| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 580 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Choreography and dance studies ; volume 16 |
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Choreography and dance studies ; volume 16.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction to the Series; List of Plates; Preface; Prologue; 1 Family Beginnings; 2 Early Training; 3 Life on the Circuit; 4 Willam in Portland; 5 Broadway, Balanchine, and Ballet Caravan; 6 Apollo and Mac: A Greek God and a Working Man's Hero; 7 Willam and the San Francisco Opera Ballet; 8 In the Shadow of War; 9 Ballet Society and Willam's Dream Company; 10 Regrouping; 11 Willam Starts Anew in Salt Lake City; 12 Lew Takes Over the San Francisco Ballet; 13 The Ford Foundation Grants; 14 San Francisco Ballet in the 1960s; 15 Ballet West |
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16 Recognition and Transitions17 The Final Years; Appendix A Choreography by Willam Christensen; Appendix B Choreography by Lew Christensen; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-545) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christensen, Harold, 1904-1989 -- Career in dance
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Christensen, William F. -- Career in dance
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Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984 -- Career in dance
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| SUBJECT |
Christensen, Harold, 1904-1989 fast |
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Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984 fast |
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Christensen, Harold. swd |
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Christensen, Lew. swd |
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Christensen, Willam. swd |
| Subject |
Ballet dancers -- United States -- Biography
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Choreographers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Ballet dancers
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Choreographers
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Dance
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Tanz
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134422548 |
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1134422547 |
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