About this title: Dance critic Sasha Anawalt tells how Robert Joffrey built a distinctly American ballet troupe at a time when most thought only Russians could master the form, and she explores the profound impact of the Joffrey, which came of age during the Vietnam era.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 464 pp. Second printing. The jacket is lightly rubbed at the head and foot of the spine panel. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780226017556ISBN:0226017559
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: 0684197243 (1996); second printing; octavo; 464 pp (including index, notes, chronology of works plus black & white photo illustrations/plates); Near Fine in Very Good+; dustjacket lightly sunned, small quiet soil spots, rubbed; else clean tight copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780226017556ISBN:0226017559
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean book with only a touch of shelf-wear. The binding is so tight, I doubt the book has been read more than once (if at all). A nice copy. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner (Simon & Schuster), New York, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: 43 B/W Photos. Fine/Fine. W/Dust Jacket 464pgs(Index) Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0684197243. read more
Edition: First
Binding: First
Publisher: Scribner, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: very good, very good. 464, notes, bibliography, chronology of works, index. In time to celebrate the 40th annivesary of this distinctly American ballet company comes a lush, textured portrait of the Joffrey and its founder, Robert Joffrey, the creative maverick who inspired and directed it for more than 30 years. Joffrey came to ballet as an 11-year-old, learning basic techniques from a Russian and then from Mary Ann Wells. As a young adult, he moved to New York City with his partner, Gerald ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner, 1996 2nd prtg. 464p, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: A very good hardcover book in a like dustjacket. JOSEPHINE SCHWARZ'S PERSONAL COPY, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BY HER. This book was presented to Miss Jo, the Dayton, Ohio dance instructor who is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern American dance. Miss Jo made extensive marginal notes throughout the text, with comments and additional information on various topics. AN IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE COPY OF THIS BOOK. read more
Binding: Cream & Blue Cloth
Publisher: Scribner's, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. As New cream-colored hardcover book with gilt lettering on blue spine. No marks in the 464 pages. DJ As New also. "Sasha Anawalt transforms years of meticulous research into a cliffhanger of a history, a chronicle of homosexual passion, interlocking directorates, and internecine strife in the dance world. " read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780684197241ISBN:0684197243
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. shelfaged & worn NEW book w/o dust jacket. read more
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