The dance claimed me [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of Pearl Primus / / Peggy and Murray Schwartz |
Autore | Schwartz Peggy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | SchwartzMurray |
Soggetto topico |
Dancers - United States
African American dancers Choreographers - United States African American dance - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-11434-8
9786613114341 0-300-15643-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca -- Two A Life in Dance -- Three African Transformations -- Four Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI -- Five Trinidad Communities -- Six Return to Africa -- Seven The PhD -- Eight The Turn to Teaching and Return to the Stage -- NINE Academic Trials and Triumphs -- Ten Transmitting the Work -- Eleven Barbados: Return to the Sea -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Pearl Primus Timeline -- Appendix II: Interviews -- A Note on Sources and Documentation -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461629303321 |
Schwartz Peggy | ||
New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The dance claimed me [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of Pearl Primus / / Peggy and Murray Schwartz |
Autore | Schwartz Peggy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | SchwartzMurray |
Soggetto topico |
Dancers - United States
African American dancers Choreographers - United States African American dance - History |
ISBN |
1-283-11434-8
9786613114341 0-300-15643-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca -- Two A Life in Dance -- Three African Transformations -- Four Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI -- Five Trinidad Communities -- Six Return to Africa -- Seven The PhD -- Eight The Turn to Teaching and Return to the Stage -- NINE Academic Trials and Triumphs -- Ten Transmitting the Work -- Eleven Barbados: Return to the Sea -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Pearl Primus Timeline -- Appendix II: Interviews -- A Note on Sources and Documentation -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789567303321 |
Schwartz Peggy | ||
New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The dance claimed me : a biography of Pearl Primus / / Peggy and Murray Schwartz |
Autore | Schwartz Peggy |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | SchwartzMurray |
Soggetto topico |
Dancers - United States
African American dancers Choreographers - United States African American dance - History |
ISBN |
1-283-11434-8
9786613114341 0-300-15643-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca -- Two A Life in Dance -- Three African Transformations -- Four Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI -- Five Trinidad Communities -- Six Return to Africa -- Seven The PhD -- Eight The Turn to Teaching and Return to the Stage -- NINE Academic Trials and Triumphs -- Ten Transmitting the Work -- Eleven Barbados: Return to the Sea -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Pearl Primus Timeline -- Appendix II: Interviews -- A Note on Sources and Documentation -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807380203321 |
Schwartz Peggy | ||
New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dancing on water [[electronic resource] ] : a life in ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT / / Elena Tchernichova with Joel Lobenthal |
Autore | Tchernichova Elena |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | LobenthalJoel |
Soggetto topico |
Ballerinas - Russia (Federation)
Ballerinas - United States Dance teachers - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-55553-824-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: A World Now Lost; 1 | Leningrad; 2 | Make-Believe; 3 | Facts of Life; 4 | Disillustionment; 5 | Rebels; 6 | Nureyev Arrives; 7 | I Start to Teach; 8 | Newlywed; 9 | My Son; 10 | Cultural Exchange; 11 | A Masterpiece; 12 | Seeing the World; 13 | Igor's Choreography; 14 | To the Black Sea; 15 | Restless; 16 | Émigré; Insert; Part II: The New; 17 | Holding Pattern; 18 | New York; 19 | Kirkland and Baryshnikov; 20 | Abt's Stars; 21 | Émigrés and Defectors; 22 | Makarova's ""Bayadère""; 23 | Baryshnikov Takes Over
24 | Russian Men25 | Kirkland Cataclysms; 26 | Abt's Problems; 27 | Ferri and Others; 29 | Harsh ""Beauty""; 30 | Glasnost; 31 | Peak; 32 | Baryshnikov's Swan Song; 33 | End of an Era; 34 | Directing Vienna; 35 | Epilogue; Afterword; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463107603321 |
Tchernichova Elena | ||
Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dancing on water [[electronic resource] ] : a life in ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT / / Elena Tchernichova with Joel Lobenthal |
Autore | Tchernichova Elena |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | LobenthalJoel |
Soggetto topico |
Ballerinas - Russia (Federation)
Ballerinas - United States Dance teachers - United States |
ISBN | 1-55553-824-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: A World Now Lost; 1 | Leningrad; 2 | Make-Believe; 3 | Facts of Life; 4 | Disillustionment; 5 | Rebels; 6 | Nureyev Arrives; 7 | I Start to Teach; 8 | Newlywed; 9 | My Son; 10 | Cultural Exchange; 11 | A Masterpiece; 12 | Seeing the World; 13 | Igor's Choreography; 14 | To the Black Sea; 15 | Restless; 16 | Émigré; Insert; Part II: The New; 17 | Holding Pattern; 18 | New York; 19 | Kirkland and Baryshnikov; 20 | Abt's Stars; 21 | Émigrés and Defectors; 22 | Makarova's ""Bayadère""; 23 | Baryshnikov Takes Over
24 | Russian Men25 | Kirkland Cataclysms; 26 | Abt's Problems; 27 | Ferri and Others; 29 | Harsh ""Beauty""; 30 | Glasnost; 31 | Peak; 32 | Baryshnikov's Swan Song; 33 | End of an Era; 34 | Directing Vienna; 35 | Epilogue; Afterword; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786715503321 |
Tchernichova Elena | ||
Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dancing on water [[electronic resource] ] : a life in ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT / / Elena Tchernichova with Joel Lobenthal |
Autore | Tchernichova Elena |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | LobenthalJoel |
Soggetto topico |
Ballerinas - Russia (Federation)
Ballerinas - United States Dance teachers - United States |
ISBN | 1-55553-824-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: A World Now Lost; 1 | Leningrad; 2 | Make-Believe; 3 | Facts of Life; 4 | Disillustionment; 5 | Rebels; 6 | Nureyev Arrives; 7 | I Start to Teach; 8 | Newlywed; 9 | My Son; 10 | Cultural Exchange; 11 | A Masterpiece; 12 | Seeing the World; 13 | Igor's Choreography; 14 | To the Black Sea; 15 | Restless; 16 | Émigré; Insert; Part II: The New; 17 | Holding Pattern; 18 | New York; 19 | Kirkland and Baryshnikov; 20 | Abt's Stars; 21 | Émigrés and Defectors; 22 | Makarova's ""Bayadère""; 23 | Baryshnikov Takes Over
24 | Russian Men25 | Kirkland Cataclysms; 26 | Abt's Problems; 27 | Ferri and Others; 29 | Harsh ""Beauty""; 30 | Glasnost; 31 | Peak; 32 | Baryshnikov's Swan Song; 33 | End of an Era; 34 | Directing Vienna; 35 | Epilogue; Afterword; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808131403321 |
Tchernichova Elena | ||
Boston, : Northeastern University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fernando Alonso [[electronic resource] ] : the father of Cuban ballet / / Toba Singer |
Autore | Singer Toba |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Soggetto topico | Ballet dancers - Cuba |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8130-4710-2
0-8130-4625-4 0-8130-4500-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Antes (before) -- 1. Always ask why -- 2. Pro-arte musical, Yavorsky, and New York -- 3. Alicia, Fernando, and Laura: giant steps across a changing landscape -- 4. Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the birth of ballet theatre -- 5. Repertoire, camaraderie, and an étoile -- 6. Challenges and pilgrimages -- 7. Autumn in New York, and a dawning in Havana -- 8. Ballet Theatre, a university of dance, and more . . . -- 9. Ballet Alicia Alonso -- 10. El maestro de maestros, the father of Cuban ballet -- 11. Crafting a curriculum, sculpting a style -- 12. Legends and lessons: Laura and Loipa -- 13. A revolutionary proposal -- 14. Batista's blackmail bid -- 15. The Soviet Union invites the Alonsos -- Part II: Despuis (after) -- 16. Cuban revolution triumphs and invests in ballet! -- 17. Constructing ballet schools, extending the revolution -- 18. International recognition abroad, at home, on film, and in print -- 19. Camagüey: the center of gravity shifts -- 20. Reverence -- Part III: Recuerdos (recollections) -- Introduction -- Aurora Bosch -- Carlos Acosta -- Azari Plisetsky -- Ramona de Sáa -- Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño -- Tania Vergara -- Menia Martínez -- René de Cárdenas -- John White -- Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla -- Jorge Esquivel -- Lorena Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal -- Donald Saddler -- Grettel Morejón. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453060503321 |
Singer Toba | ||
Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fernando Alonso [[electronic resource] ] : the father of Cuban ballet / / Toba Singer |
Autore | Singer Toba |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Soggetto topico | Ballet dancers - Cuba |
ISBN |
0-8130-4710-2
0-8130-4625-4 0-8130-4500-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Antes (before) -- 1. Always ask why -- 2. Pro-arte musical, Yavorsky, and New York -- 3. Alicia, Fernando, and Laura: giant steps across a changing landscape -- 4. Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the birth of ballet theatre -- 5. Repertoire, camaraderie, and an étoile -- 6. Challenges and pilgrimages -- 7. Autumn in New York, and a dawning in Havana -- 8. Ballet Theatre, a university of dance, and more . . . -- 9. Ballet Alicia Alonso -- 10. El maestro de maestros, the father of Cuban ballet -- 11. Crafting a curriculum, sculpting a style -- 12. Legends and lessons: Laura and Loipa -- 13. A revolutionary proposal -- 14. Batista's blackmail bid -- 15. The Soviet Union invites the Alonsos -- Part II: Despuis (after) -- 16. Cuban revolution triumphs and invests in ballet! -- 17. Constructing ballet schools, extending the revolution -- 18. International recognition abroad, at home, on film, and in print -- 19. Camagüey: the center of gravity shifts -- 20. Reverence -- Part III: Recuerdos (recollections) -- Introduction -- Aurora Bosch -- Carlos Acosta -- Azari Plisetsky -- Ramona de Sáa -- Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño -- Tania Vergara -- Menia Martínez -- René de Cárdenas -- John White -- Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla -- Jorge Esquivel -- Lorena Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal -- Donald Saddler -- Grettel Morejón. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790575903321 |
Singer Toba | ||
Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fernando Alonso : the father of Cuban ballet / / Toba Singer |
Autore | Singer Toba |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.802/8092
B |
Soggetto topico | Ballet dancers - Cuba |
ISBN |
0-8130-4710-2
0-8130-4625-4 0-8130-4500-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Antes (before) -- 1. Always ask why -- 2. Pro-arte musical, Yavorsky, and New York -- 3. Alicia, Fernando, and Laura: giant steps across a changing landscape -- 4. Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the birth of ballet theatre -- 5. Repertoire, camaraderie, and an étoile -- 6. Challenges and pilgrimages -- 7. Autumn in New York, and a dawning in Havana -- 8. Ballet Theatre, a university of dance, and more . . . -- 9. Ballet Alicia Alonso -- 10. El maestro de maestros, the father of Cuban ballet -- 11. Crafting a curriculum, sculpting a style -- 12. Legends and lessons: Laura and Loipa -- 13. A revolutionary proposal -- 14. Batista's blackmail bid -- 15. The Soviet Union invites the Alonsos -- Part II: Despuis (after) -- 16. Cuban revolution triumphs and invests in ballet! -- 17. Constructing ballet schools, extending the revolution -- 18. International recognition abroad, at home, on film, and in print -- 19. Camagüey: the center of gravity shifts -- 20. Reverence -- Part III: Recuerdos (recollections) -- Introduction -- Aurora Bosch -- Carlos Acosta -- Azari Plisetsky -- Ramona de Sáa -- Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño -- Tania Vergara -- Menia Martínez -- René de Cárdenas -- John White -- Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla -- Jorge Esquivel -- Lorena Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal -- Donald Saddler -- Grettel Morejón. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821463503321 |
Singer Toba | ||
Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The showman and the Ukrainian cause : folk dance, film, and the life of Vasile Avramenko / / Orest T. Martynowych |
Autore | Martynowych Orest T. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.802/8092 |
Collana | Studies in Immigration and Culture |
Soggetto topico |
Dancers - Ukraine
Dancers - Canada Motion picture producers and directors - Canada Folk dancing, Ukrainian Folk dancing, Ukrainian - Canada |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-88755-768-6
0-88755-470-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Photographs; World Premiere at the Orpheum: Prologue; The Man and His Mission: Chapter 1; Childhood and Youth; Self-Discovery; The Politics of Folk Dancing; Dance Master: Chapter 2; West Toronto; North End Winnipeg; New York City's Lower East Side; Motion Picture Producer: Chapter 3; A Fascination with Film; Natalka Poltavka; Cossacks in Exile; Photo Section I; Photo Section II; Fugitive: Chapter 4; The Hollywood Years; A Fresh Start; Globetrotter; Twilight; The Legacy Tour: Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes; Chapter One: The Man and His Mission
Chapter 2: Dance MasterChapter 3: Motion Picture Producer; Chapter 4: Fugitive; Epilogue: The Legacy Tour; Bibliography; Archival Collections; Newspapers; Websites; Films; Books and Articles; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458705603321 |
Martynowych Orest T. | ||
Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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