Joffrey Ballet Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company

Name: Joffrey Ballet Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company
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ISBN: 9780226017556

ISBN-10: 0226017559

ISBN-13: 9780226017556

Edition: 1997

Authors: Sasha Anawalt

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The Joffrey Ballet is a comprehensive history of the quintessential American dance troupe and a textured portrait of Robert Joffrey, the creative maverick who led and inspired it. Broadly researched, richly anecdotal, and elegantly written, The Joffrey Ballet probes the complex relationship that exists between a culture and its artists through the prism of this company's story. "[The Joffrey Ballet is] remarkable for its warmth and vigor, and for its blending of candor and judiciousness."--Jack Anderson, New York Times Book Review "A milestone in dance writing. Few studies in the field will be able to match Sasha Anawalt's elegant style."--Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times "Anawalt…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 466
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Author's Note


A Joffrey Ballet:Astarte



Breaking Ground



The Chili Recipe



Finding Ballet



Gerald Arpino



Coming-of-Age



New York, New York



Dancer to Choreographer



In Good Company



Adversity



Cornerstone



Six Dancers and a Station Wagon



Quarrying the Repertoire



The Models



Rebekah Harkness Kean



Ambassadors



Treachery at Watch Hill



President Kennedy at the USSR



The Split



Threshold



The Nation's Closet



City Center for Joffrey Ballet



Image



The Green Table



Astarte



The Dance Spirit



Crossing Over



Muses



Home



The Ashes



Los Angeles



Sacrifices



The Nutcracker


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Chronology of Works


Acknowledgments


The Chili Recipe


Index