Undoubtedly; Choreography and Narrative is an important contribution to dance history research. ―Nineteenth-Century French Studies"This work is a landmark in the field and belongs in all libraries serving undergraduate; graduate; and faculty researchers in dance." ―Choice"Invents a new method for writing the history of performance: Foster has found an innovative way of appealing directly to the kinesthetic imagination of her readers; evoking the elusive styles of the pieces she reconstructs." ―Joseph Roach"An impressive work of scholarship; this elegantly staged study... uses the concept of a culturally constructed; historically specific body to cut across disciplinary boundaries..." ―Library JournalFoster examines the development of ballet; and conceptions of the dancing body; as ballet separated from opera and emerged as an autonomous art form during the turbulence of 18th-century French society and history.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Family History raising GravensteinsBy OboeMy family raised apples in Forestville. Its wonderful to find a book about a place thats close to my heart.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The pictures themselves cannot tell their stories; so the captions do.By Gabor PorIve been to bookstores lots of times in California and was always glad to see a series of books displayed about the local towns; be they small or large. The series I am taking about have a sepia tone; they always the same size and the top has in large yellowish letter on black ground the name of the town it talks about. Until recently though I havent actually took any of them off their shelves and didnt pay a closer attention to them. I was just satisfied with the knowledge that when and if I want to learn more about a particular locale I will be able to do with the help of these books.When I returned from a European trip a few weeks ago I found one of these volumes at home. I still didnt ask whether we bought or got it; but was happy to "read" it. It is about the village we moved to last year: Forestville. I had put "reading" in quotation mark; because I realized that less reading is involved in this book than with others; because it is a picture book. Now I also know that the title of the series is "Images of America" by Arcadia Publishing and each volume contains almost exclusively photographs; with explanatory captions.This volume opens with a half a page acknowledgments and continues with a one and a half page introduction. The latter paints the history of the village from 1846 to 1962 with a big brush; just mentioning the key people; families and events in its short history. Then the pictures are organized around 8 themes; not necessarily chronologically: El Molino; Changing money; Early settlers; Making spirits; saving souls; Training minds; Wheels and rails; and Playground for San Francisco. The length of these se chapters varies between 6 and 24 pages.I had a swell time paging through this volume. The pictures themselves cannot tell their stories; so the captions help. Sometimes they did tell a short story; other times we barely learned the names of the people shown. I also paid attention at the end of the captions: courtesy of... I kept thanking mentally the people who kept these photographs and allowed to be used for this volume.Finally I want to thank Penny Huston; the founder of the Forestville Historical Society and the author of this book. Thanks to her I have a sense of the history of the place I am living; even though I dont know many locals. Yet.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A survey of a Sonoma county town that grew from the Spanish land grant to its current statusBy Midwest Book ReviewPenny Hutten and the Forestville Historical Society worked hard on FORESTVILLE; a survey of a Sonoma county town that grew from the Spanish land grant to its current status. Author Penny Hutten has been a 35-year resident of the town and founded the Forestville historical Society in 1999. Any Northern California collection specializing in regional California history will find this book invaluable.
