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v ii CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Ballet in Tin Cans 1 1 A Channel for Progress: Theatrical Dance, Popular Culture, and (The) American Ballet 34 2 The Lot of a Ballerina Is Indeed Tough: Gender, Genre, and the Ballet Film through 1947, Part I 62 3 The Man Was Mad—But a Genius!: Gender, Genre, and the Ballet Film through 1947, Part II 104 4 If You Can Disregard the Plot: The Red Shoes in an American Context 133 5 The Second Act Will Be Quite Different: Cinema, Culture, and Ballet in the 1950s 172 6 Turning Points: Ballet and Its Bodies in the “Post-Studio” Era 215 Notes 259 Filmography 291 Index 297 ...