Brenda Dixon Gottschild,
Kenneth A. Loparo
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2012
9780230114081
Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina
A Biohistory of American Performance
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
2012
ISBN13: 9780230114081
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and professional histories reflect the hardships as well as the advances of African-Americans in the artistic and social developments of the second half of the twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230114081
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword: Ballet Becomes Black Uplift; R.F.Thompson
Prelude
Prologue
The Backdrop: 1920s-1940s
Spectacularly Black on Black: 1940s-1950s
But Black is Beautiful!: 1950s-1980s
'Nose to the Grindstone, Head to the Stars'
The Philadelphia/Philadanco Aesthetic
Audacious Hope: The House That Joan Built: 1980s-21st Century
Epilogue
Afterword: Brenda Dixon Gottschild: A Critical Perspective; A.Chatterjea
Joan Myers Brown: Annotated Resume
Philadanco Home Seasons Repertory Chronology: 1975-2010
Philadanco Choreographer Profiles
Dance Practitioners Mentioned in Text
Philadanco Activity Schedule: August 2009-June 2011
Interviewees: 1985, 1988, 2008-09
Prelude
Prologue
The Backdrop: 1920s-1940s
Spectacularly Black on Black: 1940s-1950s
But Black is Beautiful!: 1950s-1980s
'Nose to the Grindstone, Head to the Stars'
The Philadelphia/Philadanco Aesthetic
Audacious Hope: The House That Joan Built: 1980s-21st Century
Epilogue
Afterword: Brenda Dixon Gottschild: A Critical Perspective; A.Chatterjea
Joan Myers Brown: Annotated Resume
Philadanco Home Seasons Repertory Chronology: 1975-2010
Philadanco Choreographer Profiles
Dance Practitioners Mentioned in Text
Philadanco Activity Schedule: August 2009-June 2011
Interviewees: 1985, 1988, 2008-09