Dance is a moment [[electronic resource] ] : a portrait of José Limón in words and pictures / / Barbara Pollack, Charles Humphrey Woodford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451027203321
• Autore: Pollack Barbara
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Pennington, NJ, : Princeton Book Co., c1993
• ISBN: 0-87127-277-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WoodfordCharles
• Disciplina: 792.8/028/092 B
• Soggetti: Dancers - United States; Choreographers - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Dance Horizons book."
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Life; Work; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B
• Sommario/riassunto: Dance is a Moment captures Limón's personality and achievements through a combination of narrative, direct quotations and stunning photography. The portrait is divided according to the spheres of his life: Part I, Life, is biographical and traces Limón from revolution-torn Mexico to New York. Part II, Work, focuses on Limón's choreographic process, taking the reader from the germ of a dance idea through to the performance. Limón's masterpiece There is a Time is used as the case-study.The book focuses on Limón's relationships with his dancers, the composer Norman Dell