..". almost every page offers provocative commentary on theaesthetics and politics of modern dance." -- Signs..".(an) important step... in the ineluctable dance by postmodern historians across abridge that spans the gaps among disciplines, between theory and practice, andbetweeen present and past." -- Theatre Journal"Thiscomplex and important book needs to be read by anyone interested in dance history orthe cultural politics of dance." -- Dance TheatreJournal"Mark Franko's Dancing Modernism/Performing Politicsis challenging, groundbreaking, insightful, and, I believe, an importantcontribution to the field of dance scholarship." -- Dance ResearchJournalA revisionary account of the evolution of "moderndance" in which Mark Franko calls for a historicization of aesthetics thatconsiders the often-ignored political dimension of expressive action. Includes anappendix of articles of left-wing dance theory, which flourished during the1930s.