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Film, Video Dance & Democracy: Politics & Protest, World War I Through the Cold War

Event video

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Title

  • Dance & Democracy: Politics & Protest, World War I Through the Cold War

Summary

  • In 1927 Isadora Duncan declared "I See America Dancing"--a reference to Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" envisioning dance as a powerful tool for cultural expression. The exhibit Politics and the Dancing Body explores how American choreographers between World War I through the Cold War used dance to celebrate American culture, to voice social protest, and to raise social consciousness. The exhibition also examines how the U.S. government employed dance as a vehicle for cultural diplomacy and to counter anti-American sentiment. Featuring materials drawn mostly from the rich dance, music, theater, and design collections of the Music Division of the Library of Congress, the exhibition is co-curated by Elizabeth Aldrich of the Library of Congress and Victoria Phillips of Columbia University.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-03-08.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-03-08.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688823

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Dance & Democracy: Politics & Protest, World War I Through the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-08, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688823/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2012) Dance & Democracy: Politics & Protest, World War I Through the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-08. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688823/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Dance & Democracy: Politics & Protest, World War I Through the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-08, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688823/>.