Mark Franko is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Dance at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, USA. He is founding editor of the Oxford Studies in Dance Theory book series.

Preface to the Revised Edition; 1. Introduction; 2. The Mythological Intertext: Language; 3. The Sociological Intertext: Courtesy; 4. The Pedagogical Intertext: Precepts; 5. The Political Intertext: Civil Conversatione (Social Intercourse); Bibliography; Index.