abolition, 12, 18

Adagio Pathetique, 79

aesthetic dance, 51, 55, 61

aesthetic gymnastics, 36

Albertieri, Luigi, 64

Alger, Reverend William Rouseville, 36–37, 47

Allen, Beatrice, 132–133

Allen, Mary, 38

Allen, Nathaniel T., 18, 25, 196

Allen School of Gymnastics, 38

Ambrose, Ruth, 117–118, 212

American Dance Association, 171

American Delsarteans, 8, 32–33, 40, 46, 48, 200, 203, 212

American Delsartism, 29, 31–33, 35, 38–39, 41–42, 47, 49, 51, 72, 74, 80, 92, 176, 201–202

American Institute of Instruction, 20

ancient Greece, 2, 8, 32, 46, 83, 172, 175

Anthony, Susan B., 24

antidance sentiments, 2

Argentina, 121, 146, 165–168

artistic dress, 24–25

Ashermann, Otto, 103, 109

As You Like It, 77

Athenian model, 1–2

Athens of America, xvi, 8

Atkins, Mary, 25

Ausdruckstanz, 96

Austin, Anna, 87, 142, 212

Austria, 90–95

Baird, Martha Haskell, 181

Ball, Mary Washington, 162, 168

ballet girls, 6–7

Ballet Russes, 63, 84, 126

ballet technique, 57, 64, 67, 75, 77, 81, 97, 106, 128, 130, 138–139, 146

Ballet Winslow, 166

Barbizon Hotel, 100, 103

barefoot dance, 50, 52, 57–60, 64, 67

Barr, Phoebe, 154

Beecher, Catharine, 8, 15, 22

Bennett, Isadora, 165

Bennett, Richard, 77

Bennington Summer School of the Dance, 162, 172–173, 180, 217, 230

Beverly, Massachusetts, 125

B. F. Keith's New Theatre, 65–66, 84–85, 126

Bhagavad Gita, 53

Biyar School, The, xvi

Blackbottom, 66

Black Crook, The, 6

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 15

Blake, Frances, 61

Blasis, Carlo, 64

Boardman, Agnes, 85

Boston Assemblies, 4–5

Boston Associates, 3–4, 59

Boston Athenaeum, 3

Boston Brahmins, 3, 49

Boston Civic Symphony, 110