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

• Autore: Aloff Mindy <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.8
• Soggetto topico: Dance; Dancers
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dance anecdotes
• ISBN: 1-280-52344-1; 0-19-536378-7; 1-4294-2007-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450908703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II