Introduction Chapter 1: What is free dance? Hypnotic dancer vs the dancing self Liberated body, class body Centre and flow Effort and relaxation Chapter 2: Free dance travels east Artful simplicity: Duncan and Stanislavsky Impressionism in dance: Duncan and Fokine The music issue > Eurhythmics > Musical Movement > A reflex to music On the way to a New Woman: The Moscow Duncan School Chapter 3: Studios of free dance Danse plastique > Ella Rabenek: Classes of Plastique > Francesca Beata: Studio of Plastique > Klavdia Isachenko: School of Plastique and Expression > Zinaida Verbova: Studio of the Plastique Movement > Inna Bystrenina: The Ballet Plastique > Srboui Lisitsian: The Institute of Rhythm and Plastique > The Proletkult's plastique The Art of Movement > Lyudmila Alekseyeva: The Art of Movement and Artistic Gymnastics > Alexander Rumnev: The Search in Dance > Valeria Tsvetaeva: The Art of Movement School > Bronislava Nijinska: The School of Movement Dance Theatre > Inna Chernetskaya: The Studio of Synthetic Dance > The Vera Maya Dance Theatre > Lev Lukin: The Free Ballet > Nina Gremina: The Dramballet > Kasyan Goleizovsky: The Chamber Ballet > Nikolai Poznyakov: The Island of Dance Chapter 4: Rationalising movement (De)mystifying dance: Prof-Sid > Choreology or kinemology? > Recording and displaying movement From Dance of the Future to Futurist Dance Machine dances and biomechanics Scientific organisation of work and dance The Soviet Girls Chapter 5: From dance to sport Choreographing the masses Taming plyaska Partying to the Party instructions > Wulf, the Soviet Entertainer The Sokol and Artistic Gymnastics Theatre of Physical Culture Conclusions Bibliography Index.