About this title: One of America's most acclaimed choreographers tells his own story in this book, originally published in 1987, when it was nominated for a National Book Award. In recalling his life, Taylor remembers his friendships with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, George Balanchine, and others, and he explains how he develops his dances.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: North Point Pr, San Francisco, 1987
ISBN-13:9780865473225ISBN:0865473226
Description: Royal octavo, softcover, near fine in gray and burgundy pictorial wraps...."as enjoyable and compelling as his performances as a dancer, as informed and imaginative as his work as a choreographer, as broad and accomplished as the repertoire of his dance company. Tracing his life from an impoverished childhood to a final bloody and painful dance performance in 1974, Taylor writes with candor, wit, and charm of his associations with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, TwylaTharp, David Parsons, Dan ... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: North Point Press, San Francisco, California, USA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780865473225ISBN:0865473226
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BD6-A trade paperback book in good+ to very good-condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some moderate overall rubbing plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the spine bottom edge plus there is some very light creasing on the front cover plus there is some very, very light staining on the top outside paper edges. An autobiography of a noted american dancer and ... read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: North Point Press, Berkeley, CA
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780865473225ISBN:0865473226
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent condition. Unread, unmarked. Plus Nov. 1992 (NY Times) column by Paul Taylor called "Posturing. " OUR SCAN OF OUR COPY! ! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 371 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. A
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780822956990ISBN:0822956993
Description: Good. Clean solid copy with some edgewear. Unmarked pages. Knowing that their career days and minutes on stage are numbered, dancers should live moment to moment. Heeding his own advice, Taylor writes his autobiography in the present tense. Explaining the longevity of his well-known dance troupe as a mixture of luck and hard work, he recreates his early struggling years when often he couldn't afford to buy food. He describes in depth his work with Merce Cunningham, Pearl Lang, George ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 1988
Description: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Bright, tight, clean and unmarked except for remanants of prev owner's bookplate. Laid in is the 8 page program from a Paul Taylor Dance Company performance at ADF at Duke, July 2, 1988. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 371 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: North Point Pr
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780865473225ISBN:0865473226
Description: Near-Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-nice, clean copy-NO remainder marks or price clippings-Tight spine-Bright pages-371 pages-Illustrated with photos-NO writing, marks or tears inside book-Knowing that their career days and minutes on stage are numbered, dancers should live moment to moment. Heeding his own advice, Taylor writes his autobiography in the present tense. Explaining the longevity of his well-known dance troupe as a mixture of luck and hard work, he recreates his early struggling ... read more
Binding: illustrated wrappers
Publisher: North Point Press, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780865473225ISBN:0865473226
Description: Very Good. Edge of spine lightly bumped. Some very light shelf-wear at edges of wrappers. Else Fine. 23.3 x 15.4 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; offset-printed; An autobiography from dancer / choreographer Paul Taylor. Illustrated in black-and-white. Photographs by Martha Swope, Carl Van Vechten, Jack Mitchell, William Schipp, Rosemary Minckley, Jack Vartoogian, Susan Cook, Zachary Freyman and Thomas Victor. ISBN: 0865473226. 371 + [3] pp. read more
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