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Birds eye view : dancing with Martha Graham and on broadway / Dorothy Bird and Joyce Greenberg, foreword by Marcia B. Siegel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996, author.
- Greenberg, Joyce, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modern dance--United States.
- Modern dance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- An autobiography of Martha Graham's protoge who went on to work with every major Broadway choreographer of the 1930s and 40s. It provides invaluable insights into Graham's teaching while telling anecdotes about working on the Great White Way.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword by Marcia B. Siegel
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Background, Family, and a Pioneering Lifestyle
- Chapter 2. Martha Graham at the Cornish School, Seattle, 1930
- Chapter 3. Martha Graham's Seven Against Thebes, 1930
- Chapter 4. The Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City, 1931
- Chapter 5. Performing with the Graham Group, 1931-1937
- Chapter 6. Dancing on Broadway, 1937-1945
- Chapter 7. The Limón Trio, 1944-1946
- Chapter 8. The School of American Ballet and the Broadway Scene, 1945-1948
- Chapter 9. Marriage, Motherhood, and Teaching, 1947-1988
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822972365
- 0822972360
- OCLC:
- 1379265106
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