During the first two decades of the eighteenth century, two evolving dance-historical realms intersected—theory and practice. While the French produced works

The history of dance theory has never been told. Writers in every age have theorized prescriptively, according to their own needs and ideals, and theorists them

Dance is often considered an ephemeral art, one that disappears nearly as soon as it materializes, leaving no physical object behind. While most cultural works