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Description for 20050831
Paperback. This volume contains Arlene Croce, The New Yorker's dance critic, most significant and provocative pieces. Num Pages: 784 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASD; DNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 108 x 39. Weight in Grams: 839.
For twenty-five years, Arlene Croce was The New Yorker's dance critic, a post the magazine created expressly for her. Her entertaining, forthright, passionate reviews and essays revealed the logic and history of ballet, modern dance, and their postmodern variants to a generation of theatergoers. This volume contains her most significant and provocative pieces - over a fourth of which never appeared in book form - covering classical ballets, the rise of George Balanchine, the careers of Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, and Merce Cunningham, and the controversies surrounding many of the twentieth century's great dance companies.
For twenty-five years, Arlene Croce was The New Yorker's dance critic, a post the magazine created expressly for her. Her entertaining, forthright, passionate reviews and essays revealed the logic and history of ballet, modern dance, and their postmodern variants to a generation of theatergoers. This volume contains her most significant and provocative pieces - over a fourth of which never appeared in book form - covering classical ballets, the rise of George Balanchine, the careers of Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, and Merce Cunningham, and the controversies surrounding many of the twentieth century's great dance companies.
Product Details
Publisher
Writing in the Dark, Dancing in the New Yorker: An Arlene Croce Reader
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
858g
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813029139
SKU
V9780813029139
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-16
About Paperback
From 1973 to 1998, Arlene Croce explored the world of dance for readers of the New Yorker. She is the author of The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book, Afterimages, Sight Lines, and Going to the Dance.
Reviews for 20050831
"Croce is the Jane Austen of dance criticism... in breadth as well as in intensity the best dance critic around." - The New York Times Book Review "This substantial collection will stand as an essential guide to the dance of a demanding and exciting era." - Booklist "A treasure trove for dance lovers." - Publishers Weekly"