Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface by Violette Verdy Introduction Chapter One-Setting the Stage: Aristocratic Fashion and Baroque Body Politics before the Revolution. Chapter Two-Reformers and Philosophes as Fore-Runners of the Revolution in Fashion. Chapter Three-The Moderate and the Outrageous Chapter Four-Neoclassicism: 1780-1820 Chapter Five-The Consulate (1799-1804) and The Empire (1804-1815) of Napoleon. Imperial Designs pervade Street and Stage Fashion. Chapter Six-Restoration-One Bourbon Returns! Louis XVIII and The Restoration (1815-1824). Chapter Seven-Pale Goddesses on the Street During the Romantic Movement: Charles X ruled France from 1824-1830. Chapter Eight-The Kingdom of the Opera: Pale Goddesses on the Stage (1824-1830) Chapter Nine-The Turning Point: The Ballet of the Nuns, and La Sylphide. Chapter Ten-The Dark Side of White Conclusion Chronology Sources and Bibliography

About the Author

Judith Chazin-Bennahum is Chair of the Dept of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico. She is a past president of the Society of Dance History Scholars, and has authored and edited several books on dance history. She began her career as a performing dancer, dancing in companies headed by Antony Tudor, Pearl Lang, and Alexandra Danilova, and was invited by George Balanchine to perform with the New York City Ballet on their first Russian tour.

Reviews

"Simply through scrupulous descriptions of what people wore, (Bennahum) brings social and theatrical milieus alive."
-- The Village Voice