Dance Me a Song Astaire, Balanchine, Kelly, and the American Film Musical |
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Author:
| Genné, Beth |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-538218-1 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $46.99 |
Book Description:
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Dance Me a Song explores how Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Balanchine and others collaborated with songwriters and film makers to help develop a modern American film dance form rooted in the diverse dance cultures of jazz-age America, exploiting the new technology of sound film and transforming dance as well as cinema in the twentieth century.
Dance Me a Song explores how Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Balanchine and others collaborated with songwriters and film makers to help develop a modern American film dance form rooted in the diverse dance cultures of jazz-age America, exploiting the new technology of sound film and transforming dance as well as cinema in the twentieth century.