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vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi Prologue: Negotiating a Living Past 3 Part One Chasing the Ephemeral 15 Reconstruction, Re-creation, Reinvention 21 History in the Making 24 Theatrical Parallels 29 Battling Beckett 37 Part Two Exploring the Creative Impulse 49 Water Study 52 Performance History 54 Identifying and Exploring the Evidence 61 Interpreting from the Present 63 Catching the Undertow: The Dancing of Water Study 73 Passacaglia 79 Performance History 82 A Musical Exploration of Choreographic Structure 87 Centennial Celebrations and Beyond 99 Contents viii Contents With My Red Fires 106 Performance History 108 Contemporary Perspectives 109 Evidence from the Source 113 Reshaping the Matriarch 121 Creative Possibility 123 The Shakers 129 Performance History 131 Transmission Strategies 136 Crossing the Line 144 Navigating Narrative 149 Epilogue: Dancing the Past Tomorrow 155 NOTES 159 BIBLIOGRAPHY 169 INDEX 183 ...

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