Ecstasy and the Demon: The Dances of Mary Wigman by Susan Manning

Ecstasy and the Demon: The Dances of Mary Wigman

Susan Manning

353 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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Mary Wigman, Germany's premier dancer between the two world wars, envisioned the performer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Widely hailed as an innovator of dance modernism, she never acknowledged her complex relationship with Nationa...

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