Making Ballet American
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Author |
: Andrea Harris |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199342242 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199342245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Making Ballet American by : Andrea Harris
Situating ballet within twentieth-century modernism, this book brings complexity to the history of George Balanchine's American neoclassicism. It intervenes in the prevailing historical narrative and rebalances Balanchine's role in dance history by revealing the complex social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the construction of American neoclassical ballet.
Author |
: Janet Mansfield Soares |
Publisher |
: Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages |
: 455 |
Release |
: 2009-07-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780819569745 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0819569747 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance by : Janet Mansfield Soares
A lively and intimate portrait of an unsung heroine in American dance Martha Hill (1900–1995) was one of the most influential figures of twentieth century American dance. Her vision and leadership helped to establish dance as a serious area of study at the university level and solidify its position as a legitimate art form. Setting Hill's story in the context of American postwar culture and women's changing status, this riveting biography shows us how Hill led her colleagues in the development of American contemporary dance from the Kellogg School of Physical Education to Bennington College and the American Dance Festival to the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center. She created pivotal opportunities for Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, José Limón, Merce Cunningham, and many others. The book provides an intimate look at the struggles and achievements of a woman dedicated to taking dance out of the college gymnasium and into the theatre, drawing on primary sources that were previously unavailable. It is lavishly illustrated with period photographs.
Author |
: Sasha Anawalt |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 486 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0226017559 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780226017556 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Joffrey Ballet by : Sasha Anawalt
This is a comprehensive history of the American dance troupe, the Joffrey Ballet, and a portrait of Robert Joffrey, the creative personality who inspired it. Written in anecdotal style, the book probes the complex relationship which exists between a culture and its artists.
Author |
: Jan Greenberg |
Publisher |
: Flash Point |
Total Pages |
: 52 |
Release |
: 2010-08-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466818613 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466818611 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ballet for Martha by : Jan Greenberg
A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the score's composition to Martha's intense rehearsal process. The authors' collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life.
Author |
: Nancy Ellison |
Publisher |
: Universe Publishing(NY) |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106016118603 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ballet Book by : Nancy Ellison
Provides photographs of members of the American Ballet Theatre demonstrating positions and includes discussion and photographs of classwork, rehearsal, choreography, and major ballets.
Author |
: Martha Ullman West |
Publisher |
: University Press of Florida |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2021-05-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813065847 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813065844 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Todd Bolender, Janet Reed, and the Making of American Ballet by : Martha Ullman West
Martha Ullman West illustrates how American ballet developed over the course of the twentieth century from an aesthetic originating in the courts of Europe into a stylistically diverse expression of a democratic culture. West places at center stage two artists who were instrumental to this story: Todd Bolender and Janet Reed. Lifelong friends, Bolender (1914–2006) and Reed (1916–2000) were part of a generation of dancers who navigated the Great Depression, World War II, and the vibrant cultural scene of postwar New York City. They danced in the works of choreographers Lew and Willam Christensen, Eugene Loring, Agnes de Mille, Catherine Littlefield, Ruthanna Boris, and others who West argues were just as responsible for the direction of American ballet as the legendary George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. The stories of Bolender, Reed, and their contemporaries also demonstrate that the flowering of American ballet was not simply a New York phenomenon. West includes little-known details about how Bolender and Reed laid the foundations for Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet in the 1970s and how Bolender transformed the Kansas City Ballet into a highly respected professional company soon after. Passionate in their desire to dance and create dances, Bolender and Reed committed their lives to passing along their hard-won knowledge, training, and work. This book celebrates two unsung trailblazers who were pivotal to the establishment of ballet in America from one coast to the other.
Author |
: Willa Cather |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 11 |
Release |
: 1913 |
ISBN-10 |
: LCCN:42044893 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Training for the Ballet by : Willa Cather
Author |
: Kate Mattingly |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 207 |
Release |
: 2023-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781003803393 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1003803393 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Antiracism in Ballet Teaching by : Kate Mattingly
This new collection of essays and interviews assembles research on teaching methods, choreographic processes, and archival material that challenges systemic exclusions and provides practitioners with accessible steps to creating more equitable teaching environments, curricula, classes, and artistic settings. Antiracism in Ballet Teaching gives readers a wealth of options for addressing and dismantling racialized biases in ballet teaching, as well as in approaches to leadership and choreography. Chapters are organized into three sections - Identities, Pedagogies, and Futurities - that illuminate evolving approaches to choreographing and teaching ballet, shine light on artists, teachers, and dancers who are lesser known/less visible in a racialized canon, and amplify the importance of holistic practices that integrate ballet history with technique and choreography. Chapter authors include award-winning studio owners, as well as acclaimed choreographers, educators, and scholars. The collection ends with interviews featuring ballet company directors (Robert Garland and Alonzo King), world-renowned scholars (Clare Croft, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Brenda Dixon Gottschild), sought-after choreographers (Jennifer Archibald and Claudia Schreier), and beloved educators (Keesha Beckford, Tai Jimenez, and Endalyn Taylor). This is an essential resource for anyone teaching or learning to teach ballet in the Twenty First Century.
Author |
: Jessica Zeller |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2016-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190296711 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190296712 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shapes of American Ballet by : Jessica Zeller
In Shapes of American Ballet: Teachers and Training before Balanchine, Jessica Zeller introduces the first few decades of the twentieth century as an often overlooked, yet critical period for ballet's growth in America. While George Balanchine is often considered the sole creator of American ballet, numerous European and Russian émigrés had been working for decades to build a national ballet with an American identity. These pedagogues and others like them played critical yet largely unacknowledged roles in American ballet's development. Despite their prestigious ballet pedigrees, the dance field's exhaustive focus on Balanchine has led to the neglect of their work during the first few decades of the century, and in this light, this book offers a new perspective on American ballet during the period immediately prior to Balanchine's arrival. Zeller uses hundreds of rare archival documents to illuminate the pedagogies of several significant European and Russian teachers who worked in New York City. Bringing these contributions into the broader history of American ballet recasts American ballet's identity as diverse-comprised of numerous Euro-Russian and American elements, as opposed to the work of one individual. This new account of early twentieth century American ballet is situated against a bustling New York City backdrop, where mass immigration through Ellis Island brought the ballet from European and Russian opera houses into contact with a variety of American forms and sensibilities. Ballet from celebrated Euro-Russian lineages was performed in vaudeville and blended with American popular dance styles, and it developed new characteristics as it responded to the American economy. Shapes of American Ballet delves into ballet's struggle to define itself during this rich early twentieth century period, and it sheds new light on ballet's development of an American identity before Balanchine.
Author |
: Jessica Zeller |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2016-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190296704 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190296704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shapes of American Ballet by : Jessica Zeller
In Shapes of American Ballet: Teachers and Training before Balanchine, Jessica Zeller introduces the first few decades of the twentieth century as an often overlooked, yet critical period for ballet's growth in America. While George Balanchine is often considered the sole creator of American ballet, numerous European and Russian émigrés had been working for decades to build a national ballet with an American identity. These pedagogues and others like them played critical yet largely unacknowledged roles in American ballet's development. Despite their prestigious ballet pedigrees, the dance field's exhaustive focus on Balanchine has led to the neglect of their work during the first few decades of the century, and in this light, this book offers a new perspective on American ballet during the period immediately prior to Balanchine's arrival. Zeller uses hundreds of rare archival documents to illuminate the pedagogies of several significant European and Russian teachers who worked in New York City. Bringing these contributions into the broader history of American ballet recasts American ballet's identity as diverse-comprised of numerous Euro-Russian and American elements, as opposed to the work of one individual. This new account of early twentieth century American ballet is situated against a bustling New York City backdrop, where mass immigration through Ellis Island brought the ballet from European and Russian opera houses into contact with a variety of American forms and sensibilities. Ballet from celebrated Euro-Russian lineages was performed in vaudeville and blended with American popular dance styles, and it developed new characteristics as it responded to the American economy. Shapes of American Ballet delves into ballet's struggle to define itself during this rich early twentieth century period, and it sheds new light on ballet's development of an American identity before Balanchine.