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Editorial Reviews
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This companion volume to the New York Historical Society's exhibition of the history of the New York City Ballet captures the beauty and reverie of the world of dance that ballet itself evokes. Garafola and Foner have compiled a lovely and interesting look at this amazing company and its lush history. Master of choreography George Balanchine founded the company in the 1930s, and it rose from a fledgling dance troupe to become world class. The company maintained a virtuosity that rivaled the major companies of Europe, with performances ranging from the classical to the avant-garde, and Balanchine himself was the principal choreographer. Such notables as Maria Tallchief and Mikhail Baryshnikov have been among its ranks, and the company has planted the seeds for the founding of numerous ballet companies throughout the country. The book features writing from dance scholars, urban historians, and musicologists. Lavishly illustrated with photographs throughout, some published for the first time, this lovely volume pleases the eye and the mind--much like the NYCB itself. Michael Spinella
Anne Kisselgoff
Lynn Garafola, a dance historian who was curator of the show with her husband, Eric Foner, professor of history at Columbia University, has done an admirable job of assembling material, some of it unfamiliar, from a vast variety of sources.
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This companion volume to the New York Historical Society's exhibition of the history of the New York City Ballet captures the beauty and reverie of the world of dance that ballet itself evokes. Garafola and Foner have compiled a lovely and interesting look at this amazing company and its lush history. Master of choreography George Balanchine founded the company in the 1930s, and it rose from a fledgling dance troupe to become world class. The company maintained a virtuosity that rivaled the major companies of Europe, with performances ranging from the classical to the avant-garde, and Balanchine himself was the principal choreographer. Such notables as Maria Tallchief and Mikhail Baryshnikov have been among its ranks, and the company has planted the seeds for the founding of numerous ballet companies throughout the country. The book features writing from dance scholars, urban historians, and musicologists. Lavishly illustrated with photographs throughout, some published for the first time, this lovely volume pleases the eye and the mind--much like the NYCB itself. Michael Spinella
Anne Kisselgoff
Lynn Garafola, a dance historian who was curator of the show with her husband, Eric Foner, professor of history at Columbia University, has done an admirable job of assembling material, some of it unfamiliar, from a vast variety of sources.
See all Editorial Reviews
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