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020			_a9780252032509 (cloth : alk. paper)
035			_a(ATU)b11249092
035			_a(DLC) 2007011427
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050	0	0	_aGV1785.A1 _bE55 2007
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100	1		_aEliot, Karen, _d1957- _9249814
245	1	0	_aDancing lives : _bfive female dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham / _cKaren Eliot.
263			_a0708
264		1	_aUrbana : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _cc2007.
300			_ax, 190 p. cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aGiovanna Baccelli, an object of lustrous beauty -- Adle Dumiltre, misty rows of gauzy women -- Tamara Karsavina, alighting from the air -- Moira Shearer, a fierce resolve, a steely strength and a fragile, porcelain beauty -- Catherine Kerr, sticking to the dancing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.
520	1		_a"Working from the premise that dance history can be studied as it has been created in the through the bodies of dancers, Karen Eliot closely examines the lives and careers of five popular female dancers: Giovanna Baccelli, Adele Dumilatre, Tamara Karsavina, Moira Shearer, and Catherine Kerr. Notable dancers in European ballet, Russian ballet, and American modern dance genres, these women represent a historical cross section of performance, training, and technique in Western theatrical dance since the eighteenth century." "By guiding the reader through the Russian Revolution, dancing rivalries, stage fright and illness, liaisons with aristocracy, and movie stardom, Dancing Lives provides insight about the culture in which each woman performed. Readers are introduced to each dancer's social and economic status, her education and training, and changing debates about dance and choreography. The resulting stories are packed with intimate personal details, keen descriptions of dance pedagogy and performance, and behind-the-curtain glimpses of popular dance trends." "The portraits of these five women serve as a way into a larger discussion of the lives and careers of other female dancers of each era. In examining the dancer's private and performance lives, Eliot mines visual records that include paintings and prints of the ballerinas, novels and poems, her own personal experience in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, revealing interviews, and dance archives in the United States and Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aBallerinas _vBiography _9730829
650		0	_aWomen dancers _vBiography _9701352
650		0	_aBallet _xHistory _9370705
650		0	_aModern dance _xHistory _9653458
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