Dance anecdotes : stories from the worlds of ballet, Broadway, the ballroom, and modern dance / Mindy Aloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aloff, Mindy, 1947- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--Anecdotes.

Dance.

Dancers--Anecdotes.

Dancers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This rich collection of entertaining and informative anecdotes captures the boundless variety and depth of dance as an art, a tradition, a profession, a pastime, an obsession, a reality, and an ideal.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Towering Figures; Of Steps and Their Authorship; Music Makes Me . . .; The Rehearsal Room; Coaches and Teachers; Hands and Things That Can Fill Them; Balletomania and Other Thrills; Inspiration; Seductions Attempted, Surmised, and Realized; Critical Lines; Turning Points; From Stage to Page; Fauna; Scandals; Touring; The Theaters; Costumes, Footgear, and Hair Do's and Don'ts; Makeup; Conductors; Dancing and Related Theatrical Professions; Dancing and the Movies; Injuries, Maladies, Misfortunes, and Cures; On Partnering and Partnerships; A Mark, a Yen, a Buck, or a Pound

Sets and StagecraftBig Pictures; Afterword: A Note on Anecdotes as Ingredients of Dance History; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Credits; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772367-5

1-280-52344-1

0-19-536378-7

1-4294-2007-3

OCLC:

252585128