Plie ball! : baseball meets dance on stage and screen / Jeffrey M. Katz ; forward by Edward Villella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Jeffrey M., 1960-

Contributor:

Villella, Edward, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.

Sports in motion pictures.

Baseball films.

Dance--Social aspects.

Dance.

Physical Description:

viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Baseball meets dance on stage and screen

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Mcfarland, [2016]

Summary:

From the vaudeville gyrations of New York Giants star pitchers Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, to Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra as hoofing infielders in Take Me Out to the Ball Game, to the stage and screen versions of Damn Yankees, the connection between baseball and dance is an intimate, perhaps surprising one. Covering more than a century of dancing ballplayers and baseball-inspired dance, this entertaining study examines the connection in film and television, in theatrical productions and in choreography created for some of the greatest dancers and dance companies in the world. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 On Stage I: Music Halls, Vaudeville, Broadway and More-19th Century through Early 20th Century 15

Interlude: Choreographers on Dance and Baseball / Chris Black Black, Chris, Gail Conrad Conrad, Gail, Ana Maria Tekina-eirú Maynard Maynard, Ana Maria Tekina-eirú 47

2 On Stage II: Theater from the Mid-20th Century through the Early 21st 56

Interlude: Choreographers and Dancers on Dance and Baseball / Louis Kavouras Kavouras, Louis, Peter Pucci Pucci, Peter, Nick Ross Ross, Nick 93

3 On Stage III: Concert Dance in the 20th Century 105

Interlude: Choreographers and Dancers on Dance and Baseball / Lisa de Ribere Ribere, Lisa de, Christopher Fleming Fleming, Christopher, Marianna Tcherkassky Tcherkassky, Marianna 133

4 On Stage TV: Concert Dance in the Early 21st Century 148

Interlude: A Physical Therapist, a Ballet Company Volunteer Coordinator, a Dance Company Director and a Baseball Executive Talk about Dance and Baseball / Dean Caswell Caswell, Dean, Joan Quatrano Quatrano, Joan, Lynn Parkerson Parkerson, Lynn, Steve Cohen Cohen, Steve 164

5 In Front of the Camera: Film, Television and Video 186

Final Thoughts: Interviews with Moses Pendleton and Edward Villella 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786464062

9780786464067

OCLC:

933438448