The Male Dancer

Ramsay Burt is Professor of Dance History at De Montfort University, Leicester in the United Kingdom. His publications include The Male Dancer. This was followed by Alien Bodies and Judson Dance Theater. In 1999 he was Visiting Professor at the Department of Performance Studies, New York University. With Prof. Susan Foster, he is founder editor of Discourses in Dance.

Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgements Preface to revised second edition Introduction 1. The Trouble with the Male Dancer... 2. Looking at the Male 3. Nijinksy 4. American Men 5. Dancing in the City 6. Masculinity and Liberation 7. Identity Politics 8. Post Men Bibliography Index