Dance is a moment : a portrait of Jose Limon in words and pictures / Barbara Pollack, Charles Humphrey Woodford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollack, Barbara.

Contributor:

Woodford, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Limón, José.

Dancers--United States--Biography.

Dancers.

Choreographers--United States--Biography.

Choreographers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages)

Place of Publication:

Pennington, NJ : Princeton Book Co., c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dance is a Moment captures Limón's personality and achievements through a combination of narrative, direct quotations and stunning photography. The portrait is divided according to the spheres of his life: Part I, Life, is biographical and traces Limón from revolution-torn Mexico to New York. Part II, Work, focuses on Limón's choreographic process, taking the reader from the germ of a dance idea through to the performance. Limón's masterpiece There is a Time is used as the case-study.The book focuses on Limón's relationships with his dancers, the composer Norman Dell

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Life; Work; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B

Notes:

"A Dance Horizons book."

ISBN:

0-87127-277-6

OCLC:

475925822