This printed material is a chronological history of dance, bringing
together many different dancers and styles, a unification of Spanish
art-forms. We have seen a handful of dance biographies always declaring
the career of their subject as the most important. Let's place into
perspective that we had many dancers during the same time frame and each
one contributed, some more than others. Noting the artistic
contributions made by these performers made it easier to review the
period of Spanish dance as an 'era'. We took these performers and placed
them into one account, foretelling how this style of dance contributed
to the overall American style of the Spanish dance. Americans Ted Shawn,
Ruth St. Denis, La Meri, Carmelita Maracci and Ballet Russes Anna
Pavlova, Adoph Bolm and Leonide Massine were all in some way affected by
the Spanish dance. Even Hollywood and Broadway were instrumental in the
birth of Hispanic culture in the country. In this first book I have
highlighted the careers of two artists, La Argentina and Vicente
Escudero, both worked together forming a part-time partnership important
in this early era. Later Spaniards who exemplified the art-form in
America were La Argentinita, Pilar Lopez, Rosario & Antonio, Jose Greco,
and Nana Lorca whos reflections are mirrored within these pages and
later editions.
