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The Joffrey Ballet
Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company
by Sasha Anawalt
ISBN: 0226017559
ISBN-13: 9780226017556
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Dance critic Sasha Anawalt tells how Robert Joffrey built a distinctly American ballet troupe at a time when most thought only Russians could master the form, and she explores the profound impact of the Joffrey, which came of age during the Vietnam era.
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"An intelligent, fair, fascinating portrait of a seminal figure in American Ballet."
-- Kirkus
"...['The Joffrey Ballet' contains] small insights, along with larger ones, [that] collectively fill in the picture. Anawalt has written a book high in research value." -- Donna Perlmutter
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[Anawalt] retains the passion of a first love for the company. But as is common in any long-term relationship, she discerns flaws and complexities at close range, and they fill her lively account of Robert Joffrey and the amazing vicissitudes of his career....Ms. Anawalt's true virtue is to show repeatedly how far back the mature Joffrey troupe reached into the early dreams of its founder and director." -- Anna Kisselgoff
-- New York Times
"[Ashwalt's] appraisal of Joffrey's directorial philosophy is shrewd indeed....Some came to be bowled over by rock ballets, other to savor the subtleties of Ashton or Massine. But the public did come, and Ms. Anawalt does much to explain why." -- Jack Anderson
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Published date: 1998
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A comprehensive history of the quintessential American dance troupe and a textured portrait of Robert Joffrey, the creative maverick who led and inspired it, this broadly researched, richly anecdotal, and elegantly written book probes the complex relationship that exists between a culture and its artisans through the prism of this company's story. 44 halftones.
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Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company
Anawalt, Sasha
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1997. 466 pgs; with index, b/w photos, cover sl wear to edges. ISBN: 0-226-01755-9. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BALLET HISTORY PERFORMING ARTS DANCE. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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