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Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet
Joel Lobenthal
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Description for Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet
Hardback. In Wilde Times, Joel Lobenthal brings the world of Wilde thrillingly to life. With unfettered access to Wilde and her family, friends, and colleagues, Lobenthal takes the reader backstage to some of the greatest ballet triumphs of the modern era-and some of the greatest tragedies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; ASDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
At eighty-seven, Patricia Wilde remains a grande dame of the ballet world. As a young star she toured America in the company of the Ballet Russe. In her heyday in the 1950s and '60s, she was a first-generation member and principal dancer of New York City Ballet during the uniquely dramatic Balanchine era-the golden age of the company and its hugely gifted, influential, exploitative, and dictatorial director. In Wilde Times, Joel Lobenthal brings the world of Wilde and Balanchine, of Tanaquil Le Clercq, Diana Adams, Suzanne Farrell, Maria Tallchief, and many others thrillingly to life. With unfettered access to Wilde ... Read more
At eighty-seven, Patricia Wilde remains a grande dame of the ballet world. As a young star she toured America in the company of the Ballet Russe. In her heyday in the 1950s and '60s, she was a first-generation member and principal dancer of New York City Ballet during the uniquely dramatic Balanchine era-the golden age of the company and its hugely gifted, influential, exploitative, and dictatorial director. In Wilde Times, Joel Lobenthal brings the world of Wilde and Balanchine, of Tanaquil Le Clercq, Diana Adams, Suzanne Farrell, Maria Tallchief, and many others thrillingly to life. With unfettered access to Wilde ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
618g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781611688030
SKU
V9781611688030
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About Joel Lobenthal
Joel Lobenthal is associate editor of the Ballet Review. He is the author of Tallulah! and coauthor of Dancing on Water with Elena Tchernichova. He lives in Manhattan.
Reviews for Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet
This first biography of the performer presents a window into the world of Balanchine at an important time in dance history.
Library Journal Mr. Lobenthal portrays a dance world that has vanished. . . . He has created a new way of seeing an old subject, and it is very welcome indeed.
Wall Street ... Read more
Library Journal Mr. Lobenthal portrays a dance world that has vanished. . . . He has created a new way of seeing an old subject, and it is very welcome indeed.
Wall Street ... Read more