Innehåller bibliografiska referenser och index.

Introduction -- Valuing ballet in the Cuban Republic -- Performing race and nation before 1959 -- Dance institutionalization after 1959 -- Choreographing new men and women -- Dancing public -- Dance internationalism -- Opening dance -- Epilogue.

"Elizabeth B. Schwall aligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of the Cuban revolution: dance. In this history of staged performance in ballet, modern dance, and folkloric dance, Schwall analyzes how and why dance artists interacted with republican and, later, revolutionary politics. Drawing on written and visual archives, including intriguing exchanges between dancers and bureaucrats, Schwall argues that Cubans dancers used their bodies and ephemeral, nonverbal choreography to support and critique political regimes and cultural biases." --Provided by publisher.