Men Dancers, 154

Mensendieck, Bess, 92–93, 99, 132–133, 177

Metropolitan Opera House, 64

Miss Park's School, 58

Miriam Winslow School of the Dance, xvi, 86, 129, 131–132, 141–142, 151

mixed couple dancing, 5

mixed sex dancing, 2

Monroe Conservatory of Oratory, The, 38

Monroe, Lewis Baxter, 33, 36, 38–39, 73

Morgan Dancers, xvi

Mount Holyoke, 15

movement choir, 101–103

Mumaw, Barton, 78, 142, 155, 165

muscular gymnastics, 44

Museum of Fine Arts, 181

Museum School, 181

Nacktkultur, 93–94

Nackttanz, 94

Nagrin, Daniel, 165

National Symphony Orchestra, 153

New England Conservatory of Music, 113, 174, 182, 185

New England Women's Club, 24, 28

New York Evening Post, 159

Ned Wayburn School of Dancing, 84, 222

Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, 103

Nirenska, Pola, 117

Nissen, Hartvig, 43

Noh, 84

Northwestern University, 111

novelty dance, xv

occult, 45

O'Donnell, May, 117

Otero, José, 132–133

Otis, Elizabeth Harrison Gray, 4, 193

Oukrainsky, Serge, 63–64, 106, 129

Our Girls, 28–29, 202

Outdoor Players Camp, 75

pantaloons, 23–24

Papanti, Lorenzo, 3–5, 190, 193

Paramount Pictures, 86

Parker, Edith, 85

Parker, H. T., 59, 110

Pavley, Andreas, 63–63, 129

Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet, 106

Pavlova, Anna, 63, 100

Pennsylvania, xv, 126

Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, xv

personal arts, 74

Peters, Mayor Andrew, 61

Philadelphia School of Oratory, 74

physical culture, xvi, 2, 14, 17, 21–22, 25–26, 28, 33, 35, 38, 41, 44–45, 47, 90, 92–93, 101, 104, 195, 213

physical education, 16, 44, 51, 114, 162, 172–173, 178

Piston, Walter, 109–110

Posse, Baron Nils, 43

poverty, 12, 58, 74

Princess Theatre, 102

progressive education, 50

Puritans, 2

Radcliffe College, 103, 178

Radio City Music Hall, 109

Rainbow Room, 165

Raleigh, Jackie, 179