# Dance & Democracy: Politics & Protest, World War I Through the Cold War

In 1927 Isadora Duncan declared "I See America Dancing"--a reference to Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" envisioning dance as a powerful tool for cultural expression. The exhibit Politics and the Dancing Body explores how American choreographers between World War I through the Cold War used dance to celebrate American culture, to voice social protest, and to raise social consciousness. The exhibition also examines how the U.S. government employed dance as a vehicle for cultural diplomacy and to counter anti-American sentiment. Featuring materials drawn mostly from the rich dance, music, theater, and design collections of the Music Division of the Library of Congress, the exhibition is co-curated by Elizabeth Aldrich of the Library of Congress and Victoria Phillips of Columbia University.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: War, Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688823/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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