Introduction and Acknowledgments   ix

I. The Founding of the Festival  1

II. Season by Season: 1948 to 1958  2

III. Overview 1948 to 1958: A Festival in Connecticut  53

IV. Season by Season: 1959 to 1968  73

V. Overview 1959 to 1968: A Steady, Secure Place  113

VI. Season by Season: 1969 to 1977  129

VII. Overview 1969 to 1977: A New Beginning  172

VIII. Season by Season: 1978 to 1985  183

IX. Since 1978: A New Home  226

Festival Chronicle   241

Notes  288

Selected Bibliography  307

Index  310

"From the noble visions of José Limon through the apparently anarchic abstractions of Merce Cunningham and on to the multimedia symbolism of Meredith Monk and the acrobatic tricks of Pilobolus, Jack Anderson surveys 38 summers of landmark performances of modern dance. The American Dance Festival, founding at Connecticut College in New London in 1948 and transferred to Duke University in Durham, NC (1977), has served as both a school and a theater. Attracting the most creative personalities in the field, the festival has stimulated and developed the talents that shape the course of art."—The New York Times

"From the noble visions of José Limon through the apparently anarchic abstractions of Merce Cunningham and on to the multimedia symbolism of Meredith Monk and the acrobatic tricks of Pilobolus, Jack Anderson surveys 38 summers of landmark performances of modern dance. The American Dance Festival, founding at Connecticut College in New London in 1948 and transferred to Duke University in Durham, NC (1977), has served as both a school and a theater. Attracting the most creative personalities in the field, the festival has stimulated and developed the talents that shape the course of art."—The New York Times

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