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 Dr. 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...
The Nazis burned books and banned much modern art. However, few people know the fascinating story of German modern dance, which was the great exce...
"This book points the way for the next steps of further research ... It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the roles of dance and body under fascism." - H-Net Reviews ..". Reading along with rapt attention, I can't decide which is more surprising: the blistering clarity and conviction of Kant's claims and their documantation, or the fuzzy preoccupation with self that Hitler's dancers seemed to embody during this period." - Dance Critics Association Newsletter "This is a welcome publication ... It] provides a valuable insight into the period for...
"This book points the way for the next steps of further research ... It] will be a seminal work in facilitating the analysis of understanding the rol...
