《新中国舞蹈史(1949-2000英译本)》由冯双白所著，梳理了中华人民共和国之舞蹈艺术在事业概貌、创作收获、舞种沿革、杰出人物、重大组织活动等方面的基本历史现象，并且以整个中国原始舞蹈和封建社会舞蹈的发展为参照坐标，提出了新中国舞蹈是对中国女乐舞蹈文化和民间自娱歌舞文化的革命性转变，其历史本质是建立一种真正意义上的创作艺术，其发展方向是建立21世纪的独立自主的艺术美学表现体系。

《新中国舞蹈史(1949-2000英译本)》由冯双白所著，本书在大量史料的基础上，分析了1949～2000年中国舞蹈艺术的历史发展轨迹，以重大的舞蹈历史事件作为历史分期的依据，分六章梳理了中华人民共和国之舞蹈艺术在事业概貌、创作收获、舞种沿革、杰出人物、重大组织活动等方面的基本历史现象，并且以整个中国原始舞蹈和封建社会舞蹈的发展为参照坐标，提出了新中国舞蹈是对中国女乐舞蹈文化和民间自娱歌舞文化的革命性转变，其历史本质是建立一种真正意义上的创作艺术，其发展方向是建立21世纪的独立自主的艺术美学表现体系。

《新中国舞蹈史(1949-2000英译本)》适合对舞蹈艺术感兴趣者及相关研究者阅读。

Chapter I The Dance Foundation of the Republic of China (1949-957)

Section One Wind Blew from Fields

  I. First Glimmer of Dawn

  II. Rural-urban Symphony with Red Silk and Waist Drum

Section Two Transition between North China and South China

  I. Transition Tide of Song and Dance Troupes

  II. Artistic Exploration of New Roads

Section Three Elite Education

  I. A Lotus with two Blossoms on one Stalk-dance Movement and Dance

      Research

  II. Preliminary Construction of the Beijing Dance School

  m. A Violent Death of Pegasus

Section Four Three Legs of a Tripod

  I . Refined Art from Folk Dance

  II. Classical Dance from New Methods and Drama

  III. The Pluralistic Troop's Dance

Section Five Preliminary Study on Drama Dance

Chapter II The Rise of Folk Dance Culture (1958q965)

Section One Rooted in the Fertile Soil

   I. Flowers Blooming over the Land of Folk Dance

  II. Archaic Style, Great Men

Section Two The Foundation of Dance Dramas

Chapter III The Ebb and Flow during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

Section One An Awful Distortion

  I. "Revolutionary Model Operas" in Unprecedented Popularity

  II. "Class Struggle" Guided the Dance Creation

Section Two A Creeping Undercurrent

  I. Ballet Produced Another Harvest

  II. Small Works Took Flight

Chapter IV Dethronement of the Classic Paradigm (1976-1989)

Section One Revival of the Elegant Art

  I. The Dance of New Era

  II. The Upsurge of Antique Styled Dance

  m. The Classical Dance again Favored Ancient Customs

Section Two Cultural Revival

   I. The Awaking of Dance and Cultural Consciousness

  II. The Local Styled Song-dance Came into Being

Section Three A Tradition Breakthrough

   I. The Change of Dance Language Style

  II. The Change of Dance Ideology

Chapter V The Prosperity of the Art of Dance (1980-2000)

Section One The Charm of Ballet

Section Two The Thrust of Literature

Section Three The Impetus of Original Creations

Chapter VI Manifestation of the Main Consciousness (1990-2000)

Section One The Deconstruction of the Classical

  I. The Deconstruction of the Neoclassicism

  II. The Aesthetics of Chinese Classical Dance

Section Two A Parse of the Folk Dance

  I. A Breakthrough of Dance Drama of Han Chinese People

  II. A Bumper Harvest of the Minority Theatres

Section Three Named after the Contemporary

Section Four The Modem Tide Rises

  I. The Exploration on Takes Doctrine

  II. Independent Character, Local Integration

Section Five The Construction of Dancology

  I. The Chinese Dancology Rose in History

  II. The Basic Achievements of Dancology Construction

Conclusion: An Unfinished Change

Appendix The Chinese Dance Events (1949-2000)