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Category : Schoharie County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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History of Sharon Springs, New York, 1850-1985
Account of Sharon Springs (N.Y.).
New York - Index
Bibliographic Guide to North American History
Catherine Littlefield
Author: Sharon Skeel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190654554
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While she is best remembered today as founder of the Philadelphia Ballet and the director and driving force behind the famous Littlefield School of Ballet, from which Balanchine drew the nucleus for his School of American Ballet, Catherine Littlefield (1905-51) and her oeuvre were in many ways emblematic of the full representation of dance throughout entertainments of the first half of the 20th century. From her early work as a teenager dancing for Florenz Ziegfeld to her later work in choreographing extravagant ice skating shows, a remarkable dance with 90 bicyclists for the 1940 World's Fair, and on television as resident choreographer for The Jimmy Durante Show, Littlefield was amongst the first choreographers to bring concert dance to broader venues, and her legacy lives on today in her enduring influence on generations of American ballet dancers. As the first biography of Littlefield, Catherine Littlefield: A Life in Dance traces her life in full from birth through childhood experiences dancing on the Academy of Music's grand stage, and from her foundation of the groundbreaking Philadelphia Ballet Company in 1935 to her later work in television and beyond. Littlefield counted among her many glamorous friends and colleagues writer Zelda Fitzgerald, conductor Leopold Stokowski, and composer Kurt Weill. This biography also provides an engrossing portrait of the remarkable Littlefield family, many of whom were instrumental to Catherine's success. With the unflagging support of her generous husband and indomitable mother, Littlefield gave shape to the course of American ballet in the 20th century long before Balanchine arrived in the United States.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190654554
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While she is best remembered today as founder of the Philadelphia Ballet and the director and driving force behind the famous Littlefield School of Ballet, from which Balanchine drew the nucleus for his School of American Ballet, Catherine Littlefield (1905-51) and her oeuvre were in many ways emblematic of the full representation of dance throughout entertainments of the first half of the 20th century. From her early work as a teenager dancing for Florenz Ziegfeld to her later work in choreographing extravagant ice skating shows, a remarkable dance with 90 bicyclists for the 1940 World's Fair, and on television as resident choreographer for The Jimmy Durante Show, Littlefield was amongst the first choreographers to bring concert dance to broader venues, and her legacy lives on today in her enduring influence on generations of American ballet dancers. As the first biography of Littlefield, Catherine Littlefield: A Life in Dance traces her life in full from birth through childhood experiences dancing on the Academy of Music's grand stage, and from her foundation of the groundbreaking Philadelphia Ballet Company in 1935 to her later work in television and beyond. Littlefield counted among her many glamorous friends and colleagues writer Zelda Fitzgerald, conductor Leopold Stokowski, and composer Kurt Weill. This biography also provides an engrossing portrait of the remarkable Littlefield family, many of whom were instrumental to Catherine's success. With the unflagging support of her generous husband and indomitable mother, Littlefield gave shape to the course of American ballet in the 20th century long before Balanchine arrived in the United States.
America, History and Life
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Huuchir to Jennefelt
Author: Stanley Sadie
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-century Domestic Site Archaeology in New York State
Author: John P. Hart
Publisher: New York State Museum
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: New York State Museum
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Descendants and Ancestors of Consider Wood and His Wife Mary Adams of Middleborough, Massachusetts, Pomfret, Connecticut, Dutchess County, New York, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas
Author: James E. Martin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724279
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724279
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description