ABSTRACT
During the early 1960s the aesthetics of classical ballet still dominated the world of British dance; in fact the term ‘dance’ scarcely figured in the language of serious art. Folk dance or ballroom dance were generally regarded as activities for cranks and amateurs respectively, while modern dance-the distinctively twentieth-century form of choreography that emerged from central Europe and America during the late 1920s-had scarcely been seen on the British stage.
