Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance by Jowitt, Deborah

Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684869865)

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Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance by Jowitt, Deborah

Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance

$36.99
Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance by Jowitt, Deborah

Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance

$36.99
Format: Paperback
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In this authoritative biography, Deborah Jowitt explores the life, works, and creative processes of the complex genius Jerome Robbins (1918-1998), who redefined the role of dance in musical theater and is also considered America's greatest native-born ballet choreographer.
This meticulously researched and elegantly written story of a life's work is illuminated by photographs, enlivened by anecdotes, and grounded in insights into ballets and musical comedies that have been seen and loved all over the world.

Author: Deborah Jowitt
ISBN-10: 0684869861
ISBN-13: 9780684869865
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2005
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.28w x 1.58d
Award: de La Torre Bueno Prize - Special Citation

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/18/2005 pg. 28
By Deborah Jowitt
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Deborah Jowitt has been the principal dance critic for The Village Voice since 1967. Her articles on dance have appeared in numerous publications, among them The New York Times and Dance magazine. She was chair of the Dance Critics Association and a founding member of Dance Theater Workshop. She was recipient of a Bessie, the New York Dance and Performance Award, and of the prestigious dance book award, the de la Torre Bueno Prize. She has lectured and conducted workshops in the United States and abroad and is currently on the faculty in the Dance Department of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she has taught since 1975. Jowitt was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002 to write the critical biography Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance.

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