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Margaret N. H'Doubler (1889-1982) was professor of dance at the University of Wisconsin, where she taught for forty-four years. In 1926 she established the first dance major in the country in 1926 and profoundly influenced the way dance is taught in schools and universities today. She wrote four books and received numerous honors, including the 1965 Dance Magazine Award.

Foreword to the 4th Edition by Margaret Nagle Introduction to the 4th Edition by Andrea Harris "Margaret H'Doubler: An Appreciation" by Mary Alice Brennan Foreword to the 1957 Edition by Gertrude E. Johnson Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. A Cultural Survey of Dance Chapter 2. The Province of Dance Chapter 3. Education Through Dance Chapter 4. Technique and Expression Chapter 5. Form as Organic Unity Chapter 6. Form and Content Chapter 7. Form and Structure Chapter 8. Dance and Music Chapter 9. Why Dance?

"This fourth edition offers an opportunity for a fuller accounting of the social, intellectual, and scientific agendas that informed dance's entry into the university and powered its gains there." - Andrea Harris, from the introduction "Inspiring, philosophical, and organized, the book is still relevant and indispensable for dancers, teachers, choreographers, and academics in all forms of dance." - (Dance Magazine) "H'Doubler's book is the work of a scientist of dance, and so well does she present her plea for universal dance training that she certainly deserves the full attention and respect of both parent and teacher." - Walter Terry "Teachers and students of the dance will find the help to the answers of the question 'why dance?'" - (Physical Educator) "Exceedingly thoughtful and provocative." - (Research Quarterly) "A breviary of devotion to one conception of the good life." - (Theatre Arts)