No Daughter of Mine Is Going to Be a Dancer! Dancing for Agnes de Mille and the Giants of Dance in The 40s |
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| Author:
| Underwood, Sharry |
| Preface by:
| Jowitt, Deborah |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4700-8618-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.20 |
Book Description:
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In her tale of a dancer's life in 1940s America, Underwood reveals both the rapture she felt in dancing and her refreshingly spunky approach to a career. Over the decade, this young woman-experiencing a wide range of performing styles and training techniques-matured and developed as an artist and a person. Her reminiscences, written in the vivid prose style she cultivated in her mature years as a dance critic in Burlington, Vermont (where for decades she also performed, choreographed,...
More DescriptionIn her tale of a dancer's life in 1940s America, Underwood reveals both the rapture she felt in dancing and her refreshingly spunky approach to a career. Over the decade, this young woman-experiencing a wide range of performing styles and training techniques-matured and developed as an artist and a person. Her reminiscences, written in the vivid prose style she cultivated in her mature years as a dance critic in Burlington, Vermont (where for decades she also performed, choreographed, and ran a company), she provides an illuminating view of theater and dance during the war and the immediate postwar years.