Dance for a City: Fifty Years of the New York City Ballet. (Book & Video Gift-Picks For The Holidays).Dance for a City: Fifty Years of the New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. , edited by Lynn Garafola and Eric Foner. New York: Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is an academic press based in New York City and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan (2004-present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, . 2000. Paper edition. 256 pages. $24.95. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-231-11547-4. Also available in cloth: $52.50. ISBN: 0-231115-46-6. This lovely book, slightly oversized and beautifully designed, is filled with intriguing essays about New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Ballet's history and its relationship to New York and the dance world. Here you'll find ruminations on NYCB NYCB New York City Ballet NYCB New York Community Bank and modern dance; on NYCB and New York intellectuals; on photographer George Platt Lynes's fetishistic, nude reenactments of Balanchine works; on "watching music" and the making of Agon. Documentary and illustrative photographs (some familiar, others from private collections), program covers, drawings, and marked-up Stravinsky scores enhance as well as illustrate the text. The book also includes interviews with George Balanchine, a collection of photographs of Jerome Robbins, and a complete listing of Robbins's works. This is the perfect companion volume to the excellent Tributes: Celebrating Fifty Years of New York City Ballet, published in 1998 and edited by Christopher Ramsey. |
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