The Dance Theatre of Kurt Jooss

First Published in 1997. This is Volume 3, Part 2 in the Choreography and Dance journal and looks at the dance and the theatre of Kurt Jooss, in context of his times of birth, his evolution of as an artist, Jooss as a teacher and his ballets.

Suzanne Walher

Chapter 1 The times that gave birth to Kurt Jooss; Chapter 2 Kurt Jooss: the evolution of an artist; Chapter 3 The West German dance theatre Paths from the twenties to the present; Chapter 4 Jooss the teacher His pedagogical aims and the development of the choreographic principles of harmony; Chapter 5 The Dance of Death Description and analysis of The Green Table; Chapter 6 Dancing for Jooss Recreating the role of Death in The Green Table