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Imitation artist : Gertrude Hoffmann's life in vaudeville and dance /

"Imitation Artist: Gertrude Hoffmann's Life in Vaudeville and Dance is the first book-length study of Gertrude Hoffmann's long and influential career as a performer and producer. Hoffmann made her name in the early twentieth century as an imitator, copying highbrow performances from E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stalter-Pace, Sunny, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Learning how to copy, 1883-1906. 1. A ballet girl in San Francisco
  • 2. Teaming up with Max Hoffmann
  • 3. A woman stage manager
  • PART II. Solo imitations, 1906-1909. 4. Imitative caricatures
  • 5. Women's rivalry and copyright
  • 6. A vision of Salome
  • PART III. Producing revues, 1910-1914. 7. Gertrude Hoffmann's reviews
  • 8. Pirating the Ballets Russes
  • 9. Mainstream modernism
  • 10. All-American artist
  • PART IV. New directions, 1914-1923. 11. Grecian dance, pantomime, and silent film
  • 12. Snake acts and other wartime spectacles
  • 13. Just drifting
  • 14. From advanced vaudeville to cabaret
  • PART V. Offstage, 1923-1966. 15. The Gertrude Hoffmann Girls, at home and abroad
  • 16. Modern dance and floor shows
  • 17. Remembering
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.