very vivid personal story of dancing in interwar Germany; the dance historian Marion Kant gives a systematic account of the interaction of modern dance and the totalitarian state; and a documentary appendix provides a glimpse into the twisted reality created by Nazi racism, pedantic bureaucrats and artistic ambition."--Jacket.

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. <strong>Sectarianism and Dance</strong> 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 Aurél 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.

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.

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 & ndash; Realistic Dance Theater Chapter 2.

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 & ndash; Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell The Dance Festivals of 1934 and 1935 Chapter 10. The German Dance Theater and The Ge…