Birds Eye View : Dancing With Martha Graham And On Broadway /

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Bird's Eye View is a warm and human story that chronicles the early development of modern dance from a dancer's perspective. Dorothy Bird was the only dancer of her time to work with all the major choreographers in concert and on Broadway: George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Doris Humphrey,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996
Other Authors: Siegel, Marcia B. (writer of foreword.), Greenberg, Joyce, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Graham, Martha.
Modern Dance
Modern dance.
Modern dance > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Marcia B. Siegel
  • Background, Family, and a Pioneering Lifestyle
  • Martha Graham at the Cornish School, Seattle, 1930
  • Martha Graham's Seven Against Thebes, 1930
  • The Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City, 1931
  • Performing with the Graham Group, 1931-1937
  • Dancing on Broadway, 1937-1945
  • The Limon Trio, 1944-1946
  • The School of American Ballet and the Broadway Scene, 1945-1948
  • Marriage, Motherhood, and Teaching, 1947-1988.

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