Ruyter, Nancy Lee Chalfa.
The cultivation of body and mind in nineteenth-century American
Delsartism / Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter.
p. cm.--(Contributions to the study of music and dance,
ISSN 0193-9041; no. 56)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-313-31042-4 (alk. paper)
1. Delsarte system--History. 2. Physical education and training--
United States--History--19th century. 3. Dance--United States--
History--19th century. 4. Delsarte, François, 1811-1871.
5. Stebbins, Genevieve. I. Title. II. Series.
GV463.R84 1999
792'.028--dc21 99-10076

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Copyright © 1999 by Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-10076
ISBN: 0-313-31042-4
ISSN: 0193-9041

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The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for the use of the following
material:

Extracts from Delsarte System of Expression, by Genevieve Stebbins. 1977 Dance Horizons
reprint of 6th edition ( New York: Edgar S. Werner, 1902). Used by permission of Princeton
Book Company.

Charts and their explanations from Every Little Movement, by Ted Shawn. 1974 Dance Ho-
rizons republication of 2nd revised and enlarged edition (author, 1963). Used by permission
of Princeton Book Company.

Material for chapter 9 from "Antique Longings: Genevieve Stebbins and American Delsar-
tean Performance", by Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter. In Susan Leigh Foster, ed., Corporealities:
Dancing, Knowledge, Culture and Power ( London: Routledge, 1996). Used by permission of
Routledge.

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