{"product_id":"dance-writings-robert-cornfield-9780813030579","title":"Dance Writings","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEdwin Denby was the most important and influential American dance critic of the 20th century. His reviews and essays--which he began writing in the late 1930s and continued to write for almost thirty years--were possessed of a voice, vision, and passion as compelling and inspiring as his subject. As dance critic, first for \u003ci\u003eModern Music\u003c\/i\u003e and then for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and as a contributor to numerous magazines and journals (\u003ci\u003eBallet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDance Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEvergreen Review\u003c\/i\u003e among them), Denby permanently changed the way we think and talk about dance.This volume presents his reviews from \u003ci\u003eModern Music\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e in chronological order, providing not only a picture of how Denby's dance theories and reviewing methods evolved, but also an informal history of the dance in New York from 1936 through 1945. Some of the reviews glimpse the vanished dancers and dances that were most particularly of their time. In others, Denby returns again and again to the four artists he considered exemplary: Alicia Markova, Alexandra Danilova, Martha Graham, and George Balanchine. It was Balanchine on whom Denby focused after he left the \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and all of his post-\u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e writings on Balanchine and the New York City Ballet are presented here in one section, providing a history of the early artistic development of the company and of Balanchine himself, while also showing Denby's most eloquent and deeply felt writing.Finally there are his post-1945 reviews, essays, and lectures on such general dance subjects as the phenomenon of a truly good leap, classicism in ballet, and dance criticism itself. Here as elsewhere in the collection, the simple elegance of his writing, its evocative power, and its extraordinary timelessness make it an essential part of our dance literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Cornfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813030579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813030579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.22w x 1.44d","brand":"Robert Cornfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926377988351,"sku":"9780813030579","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c33e128e-e6ff-4702-a20a-204a8d9c3377.jpg?v=1681082744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dance-writings-robert-cornfield-9780813030579","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}