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9780307263506

The Dance Poems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780307263506

  • ISBN10:

    0307263509

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-04-11
  • Publisher: Everyman's Library
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Summary

A celebration in verse of the silent poetry of dance and the dancer, this anthology features a dizzying range of subjects: Chinese dagger dances and Hindu festival dances, belly dancers and whirling dervishes, high school proms and wedding waltzes, tango, tarantella, flamenco, modern dance, reels and jigs, disco, and ballet. Some of the world's most famous choreographers and dancers move through the poems gathered here: from Nijinsky and Pavlova to Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, from Isadora Duncan to George Balanchine and Martha Graham, from Bojangles to Baryshnikov. The work of more than 150 poetsincluding Shakespeare, Milton, Hafiz, Rumi, Li Po, Rilke, Rimbaud, Lorca, Akhmatova, Whitman, Dickinson, Cummings, Eliot, and Merrillreflects the grace, the drama, the expressive power, and the sheer joy to be found in dance around the world and through the ages.

Author Biography

Emily Fragos is a poet who lives in New York City. Her first book of poems, Little Savage, won the David Craig Austin Prize from Columbia University. She edited the Everyman's Library Pocket Poet anthology The Great Cat: Poems About Cats.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 15
Nymphes & Graces Dauncing
From The Theogonyp. 21
From L'Allegrop. 22
From The Cities of the Plainp. 23
"For you, Aphrodite, I'll compose a dance"p. 24
31:4 From The Old Testamentp. 25
From The Shepheardes Calender: Aprilp. 26
A Song to the Maskersp. 27
From Endymionp. 28
From The Iliadp. 30
From The Odysseyp. 32
Gratiana Dauncing & Singingp. 33
From The Faerie Queenep. 34
From The Pythian Odesp. 37
Let Joy Be Unconfined
The Dancep. 41
Dream Variationp. 42
From Childe Harold's Pilgrimagep. 43
Life Is Motionp. 44
3:1-4 From The Old Testamentp. 45
Native Momentsp. 46
From Prometheus Unboundp. 47
Springp. 48
Tam O'Shanterp. 49
On Maria Dancingp. 49
From The Illuminationsp. 50
From The Lords' Masquep. 51
The Night Dancep. 52
From Edward the Secondp. 53
"Dance, when you're broken open"p. 54
"Since Bonny-boots was dead, that so divinely"p. 54
From The Shepherd's Calendarp. 55
Dance, My Heart!p. 56
From Don Juanp. 57
From The Secular Masquep. 58
From The Village Coquettesp. 59
Imitated from the Japanesep. 60
Love's Proper Exercise
From The Winter's Talep. 63
Give Me Your Handp. 64
"Chanting old poems"p. 65
Little Viennese Waltzp. 66
From Orchestra, or a Poeme of Dauncingp. 68
Dance of the Girls' Chemisesp. 69
The Dancep. 71
From Love Restoredp. 72
Songp. 73
From The Lay of the Last Minstrelp. 74
From Chastelard, a Tragedyp. 75
From The Tempestp. 76
Seeing Her Dancingp. 77
From Maudp. 78
From The Odesp. 80
Reciprocal Invitation to the Dancep. 81
The Belle of the Ballp. 83
Streetsp. 84
Dancerp. 85
From Four Quartets: East Cokerp. 86
From The Lords' Masquep. 87
From Evangelinep. 88
A Ballad Upon a Weddingp. 89
Dance Figurep. 90
Dance Me to the End of Lovep. 92
May I Have This Dance?
From The Waltzp. 97
Tangop. 98
Tarantellap. 100
The Lobster Quadrillep. 101
From The Death of the Minuetp. 103
The Waltzp. 104
From Watching the Dancep. 105
From Breakdancingp. 106
Jazz Dancerp. 107
Fox Trot Fridaysp. 110
Nostalgiap. 111
First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angelsp. 114
The Best Slow Dancerp. 115
Children Making Merry
"The line of dancing children on the shore"p. 119
The Little Dancersp. 120
From The Pied Piper of Hamelinp. 121
"Rainy afternoon..."p. 122
The Baby's Dancep. 122
"Dancing on the hill-tops"p. 123
How a Little Girl Dancedp. 124
The Urchins' Dancep. 126
To a Child Dancing in the Windp. 126
The God Who Only Knows Four Wordsp. 127
Bring on the Dancing Girls!
Spanish Dancerp. 131
Salome's Dancing-Lessonp. 132
Belly Dancerp. 133
Javanese Dancersp. 135
Dancep. 136
Egyptian Dancer at Shubrap. 137
From A Song of Dagger-Dancingp. 138
Dance of a Nautch Girlp. 139
The Dancing Girlp. 140
Folk & Ethnic
News of the Gold World of Mayp. 143
From New Mexican Mountainp. 145
Butterfly Dance-Songp. 146
The Dance at the Little Gila Ranchp. 147
From Living in the Past - Part IIIp. 149
From The Bishop of Rum-Ti-Foop. 150
Danse Africainep. 153
From Stravinsky's Three Pieces, "Grotesques," for String Quartetp. 154
The Fiddler of Dooneyp. 156
The World of Ballet
Dance Memoriesp. 159
The Balletp. 160
The Girl Dreams that She Is Gisellep. 161
Les Sylphidesp. 162
From The Bayaderesp. 164
The Swanp. 165
Dialogue at the Balletp. 166
"I cannot dance upon my Toes"p. 167
Boy and Mom at the Nutcracker Balletp. 168
Ballet Schoolp. 170
Modern Dance
From Nineteen Hundred and Nineteenp. 173
Isadora Duncan Dancingp. 174
The Kingdom Withinp. 175
Martha Grahamp. 176
Pearl Primusp. 177
From For the Dancer, Fred Herkop. 178
For David Mercerp. 179
From Merce of Egyptp. 180
From Choreographyp. 181
Homage
At Kamin's Dance Bookshopp. 185
Dance Piecep. 186
Suzanne Farrell, Davidsbundlertanzep. 188
Arthur Mitchellp. 189
Tallchief in Orpheusp. 190
To New York City Balletp. 192
From Lines Written for Gene Kelly to Dance top. 193
From The War of Vaslav Nijinskyp. 194
From Pavlova in Londonp. 196
Bojangles and Jop. 197
Nureyev's Feetp. 198
From Nijinskip. 199
From Owl Dancing with Fred Astairep. 201
The Elusive Dance
From The Bacchaep. 205
From An Essay on Criticismp. 206
Farewell Performancep. 207
The English Dancers - IIp. 209
"Six"p. 211
From The Divine Comedy: Paradisep. 213
The Secret Sitsp. 214
Buckdancer's Choicep. 215
The Lost Dancerp. 217
Once More, the Roundp. 218
To One in Paradisep. 219
From Memorial to D.C.p. 221
The Harlot's Housep. 222
Upon a Company of Bad Dancers to Good Musickp. 224
From Four Quartets: Burnt Nortonp. 225
"At Henry's bier let some thing fall out well"p. 226
The Harlem Dancerp. 227
From The Ballad of Reading Gaolp. 228
Dervishp. 229
Sad Strains of a Gay Waltzp. 231
From The Sonnets to Orpheus: XVp. 233
From The Sonnets to Orpheus: XVIIIp. 234
From Death's Echop. 235
Index of Authorsp. 237
Acknowledgmentsp. 246
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