Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina : A Biohistory of American Performance /: A Biohistory of American Performance. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Ananya Chatterjea, Robert Farris Thompson.
• Authors: Dixon Gottschild, Brenda
• Other Names: Chatterjea, Ananya writer of supplementary textual content.; Thompson, Robert Farris writer of supplementary textual content.
• Contents: Foreword:Ballet Becomes Black Uplift - Robert Farris Thompson * Prelude * Prologue * The Backdrop:1920s-1940s * Spectacularly Black on Black:1940s-1950s * But Black is Beautiful!:1950s-1980s * "Nose to the Grindstone, Head to the Stars" * The Philadelphia/Philadanco Aesthetic * Audacious Hope:The House That Joan Built: 1980s-21st Century * Epilogue * Afterword: Brenda Dixon Gottschild:A Critical Perspective - Ananya Chatterjea * Joan Myers Brown:Annotated Resume * Philadanco Home Seasons Repertory Chronology:1975-2010 * Philadanco Choreographer Profiles * Dance Practitioners Mentioned in Text * Philadanco Activity Schedule:August 2009-June 2011 * Interviewees:1985, 1988, 2008-09
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (370 pages)
• Subjects: Dance/Modern; Dance/Classical; The arts; Ballet
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137512369; 1137512369
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