Marion Kant was raised in East Berlin and began dancing at the Comic Opera at the age of 14. She took her PhD at Humboldt University in musicology and dance history and has taught at the Free University of Berlin, Kings College London, Cambridge University, the University of Surrey and now at the University of Pennsylvania.

Translator's Foreword
Jonathan Steinberg

Preface
Marion Kant

PART I RECOLLECTIONS
Lilian Karina

Introduction

How this work came about

Have artists an interest in political and social circumstances?

The Faces of my Past

Chapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Labanist Period

Pre Labanism: The Rise of the Culture of the Body (1900-1920)

The Era of Labanism at its Peak: the Development of "New Dance," Modern and Stage Dance (1920s-1937)

Opposition to Labanism - Realistic Dance Theater

Chapter 2. Art and Culture under National Socialism

The New Legislation

The Doctrines of Race and Inheritance

The Invention of the Jewish Race: from Wagner to Rosenberg

Chapter 3. Sectarianism and Dance

The Historical Path of Racial Hygiene

Sects, Cults and Secret Societies

The New Magicians of Dance: Steiner, Klamt, Duncan, Laban

The Search for a Dance "True to Type" ["arteigen"]

Chapter 4. The Fates of Emigrants

Evgenia Eduardova and Josef Lewitan

Victor Gsovsky

Kurt Jooss

Sascha Leontieff

Aurél von Milloss

Lia Schubert

Chapter 5. The Situation in Scandinavia

The Association of Swedish Dance Pedagogues

Gertrude Engelhardt

Elsa Lindenberg

Edgar Frank

Lilian Karina

Chapter 6. Laban's Downfall and Post-Labansim

Post-Labanism

PART II: "DANCE IS A RACE QUESTION." THE DANCE POLITICS OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF POPULAR ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA
Marion Kant

Introduction

The State of Dance Research

Dance in Germany in 1930

Chapter 7. The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda

The Foundation of the Reich Chamber of Culture

Rivalries about Culture and Art

The Propaganda Ministry and the Reich Theater Chamber

Chapter 8. The Nazi Redirection of Dance

The Plan for a Nazi Dance Policy

Chapter 9. Ministerial Dance Politicos - Rudolf von Laban and Otto von Keudell

The Dance Festivals of 1934 and 1935

Chapter 10. The German Dance Theater and The German Master Workshops

Regulations for the Conduct of the Dance Examinations

The Olympic Games

The Temporary Finale

Chapter 11. The Next Stage

The Laban Case

The Wigman Case

Chapter 12. After Laban's Fall

From German Dance to German Ballet

A Ban on Dance

Total Dance

Post Script

PART III: THE NAZI ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS JAZZ AND SWING: A CASE STUDY
Marion Kant

PART IV: DANCE UNDER THE NAZIS: DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX

Selected and Edited by Marion Kant

Appendix: The Administrative Structure of the Reich Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Reich Culture Chambers

Chronology

References

Abbreviations and Glossary

Sources

Archives and Collections

Bibliography

Index

Name entries

Subject entries