| Description |
376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Going, going, gone!: memories of Jack Cole -- 2. Agony without ecstasy: growing up in New Jersey -- 3. Denishawn days: a working apprenticeship -- 4. Weeks with Weidman and Humphrey: used, not trained -- 5. Cole's career in the clubs: strewing pearls before swine? -- 6. Evolution of Cole's technique: from student to teacher to choreographer -- 7. Cole creates at Columbia: Rita Hayworth and Ann Miller dance -- 8. Return to Lotusland: Cole's second spate of films -- 9. Meeting Marilyn Monroe: Cole helps create a legend -- 10. Theatre dance on Broadway: Cole makes a distinctive contribution -- 11. Some hits, some flops: dancer, choreographer, and director -- 12. Cole's character complexities: a man of moods and mystery -- 13. Dance as high art: Cole's tribute to terpsichore -- 14. Jack Cole's farewell: exit dancing and teaching |
| Analysis |
Theatrical dance Choreography Cole, Jack 1911-1974 Biographies |
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Theatrical dance Choreography Cole, Jack, 1911-1974 - Biographies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [371]-372 |
| Subject |
Cole, Jack, 1911-1974.
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Choreographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Dancers -- United States -- Biography.
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Modern dance -- United States.
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Modern dance.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
84007447 |
| ISBN |
053109765X |
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