A fascinatingly frank, beautiful and revealing portrait of one of the supreme artists of this century, by the famous choreographer and writer who knew her for more than 60 years. 32 pages of photographs.
In a critically acclaimed biography now in paperback, renowned dancer and choreographer Agnes De Mille penetrates the late Martha Graham's mask of privacy to capture the woman who, in her 96-year lifetime, virtually invented modern dance in America. 32 pages of photographs.
Isadora Duncan was the mother of modern dance and a pioneering feminist. This book reveals the woman in over 250 photographs and works of art - Raymond Duncan's photographs of his sister rehearsing in their Paris studio, Auguste Rodin's sketches of the young dancer, a constructivist portrait of Isadora by Anenkov during her final years in Russia - ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Golden Press
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. Beautiful Illustrations. Dust cover is missing. Cover is medium blue with attractive design in center of front cover. Gold lettering on side of book. Cover has some scratches on back. Cover has several places where color has rubbed off. The pages are clean and crisp. The binding is solid. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Navy cloth boards, silver spine titles, moderate corner, edge wear, fray. Deckled pages good, no writing. Dance classic memoir by one of America's most spectacular and influential choreographer/dancers. Agnes de Mille (niece to Cecil), creator of the ballet Rodeo and choreographer of Oklahoma! , Carousel, and other smash hits, is known to millions of Americans. How she garnered success provides the moving story of this fiery, strong-willed, emotional, and candid ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good in None jacket. Dust jacket condition: None. First edition. Solid retired library book with usual library markings; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Fhis book is not meant to replace direct instruction, and accordingly all detailed rules for physical technique have been deliberately avoided. Good teaching depends for its effect on the personal relationship between teacher and pupil and must, in every case, be careful and special. For personal relationship there ... read more
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