Rethinking dance history: a reader

From the ballet de cours of the 17th century to Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake , this fascinating selection of new writing invites the reader to revisit key moments in the history of western theatre dance practice. By taking a fresh approach to the study of history in general, Alexandra Carter’s Rethinking Dance History offers new perspectives on important periods in dance history and seeks to address some of the gaps and silences left within that history.