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Germany's premier dancer between the two world wars, Wigman envisioried the dancer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Transforming the performer into an abstract configuration of energy in space, her works subverted the traditional eroticization of the female dancer. Critics in her own time and historians since have hailed her as major innovator of dance modernism. This book is the first volume in England to examine Mary Wigman's overall career, to study in depth all her major dances, and to analyze her relationship with National Socialism. It treats this material within a framework of feminist and political thought that is rigorous and intellectually provocative. The book wil be a major addition to the literature of dance history

Recreation. Games. Sports. Corp. expression --- Wigman, Mary --- Feminism--Philosophy --- Feminist sociology --- Feminist theory --- Feministische theorie --- Theory of feminism --- Théorie féministe --- Dancers --- Choreographers --- Modern dance --- Nationalism and feminism. --- Social aspects --- History. --- Political aspects --- Nationalism and feminism --- Feminism and nationalism --- Feminism --- Interpretive dancing --- Modern dancing --- Dance --- Artists --- Political aspects&delete& --- History --- Social aspects&delete& --- Wigman, Mary, --- Wigman, M. --- Wiegmann, Marie, --- Germany --- Biography --- Wigman, Mary, - 1886-1973. --- Dancers - Germany - Biography. --- Choreographers - Germany - Biography. --- Modern dance - Social aspects - Germany - History. --- Modern dance - Political aspects - Germany - History.