Section I: Appreciating the world of dance
1: Through world eyes / Carl Wolz
2: Dance in early Greek society / Marc Raymond Strauss
3: African dance: Divine motion / Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker
4: Folk dance: Father music, mother dance / Rosa Guerrero
5: Piercing the mask of Japanese dance theater / Helen Myers
6: Social dance: A portrait of people at play / Myron Howard Nadel
7: And "all that jazz" dance / Myron Howard Nadel
8: Ballet: a history in broad brushstrokes / Carol Pardo
9. Currents of 20th and 21st century dance / Myron Howard Nadel with March Raymond Strauss
10: Connecting mind, body and spirit / Myron Howard Nadel
Section II: The dance experience
11: Dance on the screen / Marc Raymond Strauss
12: Of dainty gorillas and macho sylphs: Dance and gender / Janice La Pointe-Crump
13: A failed marriage: Dance and physical education / Myron Howard Nadel
14: Technique: The craft of dancing / Myron Howard Nadel
15: Seeing choreography: Separating the dance from the dancer / Myron Howard Nadel
16: What is dance notation? / Ann Hutchinson Guest
17: Collaboration among the arts / Marc Raymond Strauss
18: Seeing feelings; costume design and dance / Catherine F. Norgren
19: "As a fish lives in water, a dancer lives in light" / Rick Yeatman
20: Dance, music, and theater in theory and practice / Myron Howard Nadel
21: Dance criticism / Marc Raymond Strauss
Conclusion: Your dance experience / Marc Raymond Strauss.