{"product_id":"dancing-in-utopia-book-larraine-nicholas-9781852731212","title":"Dancing in Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003eBought in 1925 by Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, the Devon estate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Dartington Hall earned itself a place in the annals of utopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschemes through the Elmhirsts' conviction that arts, education and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework could be integrated into an abundant life for the participation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof all. A strand that runs throughout Dartington's history is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe consistent belief in dance as an art form worthy of its place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealongside the other arts so that this rural paradise became a point\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof intersection for a complex interweaving of dancers and dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estyles, American, European and South Asian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, Larraine Nicholas traces Dartington's dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory in depth, revealing its fascinating array of dancing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracters and setting it within British dance history during a major\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epart of the twentieth century. It will become an essential text, not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonly for dance scholars and students but also for a wider readership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintrigued by the complex phenomenon of Dartington itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarraine Nicholas lectures in Dance Studies at Roehampton University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49573778850065,"sku":"GOR007939659","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852731214.jpg?v=1751185996","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/dancing-in-utopia-book-larraine-nicholas-9781852731212","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}