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The Christensen brothers : an American dance epic / Debra Hickenlooper Sowell.
- Title
- The Christensen brothers : an American dance epic / Debra Hickenlooper Sowell.
- Author
- Sowell, Debra Hickenlooper.
- Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands : Harwood Academic Publishers, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GV1785.A1 S68 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 580 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Choreography and dance studies ; v. 16
- Uniform Title
- Choreography and dance studies v. 16.
- Subjects
- Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984
- Christensen, Willam F (Willam Farr)
- Christensen, Harold, 1904-1989
- Biographies
- Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984 > Career in dance
- Christensen, Willam F (Willam Farr) > Career in dance
- Christensen, Harold, 1904-1989 > Career in dance
- Choreographers > United States > Biography
- Ballet dancers > United States > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-545) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction to the series -- List of plates -- Preface -- Prologue -- Family beginnings -- Early training -- Life on the circuit -- William in Portland -- Broadway, Balanchine, and Ballet Caravan -- Apollo and Mac: a Greek god and a working man's hero -- William and the San Francisco Opera Ballet -- In the shadow of war -- Ballet society and William's dream company -- Regrouping -- William starts anew in Salt Lake City -- Lew takes over the San Francisco Ballet -- The Ford Foundation grants -- San Francisco Ballet in the 1960s -- Ballet West -- Recognition and transitions -- The final years -- Appendix A Choreography by William Christensen -- Appendix B Choreography by Lew Christensen.
- ISBN
- 9057550296
- OCLC
- 40004808
- SCSB-11557256
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library