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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777028703321

Autore

Aloff Mindy <1947->

Titolo

Dance anecdotes [[electronic resource] ] : stories from the worlds of ballet, Broadway, the ballroom, and modern dance / / Mindy Aloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-772367-5

1-280-52344-1

0-19-536378-7

1-4294-2007-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

792.8

Soggetti

Dance

Dancers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Towering Figures; Of Steps and Their Authorship; Music Makes Me . . .; The Rehearsal Room; Coaches and Teachers; Hands and Things That Can Fill Them; Balletomania and Other Thrills; Inspiration; Seductions Attempted, Surmised, and Realized; Critical Lines; Turning Points; From Stage to Page; Fauna; Scandals; Touring; The Theaters; Costumes, Footgear, and Hair Do's and Don'ts; Makeup; Conductors; Dancing and Related Theatrical Professions; Dancing and the Movies; Injuries, Maladies, Misfortunes, and Cures; On Partnering and Partnerships; A Mark, a Yen, a Buck, or a Pound

Sets and StagecraftBig Pictures; Afterword: A Note on Anecdotes as Ingredients of Dance History; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Credits; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of stories that aim to capture the boundless variety and richness of dance as an art, a tradition, a profession, an obsession, and an ideal.